35 Years ago today (04/21/1981) I ran a personal best for ¼ mile that I
never broke after that. Typically I’d run either the mile or 2 mile and then do
a leg of the mile relay. On this day I ran as easy as possible in the 2m
(winning in 10:17) to save as much as possible for a “fast” quarter. I ran
53.9 and we won
the relay in 3:46 beating Lowell High on our home track at the Billerica Middle
School track. I ran a couple of 54’s the following year but never got under
54. Oddly the ¼ was my third most raced distance in high school. I didn’t race
the quarter again until 2012!
Distances raced in high school
2m = 60
1m = 26
¼ = 21
½ = 11
¾ = 2
600, 1k, 3k = 1
All Quarters in time order
Date Location Time
Place Meet Notes
04/21/81 Billerica :53.9
R Lowell Relay 3:46
05/05/82 Lowell :54.0
R Lowell 1st pl 3:46.0 Brown/Sul/Burlamachi
05/25/82 Haverhill :54.0
R Haverhill 1st Relay, 3:41
04/29/82 Billerica :55.0
3 Andover Open 1/4 1st 54.4 2nd 54.8
05/15/82 Methuen :55.0 R
League meet Relay split
02/06/82 Boston :55.3
R BU relay Relay 3:39.2
05/04/81 Billerica :55.6
R Methuen
02/07/81 Boston :56.0
R State Relay champs
02/11/82 Lowell :56.0
R Central@Lowell Relay 1st 3:48.5
02/20/82 Cambridge :56.0 R
State champions Relay 3:51
05/12/82 Chelmsford :56.0 R
Chelmsford 2nd pl Relay 3:46.0
01/14/82 Lowell :56.2
R Lowell Relay 3:48 dive at end, win the meet
02/16/82 Methuen :57.0 R
League meet 5th, 1st metheun in 3:42.8
04/16/81 Andover :57.4
R Andover
01/04/82 Lowell :57.4
R Chelmsford@Lowell
05/03/80 Wilmington :58.0 R
Fresh/Soph 3rd pl to Haverhill and Chelmsford
04/29/81 Chelmsford :58.0 R
Chelmsford 1st pl Relay 3:45.1
12/30/81 Methuen :58.0 R
Methuen invite 6th pl Relay 3:53.1
01/18/82 Lowell :58.0
R Andover@Lowell 2nd pl Relay 3:56.3
12/27/80 Methuen 1:00.0 R
Methuen invite Relay 3:54.0 4th pl
08/07/12 Amesbury 1:08.1 5
River Rivals Almost got one guy (32.6/35.5)
12/20/14 Boston 1:10.7
2 BU mini meet Seeded at 75, 34.5/36.2
05/23/79 Billerica 1:12.0
R Chelmsford
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