Brown captures mile at Danbury Dream Invite (video)

Taking the lead from the opening gun, Spencer Brown captured the featured mile race at the ninth annual Danbury Dream Invitational on Friday night.

The Wilton senior finished with a time of 4 minutes, 12.25 seconds. He blitzed his final 400m in 59 seconds to hold off a strong challenge the last straightaway from Eric van der Els of Brien McMahon and Ridgefield's Austin Gilbert, who were second (4:13.20) and third (4:14.03), respectively. The race, which saw 10 runners dip under 4:20, was without top seed, Alex Ostberg of Darien, who rolled his ankle prior to the meet and withdrew from the competition.

It was a tight battle in the girls' 800m with Danbury's Leah Sarkisan holding off Michaela Meyer of Ponperaug with a winning time of 2:14.05. Sarkisan was timed in 2:14.06. Jon Keating of Ridgefield was the boys' 800m titlist with a 1:56.42 clocking.


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MileSplit CT will have more videos, photos and a complete story on the Danbury Invite coming soon.