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Last Updated: 07 February 2026 07 February 2026

The second meet of the 2026 Indoor Mile Series had low attendance, but still saw some fireworks, including another new women's record. We usually have lower attendance for the second meet of the season because our time slot is a Friday afternoon rather than a Saturday morning. In addition, the Penn State Cross-Country Club usually participates in a fundraising event this weekend, so we were missing quite a few of the young fast runners. But we still had some fast times and great races.

In the first heat, the top three finishers were female, and all bettered their times from the last meet. Martina Drew led all the way to finish first in 6:18.63, dropping 4 seconds from her previous time. Taylor Fein was second in 6:41.97, nearly 12 seconds better than her previous outing. And Tara Murray Grove took third in 6:46.32 after subtracting 9 seconds from her previous time.

Kalyn Fisher returned this week and, despite running on two hours sleep, stormed through the 8 laps in 5:05.07, bettering her time of the last meet by almost 0.2 seconds. Next week, with a bit more sleep, she plans to run in the same heat as women's masters record holder Allie Guillard. It should be a great race! Jonathan Stuble was second in 5:14.35. 

The fast heat saw a great kick to the finish, with the top three runners finishing within 0.8 seconds of each other. Augustus Platt was first in 4:34.60. Scott Wallace, turning in the fastest men's masters time of the season so far, was second in 4:35.31. And Owen Strickler was right behind him in 4:35.40. But the big story of that heat was Allie Guillard breaking her own freshly minted Master's Women's Record by a second and a quarter, finishing in 4:59.26.

Next week's meet will feature heats of the mile, the 3000 meter run, and a Predicted Time Contest. Sharpen your spikes and come on out!

 

Top three finishers from left to right: Taylor Fein (2nd), Tara Grove (3rd), and Martina Drew (1st)  

 

 Kalyn Fisher won the second heat

 Jonathan Stuble was the top male finisher in Heat 2

Top male and female finishers in the fast heat from left: Scott Wallace (2nd), Augustus Platt (1st), Allie Guillard (Top Woman, Master's Women's Record)

 

 

Heat 1
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Place  Name                      Time
-----  ----                      ----
  1    Martina Drew             6:18.64
  2    Taylor Fein              6:41.97    
  3    Tara Murray Grove        6:46.32    (M)
  4    Keith Henderson          6:56.99    (M)
  5    Marty Klanchar           7:32.37    (M)
  6    Brian Boyer              7:56.12    (M)


Heat 2
——————

Place  Name                      Time
-----  ----                      ----
  1    Kalyn Fisher             5:05.07
  2    Jonathan Stuble          5:14.35
  3    Tim Haas                 5:23.40
  4    Sean Devlin              5:32.29 (M)
  5    Carly Shea               5:33.95 (M)
  6    Patrick Sabol            5:41.77    
  7    Matt Smith               5:50.17 (M)


Heat 3
——————

Place  Name                      Time
-----  ----                      ----
  1    Augustus Platt           4:34.60
  2    Scott Wallace            4:35.31 (M)
  3    Owen Strickler           4:35.40    
  4    Alex Nave                4:41.50    
  5    Roman Chapman            4:47.88    
  6    AJ Kelly                 4:55.94 (M)
  7    Dylan Holliday           4:58.09    
  8    Allie Guillard           4:59.26 (MR)

(M) Masters Runner
(MR) Masters Record