Robbie’s Run, which commemorates 9-year-old Robbie Levine of Merrick, who died of heart failure in 2005 while rounding the bases during a Little League practice, attracted more than 1,700 participants between the annual event’s 5K, mile- and half-mile races through Merrick streets and fields on Sunday. As part of the festivities, Joseph Rocco, president of the Merrick-North Little League announced that the league was naming its front baseball field at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick as the “Forever 9: Robbie Levine Foundation Field."
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By Scott Brinton
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5/1/13
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Attention runners and south Merrick residents: The route for the annual Robbie’s Run has changed.
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4/25/13
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Of the 60 people who helped stuff more than 1,500 bags with donated treats for participants in the eighth annual Robbie’s Run, many were children.
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By Julie Mansmann
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4/17/13
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I rounded the corner into Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick on April 29, sweating and panting, and I heard my wife shouting my name in the distance. I ran to Katerina’s voice.
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5/10/12
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The seventh annual Robbie’s Run was the biggest ever, attracting 1,700 runners between its three races. That’s 200 more participants than ever before, said Jill Levine, founder of Forever Nine–The Robbie Levine Foundation, which sponsors the event.
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By David Weingrad
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5/2/12
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Last Wednesday morning, I was a mile and half into a 3.1-mile run through south Merrick, where I live, when I was overcome by a side stitch that emanated from the right side of my abdomen and wrapped around my torso to my back.
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3/15/12
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More than 1,700 runners and walkers took to the streets of south Merrick on May 22 for the sixth annual Robbie’s Run, which has quickly become one of the Merrick-Bellmore community’s go-to events. In total, the event raised $48,000.
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By David Weingrad
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5/25/11
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On May 1, one month shy of his 50th birthday, Merrick’s Dennis Cohen will run in the St. Anthony’s Triathlon.
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By David Weingrad
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3/21/11
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A soggy Sunday didn't stop nearly 400 runners and 1,000 people in total last week from turning out for the Fifth Annual Robbie's Run for a Reason at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School in Merrick, which raised $40,000 to supply defibrillators for youth sports fields and leagues.
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Sari Zeidler
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4/28/10
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The fifth annual Robbie's Run will take place Sunday, April 25, at Levy-Lakeside Elementary School. The event features a 5K run/walk, a one-mile mini-run and a children's fun-run, as well as children's entertainment and fun for the whole family.
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4/16/10
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