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LeDuc breaks school record, takes 13th in New England

BOSTON, March 5 — Mike LeDuc shattered his own school record in the 3,200 meters on Friday at the 23rd New England championships at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston. LeDuc finished 13th in the field but ran a school-record time of 9:34.42, breaking the mark that he set while winning the event at the Class S meet in February by a whopping eight seconds.

LeDuc was the second runner from Connecticut in the field of 21 runners. Connor Stauffer of Joel Barlow posted a time of 9:31.94 but LeDuc beat Tolland’s Bryan Fowler by seven seconds and whipped old rival Chris Reynolds of Suffield by 18 seconds.

Senior Brian Magna ran his final track event of the season by taking 11th in the 600 meters with a time of 1:24.19, about 0.30 of a second shy of the school record he set at the Class S meet. Magna plays baseball in the spring.

Canton’s 4×800 meter relay team finished 15th with a time of 8:32.22. Magna, Nick Chekas, Ryan Gallagher and Kevin Kurnat comprised the team.
Canton didn’t score any points in the New England meet.

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Gerry deSimas, Jr., is the editor and founder of The Collinsville Press. He is an award-winning writer and has been covering sports in Connecticut and New England for more than 40 years. He was inducted into the New England High School Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2018.

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