MANCHESTER - As one of his final acts as cross country runner par excellance at Fairfield Prep, Newtown's Brian McGovern came in first and set a new meet record at the CIAC State Open cross country meet last weekend at Wickham Park.
MANCHESTER â As one of his final acts as cross country runner par excellance at Fairfield Prep, Newtownâs Brian McGovern came in first and set a new meet record at the CIAC State Open cross country meet last weekend at Wickham Park.
McGovern finished race in 15:33, eight seconds faster than Chris Andrew of Norwich Free Academy did it in 1999. Oddly enough, Steve Muchetti of Ridgefield finished second to McGovern this year in 15:41.
The course record for Wickham Park is 15:32, set by former Farmington runner Peter Rea.
The next stop for McGovern â who will run for the North Carolina Tarheels next year â is to attempt a repeat of his New England championship, which he earned last year with a mark of 15:39 at Wickham Park.