Boys Win National 4xMile Title. Tie State Record.

The foursome of junior Caudell Cajuste, senior Myles Plummer, senior Shane Brosnan, and sophomore Jimmy Wischusen combined to run 17:12.34, which the state record set by Essex Catholic in 1966 at Highland Park, and is tied for No. 11 in U.S. high school history. Essex Catholic, anchored by the legendary Marty Liquori, ran a hand time of 17.12.2, but when converted from a hand to an automatic time (adding .24 as per the National Federation of High School) it comes to 17:12.34.

Union Catholic won the race by 21 seconds over Christian Brothers Academy, second in 17:33.68. Westfield finished sixth in 17:43.7.

Cajuste got UC off to a solid start, splitting 4:27.6 before handing off to Plummer in fifth place. Plummer got right up to the lead pack after the first 800, and then charged to the front and completed a 4:14.9 carry to put UC in the lead for good. Brosnan immediately opened a huge gap on the third leg and kept pouring it on as he built a huge lead with a 4:15.5 split. Wischusen, in a race against the clock when he got the stick, finished off the masterpiece by cranking out a 4:14.2 anchor, which included a 62.5 last lap.