Local Salem Runner Places 4th at Penn Relays

I don’t know Aiman Scullion (far right of photo) but like many around town we see him training in the afternoons. Salem High School has a good team; both boys and girls won the Division III Ohio State Cross Country meet last fall. As their best runner Aiman has excelled since then. I heard he ran a 4:18 indoor. That kind of time that early in the season is very impressive. Fourth place (running 4:15!) at the prestigious Penn Relays is nothing to sneeze at and will get this young runner a lot of national attention from universities. Penn is an exciting event with 30,000 spectators and more for peek events. I look forward to watching his times in the 1600 and 3200 as the season concludes. I hear he started running relatively late in high school which bodes well for his college career. If you see the guy around Salem, congratulate him. He’s accomplished something in Philadelphia that will last him a lifetime. [More Info]

Pl Time ID Name Affiliation
1 4:13.82 6 Dominic DellaPelle Salesianum
2 4:14.13 4 Alex Bean Somers
3 4:15.04 11 Charles White Garden City
4 4:15.13 10 Aiman Scullion Salem
5 4:15.35 9 Anthony LaMastro Pope John XXIII
6 4:16.48 8 Chris Williams Collegiate
7 4:16.51 16 Sandy Roberts Broughton
8 4:17.15 13 Tom Webb Bishop Hendricken
9 4:18.38 7 Andrew Perkins Watertown
10 4:18.73 17 Kevin Sives Wallenpaupack
11 4:19.29 14 Duriel Hardy East
12 4:19.75 12 Matlack Gillin Springfield MontCo
13 4:20.53 2 Dan McManamon Shenendehowa
14 4:23.30 5 Matthew Shaffer Bethlehem Central
15 4:26.52 18 Sean Mahoney Radnor

Amazing Marathon's

Since I started at Kent State I’ve lost track of what’s happening in the world of running. This month I’ve noticed some speedy times. Ok, it was fun to write “speedy times” but that understates these feats of human performance. Robert Cheruiyot wins the Boston Marathon in a course record of 2:07:14, in a close race (see photo) Felix Limo wins London in 2:06:39 while Deena Kastor burns up the women’s race in 2:19:36, and Rey wins the Hamburg Marathon in 2:06:52. For the non-runner these times are probably meaningless but let me assure you, they’re fast and more frequent. I remember when running sub 2:10 was a big story but today it’s a different world.

I’m looking forward to following the Penn Relays this weekend, which actually started today. Having run the event a few times it's fun for the very reason that I can identify with it better than the marathon, which I have yet to try.

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