Shortly after her crowd-pleasing performance in winning the 800 meters at the PIAA Track and Field Championship at Shippensburg University, Chanelle Price was asked about breaking Kim Gallagher’s long standing record. The Easton star quickly rebuffed the reporter, saying that Joetta Clark held the mark.

Neither was wrong. The reporter was referring to the state-meet mark. Price’s mind squarely focused on something greater.
“My goal was set for two minutes or under,” said Price, whose clocking of 2:02.9 bettered both Gallagher’s state meet mark of 2:05.47, and Clark’s National Federation record of 2:04.50.

Still standing, though, is the national mark of 2:00.7 set by Gallagher of Upper Dublin, who went on to earn a silver medal (1:58.63) at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles and a Bronze (1:56.91) at Seoul in 1988.

“It should be a little bit, not easy of course, but with the competition I have against the professionals coming up in the next few weeks; I’m sure they will help me get that record,” said Price.