As Carroll senior Nick Giusti crossed the finish line Friday night in the Class 5A track regional at Friends, he raised his hands in triumph. He kept running, pausing for a chest bump with Joshua Hornback, then running to another friend for a hug.

And he ran some more, on to the infield, then back on to the track to hug his mother, who stood on the other side of the chain link fence.

Giusti won the 110 meter hurdles in 14.89 seconds, but his joy wasn’t solely due to his win.

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