Cross Country

WATERTOWN — Naugatuck’s Muad Hrezi won the Naugatuck Valley League cross country championship for the second straight year to highlight an event filled with...

WATERTOWN — For the second consecutive year, Naugatuck’s Muad Hrezi is the best cross country runner in the Naugatuck Valley League. Hrezi won the league...

NAUGATUCK — Naugatuck asserted itself on the cross country course on Tuesday. The boys and girls teams defeated Woodland and Kennedy. Both of the...

NAUGATUCK — The Naugatuck boys and girls cross country teams are looking to present a challenge to the rest of the Naugatuck Valley League...

NAUGATUCK — What goes up must come down. That was the basis of the thoughts running through Naugatuck runner Muad Hrezi’s mind as he tirelessly...

They’re a meet day mainstay, though the faded, burgundy leather boat shoes befit a man who owns a closet full of Bermuda—rather than running—shorts. But to Naugatuck High cross country and track coach Bill Hanley, nautical footwear is as essential as a pair of Nikes. “What I’ll do is when I go to meets, I’ll wear Sperry Topsiders because they don’t have a lot of support,” he explains. “So on Saturdays, as I’m running around the course … I’m strengthening my lower legs.” And all this time I thought it was a fashion statement. I should have known better. See, Hanley, a special education science teacher at NHS, is a man of reason, and there’s a very good reason why he rocks those white-soled, bow-tied beauties.