WESTPORT, Mass. — Former Smithfield High All-State runner Sydney Bagus was the top women’s finisher at the 8th annual Horseneck Half Marathon on May 21 at Horseneck Beach in Westport, Mass., as she took ninth place out of 563 runners in a time of 1:29:36 that was just 11 seconds away from the 7th-place finisher.

Bagus, who graduated from Smithfield High in 2017 and went on to have an outstanding athletic career with the High Point University cross country and track and field teams, topped the runner-up female finisher, New York’s Allie Silverman, by 99 seconds.

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