Cole Mile's A Lot More Than 5,280 Feet

A three-year-old record was beaten Thursday at the annual Cole Mile, when both eighth graders Dawson Leonard and Henry Perretta crossed the finish line together at 5:10, 9 seconds faster than the previous record-holder, Colin Tierney, who is now a junior track standout at Hendriken.

The eighth grade boys ran the final heat of the day, and for those boys it was certainly the main event, but each of the heats held examples of perserverance, athleticism and, in more than a few cases, no small amount of grit. 

Running a mile isn't easy for most of us. 

But the atmosphere couldn't have been more supportive, with even the final finishers being cheered on as loudly as those who came in first.

This year, thanks to help from the PTG, RaceWire was there to record results. Click here to see all the results 

The top five finishers in each heat:

Sixth grade girls

Isabella Muratore  6:09
Emma MacDonald 6:20
Sophie Barone 6:22
Kalista Bremer 6:28
Tara Horoho 6:30

Sixth Grade Boys

Michael Delsesto 5:45
Luke Wagner 5:49
Alfred Timperley 5:51
Ravi Somvanshi 5:51
Samuel Lewin 5:58

Seventh Grade Girls

Rachel Berman  6:18
Laura Murphy 6:19
Rachelle Mirandou 6:21
Kayla Minghella 6:22
Julia Kausel 6:23

Seventh Grade Boys

Andrew Licciardi 5:13
William O'Connell 5:17
Dante Prosseda 5:21
Ian Lamp 5:27
Colin Cianciolo 5:37

Eighth Grade Girls

Sheinin Peri 6:10
Sydney Souness 6:25
Holly Walsh 6:27
Dalton McKenzie 6:28
Rebecca Freeman 6:29 

Eighth Grade Boys

Dawson Leonard 5:10
Henry Perretta 5:10
Brendan Jordan 5:17
Timothy Sanzi 5:18
Max Miranda 5:19