New Canaan senior Caroline Murray finished third in the 1,600 and seventh in the 3,200 at Monday's State Open track and field championships at Willowbrook Park. The highlight for the boys track team was a second place finish in the 4 x 800 relay.
Murray ran 4:54.54 in the 1,600, an improvement of over 16 seconds from her seeded time. She also set a school record previously held by Sarah Scholl. Northwest Catholic sophomore Sarah Gillespie won the race in a meet record 4:49.89.
In the 3,200, Murray ran 11:09.54, three seconds faster than her seeded team. Lindsay Crevoiserat of Glastonbury won in 10:35.02, breaking the meet record she set last year. New Canaan's Stephanie Benko finished 19th. Melanie Escalante was 15th in the 400.
The boys 4 x 800 relay ran 7:55.02, chopping 14 seconds off its seeded time. It trailed only Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference rival Staples, which won in 7:53.07. Hensen Orster, Taylor Parsons, Alex Spinu and Patrick Daly combined on the relay for the Rams. New Canaan also finished seventh in the 4 x 400 with Orster, Isaiah Maisonette, Daly and Spinu.
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