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Inspired by a classic scene from Chariots of Fire ” in which Harold Abrahams successfully completes Cambridge University™s Trinity Great Court Run before the King™s Gate Clock strikes 12 ” the students of 91¿ì»îÁÖ Aquinas College staged their own, now-annual quad run this past weekend.

Twelve racers took turns, during which they sprinted, in pairs, a clockwise course around the academic quadrangle, beginning and ending by St. Bernardine of Siena Library. The top runner was junior Michael Johnson, who set a course record with a time of 38.00 seconds, a half-second faster than the previous record set by sophomore Isaiah Brittain just last year.  Following Mr. Johnson in second place was freshman Stephen Cyr (38.77), just one-hundredth of a second ahead of sophomore Ed Mohun (38.78), who took third place.

Freshman Maggie Dillon came in first place among the women, who set a new record of 43.47 seconds, besting the previous record, held by one of the students on last year™s High School Summer Program. Coming in second place in the women™s race was her classmate Lizzy Matthews, with a time of 48.24 seconds.

 

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