US#1 & #3! Catherine Pagano Having a Hot Start to the Season!


Catherine Pagano racing at the Bishop Loughlin Games. / Photo by Kyle Brazeil for MileSplit

Attributing her early success to a great base from cross country this year verse not running cross in 2013 the Northern Highlands senior Catherine Pagano has had a great start so far to her 2015 indoor season. Just a week ago, December 20th, at the Bishop Loughlin Games she made a case for a Millrose invite running 4:53.29 in the one mile placing second behind an automatic bid by Marissa Sheva of Pennridge HS (PA) who ran 4:50.73. Pagano's 4:53.29 currently sits at US#3. That was her fastest mile time indoor by 10 seconds, her career best time overall mile came during New Balance Outdoor Nationals last spring where she placed 5th running 4:48.13.


[Video: MileSplit NY webmaster Kyle Brazeil interviews Pagano after her 1000m run] 

On Friday, December 26th, she went back to the NY Armory to compete at the North Shore Invitational in the 1000 meter run. She won with a US#1 time of 2:52.19, a major personal best by almost 12 seconds! Her previous best 1000 meter was run at the FDU Rothman Center during the 2014 North Jersey Championships where she won with a time of 3:05.00. She had also previously ran a 3:07.30 in the event at the NY Armory in 2012.

(UPDATE 5:23pm) Pagano anchors the Northern Highlands 4x800m relay with a 2:16, the team won with 9:44.54.  

1,000 Meter Run (Graph)3:05.00
3:05.00 1st 2014-01-31 North Jersey Championships »
3:09.50 2nd 2014-01-07 Tom Zaccone Invitational »
3:07.30 1st 2012-01-30 Big North League Meet »
3:10.50 1st 2012-01-10 North Jersey Track Championships »

Pagano announced during the fall that she has committed to Stanford University for next year.