Myles Plummer finished second in the Sophomore Division race at the NJCTC Bernie Magee Meet on Saturday
Myles Plummer and
Leena Morant each hammered out impressive races to lead a strong charge by the Union Catholic cross-country squads at Saturday's 40th NJCTC Bernie Magee Class Meet on the Greystone course at Central Park in Morris Plains.
Plummer, one of the top young runners in the state, cranked out a 16:29 over the 3.1-mile courre to place second in the boys Sophomore Division race to help lead the Vikings to a 10th place finish. Plummer's time was the 11th fastest in the three varsity races combined.
Morant made a strong season debut by running 19:26 to finish fourth in a very talented girls Senior Division field. Morant's time was the seventh fastest of the meet and helped lead UC to a second-place finish in the Senior Division behind Ridge, 15-39. UC's two other scorers in the Senior Division were
Ashleigh Patterson, 11th in 21:00, and
Zoe Lee, 25th in 21:22.
In the girls Sophomore Division,
Abby Granrath (pictured here) placed 12th in 20:44, and
Jenna Keith was 16th in 21:11 to help the UC girls place fifth in the meet merge standings.
In other highlights,
Zachary Turner finished 16th in the boys Senior Division race in 17:33,
Matt Granizo was 33rd in the Junior Division in 17:54,
Kathryn Power placed fifth in the girls Freshman Division (3,200 meters) in 13:04, and
Morgan Williams was 26th in the girls Junior Division in 21:30.
