Natick sophomore Grace Connolly, the Division 1 state cross-country champion and Foot Locker All-American, was a convincing winner in the two-mile run. She finished with a first-place time of 10:58.59, a meet record by more than five seconds. She was nearly 38 seconds ahead of her closest pursuer. Her season-best effort currently ranks No. 6 in the country.
The final two meet records were set by the Lexington boys in the 4x200m relay and the Central Catholic boys in the 4x400m. The Lexington quartet of Alexander Hiser, Kazu Uda-Thach, Brian Mer and Riley Walsh combined for a time of 1:35.86. In the 4x400m, Central Catholic's foursome was timed in 3:40.75.
***
Other impressive performance in the four-plus hour meet was a near meet record in the boys' mile where sophomore Lucas Aramburu of Brookline was timed in a winning 4:29.53, less than a half seconds from the record. His time ranks seventh among tenth-graders nationwide. Haverhill sophomore Keith May captured the 1,000m by 20 meters with his sub 2:40 effort of 2:39.05. Lucy Jenks, a freshman from Newton South, broke the tape in the girls' 600m with a time of 1:37.91, second best for ninth-graders in the country.