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Carrying running a long way

Butler graduate Brett Brady, front, a cross country runner at the Naval Academy, is the two-time Patriot League Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Submitted Photo

ANNAPOLIS. Md. — Running cross country wasn’t exactly on Brett Brady’s athletic agenda at Butler High School.

He was a golfer for the Golden Tornado in the fall and played hockey in the winter. He took on track and field in the spring.

“I didn't begin running cross country until my sophomore year,” said Brady, a 2018 Butler graduate. “(Butler cross country coach) Rick Davanzati convinced me to give it a try. He was the first coach to really take a chance on me like that.

“I remember Coach Davanzati offering to pick me up and drive me to practice, then drive me home afterward every day. Just the fact he offered to do that ... I had to go for it.”

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