Penn Relays: Stefan Morton breaks 15:00 for 5km

Stefan Morton became the 24^th runner in track school history to break 15 minutes for 5,000 meters. He did it in tough, bruising fashion at Penn. He was in the second section, which was probably too fast for him. He hung tough and made moves early when he had to. After a relatively slow 74-second lap, he responded by lowering the pace and passing a few runners, and then he hung on with a solid last 800 meters in order to dip under the mark with a 14:58.19. Congrats to Stefan for joining this elite club. The updated list is below, and the splits below were taken from the finish line of the race.

Penn Relays

Franklin Field, Philadelphia

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Men’s 5,000-meter run

61. Stefan Morton 14:58.19

34, 1:46 (72), 2:57 (71), 4:07 (70), 5:18 (71), 6:30 (72), 7:43 (73), 8:57 (74), 10:09 (72), 11:22 (73), 12:35 (73), 13:47 (72), 14:58.19 (71.19)

Updated sub-15:00 all-time list

Girma Segni, 14:18.42, 2009*

Will Griffin, 14:23.43, 2013 **

Arquimedes DelaCruz, 14:29.82, 2013

Adam Vess, 14:33.41, 2008

Peter Pazik, 14:35.84, 1986

Matt Flint, 14:37.45, 2010

Ken Walshak, 14:37.53, 2011

Michael Melfi, 14:42.36, 1998

Justin Harris, 14:42.88, 2007

David Raucci, 14:42.92, 2006

Michael Nehr, 14:45.61, 2001

Dietrich Mosel, 14:49.74, 2016

David Swift, 14:50.24, 1995

Zak Smetana, 14:50.39, 2011

Kirk Dornton, 14:50.89, 2002

Nick Webster, 14:52.54, 2009

Conor Shelley, 14:52.67, 2008

Joel Moss, 14:54.57, 2012

Greg Salamone, 14:55.79, 2000

Tim Keegan, 14:56.45, 2009

Mark Valentino, 14:56.77, 2016

Stefan Morton, 14:58.19, 2016

Ryan Scrudato, 14:58.43, 2013

Spencer Johnson, 14:58.46, 2015

* indoor school record and fastest overall time in school history for the distance

** outdoor school record holder

Bold indicates current team member