I confess, the headline is hyperbolic, but for a Long Island woman on her first cross-country road trip, the wildfires and smoke demand purple prose. We arrived in an area of California that is designated “purple” . . .
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8/26/21
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A childhood friend recently posted a black-and-white snapshot on Facebook of our middle school cross-country team, a ragtag collection of 30 boys . . .
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6/22/17
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Sports fans across the globe will soon turn their eyes to Sochi, Russia, where the XXII Winter Olympic Games will be contested from Feb. 7 to 23.
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1/30/14
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Clarke senior Tristynn Mercedes captured the Nassau Conference IV girls’ cross-country championship race this fall and led the team to a runner-up finish to Friends Academy.
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By Tony Bellissimo
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11/20/12
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I ran track as an eighth-grader at Grand Avenue Middle School in Bellmore in 2001. I wasn’t a star, but I stuck it out through the spring season and learned how to stay fit for life. I was 14 years old.
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By David Weingrad
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9/26/12
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The first thing you’d suspect about Eric Ratner, Nassau County’s Conference IV cross-country champion, is that he’s blazing fast. The second is that he’s fanatical about running. But you’d be wrong on both counts.
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Tom Jordan
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11/25/11
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Led by state qualifier Rachel Levy, East Meadow finished runner-up to Massapequa at the Nassau Conference I girls’ cross-country championship meet at Bethpage State Park.
Levy, a junior, …
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Tony Bellissimo
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11/24/10
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In a season that saw its 108 dual meet winning streak snapped, East Meadow’s girls’ cross-country team started a new one and still managed to place fifth in Nassau County.
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Tony Bellissimo
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11/25/09
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