Heading into the NJSIAA Cross-Country Meet of Champions on Nov. 23, Jackson Braddock knew he had an outside chance to win the state championship. However, the Southern Regional junior doesn’t run at Holmdel Park often, and running its course two straight weeks isn’t an easy task.
“I never had to run this course two weeks in a row, so my legs were feeling it later in the race,” he said afterward. “I went as much as I could, but my legs were moderately more sore than last week.”
After staying near the frontrunners for the first two-thirds of Saturday’s finale, Braddock couldn’t maintain the high…
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