ADAMANT – Hazen Union track and field and Craftsbury Academy cross-country head coach Maxfield English finished second overall last week to pace all local runners at the Adamant half Marathon.
Nineteen-year-old Ezra Merrill-Triplett of Calais edged the 49-year-old English by just over a second with a winning time of 1:25:36. English dominated his 40-49 male age division by over 11 minutes.
Montpelier’s Madeline McKeever was the top female runner with a time of 1:36:21. East Hardwick’s Emma Podolin and Craftsbury’s Reed Holden finished top five in their 30-39 female age division.
Next up on the Central Vermont Runners Circuit will be the Barre town Spring Run on Sunday.
