For the next week, MileSplit CT will post what it considers some of the highlights of the outdoor track & field season in the Nutmeg State.
It would be a near impossible task to list all of the great performance by our Connecticut athletes. Believe us, there were many. But we'll try our best to pick out the moments this season that truly stood out.
Without further ado....
Ostberg claims 3K crown at Penn Relays
Before injury cut short his final season as a high school runner with about a month remaining, Alex Ostberg left his mark on the outdoor surface.
The Darien High senior was second in a loaded 3,200-meter race at the Loucks Games where he was timed in a new state record of 8:43.93. Two weeks prior to that race, Ostberg had one of the most significant victories of his already-stellar career when he went down to Philadelphia for the Penn Relays Carnival.
Inside the University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Stadium on a cool Thursday night, the Stanford-bound runner took control from the onset of the championship 3,000m and never relinquished the lead, crossing the line with a winning time of 8:23.95, a clocking that is No. 2 in the final national standings.
