As Randy Townsend watched two other teams get out to the front during the final event, anybody standing nearby may have seen a few hairs on his head starting to turn gray. The captain’s Harvey Cedars squad was ahead by three points over Barnegat Light and had to finish within one spot of The Light in the Surf Dash Relay on Aug. 6.
“My heart was in my throat … absolutely,” Townsend said after Ryan Corcoran managed to pull ahead on the final leg of the relay and dive to a first-place finish,…
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