Shawn McKinstry is currently a junior at Hillsdale College. He has run in three meets so far this winter, and is leading up to a big 800 in Boston on February 9.
Shawn's first meet was the Eastern Michigan U Opener. He ran the 800 in 1:58.9 and split a 400 in 51.9. He next ran at Notre Dame, running his first mile since high school. He ran a PR of 4:26.64 for the mile, and ran a 50.7 split in a 400. Last weekend, he was at the Findlay University Oiler Open, where he ran two relays. He split 1:55.2 in the 800 and 52.0 in the 400.
Andrew Hanko is a plebe (freshman) at the United States Naval Academy. He has run two meets this winter, winning both times. In a quad meet at the Academy on January 19, Andrew won the 3000 meter race in a PR of 8:26.06. Thus past Saturday, he ran at the Penn State National Meet in State College, PA, and won the college mile in a PR of 4:09.99. For this latter performance, he was named the Patriot League Rookie of the Week. The official Patriot League release follows:
M-F Athletic Male Rookie of the Week: Andrew Hanko, Navy Fr., Montville, N.J.
Hanko earned his first career weekly award with a victory in the mile race at the Penn State National Open last weekend. The newcomer ran the race in a time of 4:09.99, which was an IC4A-qualifying mark. This was the first time that he had run this distance at the collegiate level.
Jared Hanko is currently a junior at Trinity, and has run a few races this winter as well. On December 27, 2007 he ran 4:48 for a 1600 in Jersey City, NJ at the Holiday Relays Carnival. His next race was a 3200 at the Ridgewood Winter Games II on January 15. His time was 10:19. His most recent race was a PR of 4:42.07 for the 1600, run on Janaury 18, 2007 at the Jersey City Developmental Meet.
Andrew, Jared and cousin Ethan Prol Spring 2007:
