Ken Fontal was a championship runner at Wilmington University as well as at Newark High School.
NEWARK - Police in Delaware have identified the jogger who was struck and killed by two cars as a former Wilmington University cross-country runner.
WDEL-FM cites a Newark police release that says 24-year-old Ken Fontal was killed Wednesday night. Fontal was struck by two vehicles whose drivers remained at the scene. Impairment isn't believed to have been a factor.
Fontal was a championship runner who finished fourth in the Delaware Division I championships as a Newark High School senior in 2012. He also helped his relay team set Delaware's indoor track state record in the 4x800-meter relay. At Wilmington University, he was named Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference rookie of the year as a freshman. He was the conference's champion as a senior and was named runner of the year.