Trinidad and Tobago’s Pilar McShine produced the second fastest 1,500 metres time of her career, at the 8th Annual John Hay Memorial Pennsylvania Distance Festival, in the United States, last Friday.
The 26-year-old runner clocked four minutes, 15.29 seconds to pick up silver in the elite women’s 1,500m, behind Kelli Gallagher (4:14.92), of the United States. Another American, Jackie Areson (4:16.75) bagged bronze.
The only time McShine has gone faster in a 1,500m race was on May 8, 2010, when she produced a national record run of 4:14.20.
Two weeks before her silver run in Pennsylvania, McShine clocked 4:19.91 to finish sixth in the women’s 1,500m “C” race, at the USA Track & Field (USATF) High Performance Distance Classic, in California.
Jamaal James was also on show at the John Hay Memorial. The T&T middle-distance runner finished third in his section and fifth overall in the elite men’s 800m in 1:49.46.
The top four spots went to American runners—Nick Guarino (1:48.81), Josh Guarino (1:48.92), Billy Ledder (1:49.40) and Luke Lefebure (1:49.43).
Last Friday’s run was the third two-lap outing for James this season. He opened on April 19 with silver at the Larry Ellis Invite in New Jersey, the 24-year-old runner clocking 1:48.73. And on May 17, in California, James produced a 1:48.32 run to finish sixth in the USA Track & Field (USATF) High Performance Distance Classic men’s 800m “B” race.