BRANDON - Josh Martin won the boys' race to help power the Aberdeen Central squad to the team championship during the Eastern South Dakota Conference Cross Country Meet in Brandon on Saturday.
The Golden Eagles scored 55 points to edge Harrisburg by two points.
Martin won the boys' race by six seconds over Hayden Shaffer of Pierre. Central placed three runners among the top eight places with Jacob Angerhofer finishing seventh and Tino Lopez taking eighth. Christian Wells was 17th and Anthony Miller 20th.
"We were ready to run today," said Central boys' coach Greg Murley. "I felt really comfortable about our preparation. I knew we’d run well."
The team race was a tight one and Central needed a strong finish to overtake Harrisburg down the stretch.
"Just eyeballing the race. I would say we were 30 points down at the mile marker and had a fantastic last half of the race," Murley said.
That included a late surge by Lopez who passed a Harrisburg runner to help ensure the
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