6/14/2008

McGovern just misses state PV record

By Christopher Hunt

BUFFALO – The way Pat DuPont torn down the back straight it looked like the Fairport senior must have forgot how many laps were left. This was a full gallop – a challenge to the field to match him at their own peril.

“I knew that if I could make (the pace) hurt myself then I could make it hurt everyone else,” DuPont said.

Only Ticonderoga’s Lee Berube and Colby DelBene of Pawling chased him with 700 meters left in the 3,200 federation final at the New York State championships. DelBene cracked on the far curve but Berube made it a race. The two went scorching into the last lap and DuPont only kept pushing harder.