The Parthenon · Feb 17, 2024
Herring Breaks School Record
Abby Herring (1) and Asha Bora (2) running the 5kFifth-year senior Abby Herring shattered the previous school record in the indoor 5k run by over a minute on the first day of the Marshall Invitational on Friday, Feb 9.
Herring, who has been running for Marshall for five years now, said she felt pretty good going into the second half of the race.
“It was really good. I went out harder than I wanted to,” she said, “but I banked a ton of seconds so going into the second half I wasn’t too phased.”
With a time of 16 minutes and 21.09 seconds, Herring broke the previous school record, 17:22.38, set by Sydney Smith last year.
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