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Class LL Championship; Garrison advances; Injured girls fall short of open

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by John Goralski Sean Garrison kicks up the hill to earn a state open bid with a top 40 finish at the Class LL championship race.By John Goralski Sports Writer The Lady Knight’s No. 2 runner was perched on crutches at the finish line as her teammates navigated the 5K course at Wickham Park. Southington’s top runner was beginning to fade into the pack. One varsity runner learned about her start just a few days before the race. All of them were charged with erasing the nearly 40 second gap caused by the injury. With such adversity, Southington had no chance for a state open championship. Right? If not, nobody told the girls. “They ran tough. They ran as a tough-knit group, and we had some kids move up from the back that have never done this before,” said Lady Knight cross country coach Dan Dachelet. “At the beginning of the year, I said that I wanted to start a culture of winning, an attitude on the team where they’re focused on winning. We didn’t make it to the state open, but that atmosphere is there right now. I think they’ve tasted a little bit of the success that they can have here in the future.” Catherine Myers (21:33) was third for the Knights at the conference meet, but she trimmed more than five seconds […]

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