Catherine Pagano racing at the Bishop Loughlin Games. / Photo by Kyle Brazeil for MileSplit
Attributing her early success to a great base from cross country this year verse not running cross in 2013 the Northern Highlands senior Catherine Pagano has had a great start so far to her 2015 indoor season. Just a week ago, December 20th, at the Bishop Loughlin Games she made a case for a Millrose invite running 4:53.29 in the one mile placing second behind an automatic bid by Marissa Sheva of Pennridge HS (PA) who ran 4:50.73. Pagano's 4:53.29 currently sits at US#3. That was her fastest mile time indoor by 10 seconds, her career best time overall mile came during New Balance Outdoor Nationals last spring where she placed 5th running 4:48.13.
[Video: MileSplit NY webmaster Kyle Brazeil interviews Pagano after her 1000m run]
On Friday, December 26th, she went back to the NY Armory to compete at the North Shore Invitational in the 1000 meter run. She won with a US#1 time of 2:52.19, a major personal best by almost 12 seconds! Her previous best 1000 meter was run at the FDU Rothman Center during the 2014 North Jersey Championships where she won with a time of 3:05.00. She had also previously ran a 3:07.30 in the event at the NY Armory in 2012.
(UPDATE 5:23pm) Pagano anchors the Northern Highlands 4x800m relay with a 2:16, the team won with 9:44.54.
| 1,000 Meter Run (Graph) | 3:05.00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:05.00 | 1st | 2014-01-31 | North Jersey Championships | » | |
| 3:09.50 | 2nd | 2014-01-07 | Tom Zaccone Invitational | » | |
| 3:07.30 | 1st | 2012-01-30 | Big North League Meet | » | |
| 3:10.50 | 1st | 2012-01-10 | North Jersey Track Championships | » | |
Pagano announced during the fall that she has committed to Stanford University for next year.
