Oneida, NY - The Affolder Brothers have sure made an impact to the New York running scene. After a strong XC outing, 8th Grade Sam has taken down the class State Record in the 800m already, and made several threats on the 1600m record as well.
Now, 10th Grade brother, Noah, has something to talk about at the dinner table as well. After a sit-and-kick race, Noah sprints the final straightaway to break John Trautmann's sophomore state record in the 2-Mile, with a converted 9:07.02 mark (9:03.89 unconverted). He finished just milliseconds ahead of FM's Bryce Millar to win the race.
Hear from Affolder below, and Insiders can watch the race go down.
Two Miles (and: m=3200 meters)
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8G: 9:28.7m Nick LaRosa (Frontier, Hamburg) 1990
Fr: 9:20.10m Kevin Tschirhart (Northport) 2002 (Jun 8, States, Rush-Henrietta)
So: 9:08.61m John Trautmann (Monroe-Woodbury, Cen Valley) 1984<strong>
9:03.89m Noah Affolder (Carthage) 2015 ** (May 15, Oneida Invite, Onedia)</strong>
Jr: 8:57.24m Brian Dalpiaz (Sayville) 2002 (Jun 8, Golden West)
9:01.90y Brian Dalpiaz (Sayville) 2002 (Jun 14, AOC, NC State Univ)
8:54.67m Mike Brannigan (Northport) 2014 ** (May 9, Loucks Games)
8:53.59y Mike Brannigan (Northport) 2014 ** (Jun 13, NB Nationals, Greensboro)
Sr: 8:50.7y John Gregorek (St Anthonys, Smithtown) 1978 (May 27, CHSAA Champ, St. Johns Univ)
8:48.11y Josh McDougal (Home-School, Peru, NY) 2004 (Jun 18, AOC Nat, NC State Univ)
8:42.92m Mike Brannigan (Northport) 2015 ** (May 8, Loucks Games, White Plains)