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Darien Wins Class L Boys Cross Country

Blue Wave place five runnersin the top 15

With five runners finishing  in the top 15, Darien won the CIAC Class L boys cross country title Saturday at Manchester's Wickham Park.

Luis Johnston (16:44) placed fifth to lead the Blue Wave's contingent and was followed by No. 6 Charlie Baird (16:50) and No. 8. Michael Coe (16:55).

Darien's Marshall Huffman (17:07) finished 12th and Alex Ostberg (17:16) was 15th.

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Coming off a second-place finish at the FCIAC championship, Darien won the team championship with 46 points, well ahead of Naugatuck's second-place total of 86 points.

Fairfield Warde's Harry Warnick won the individual title, crossing in 16:05, which was three seconds ahead of Naugatuck's Muad Hrezi.

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