Paige Sheppard of Union Catholic smashed a New Jersey indoor record and her teammate Sophia Thompson ran the third fastest time in state history when they competed in the Junior International Mile at Saturday's New Balance Grand Prix meet at The Track at New Balance in Boston.
Sheppard, a junior, finished second in Saturday's race in 4:40.29 to slice nearly three seconds off the former NJ indoor record of 4:43.16, run by Michelle Rowen of Washington Township at the 1983 Eastern States Championships at Harvard.
Thompson, also a junior, finished fifth in 4:43.41,the third fastest time in NJ history, and Reagan Moore, a junior at Oak Knoll, finished 8th in 4:49.68. The race was won by Braelyn Combe of Santiago High School in Corona, Calif, who ran 4:38.97.
Sheppard, who set the NJ outdoor mile record last June when she finished first in 4:33.67 at the New Balance National Championships at Franklin Field in Phiadelphia, had quarter splits on Saturday of 1:09.99, 1:13.46 (2:23.34), 1:12:12 (3:35.56), and 1:04.74 (4:40.29).