A pair of fifth place finishes highlighted a solid day for the Speed River Track and Field Club at Saturday's New Balance Games in New York City. Hilary Stellingwerff got the day of to a strong start with her fifth place finish in the women's race. Stellingwerff recorded a time 4 minutes and 34.28 seconds to register her fourth top five finish at the always competitive New Balance Games. Hot on Hilary's heals was Speed River newcomer Amber McGown. McGown placed eighth overall in a lifetime best performance of 4 minutes and 35.72 seconds, a performance that ranks her 11th all-time in Canadian history. Rounding out the Speed River competitors in the women's mile was Dana Buchanan who also recorded a life time best with her clocking of 4 minutes and 46.42 seconds.
Matching Stellingwerff's fifth place finish was Tim Konoval, who placed fifth in the men's race with a personal best performance of 4 minutes and 01.64 seconds narrowly missing the first sub four minute mile of his career. Konoval's Speed River teammate and University of Guelph senior Kyle Boorsma, broke his own University of Guelph record in the mile with his time of 4 minutes and 3.60 seconds. The mile record was not the only one of the day to fall for Boorsma as he also broke the school's 1500 metre record on route to the mile, as he passed the mark in 3 minutes 46.0 seconds.
Full results of the women's race are available at ny.milesplit.us
Full results of the men's race are available at ny.milesplit.us.
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