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Race Report:
(Complete results at end of article)
Harriers Return to Bear Mountain for 20th Anniversary Edition of Rockland Alumni Cross Country Run
By Jamie Kempton
For cross-country runners, returning to Bear Mountain State Park is a reassuring rite of autumn. As surely as the trees shed their leaves and the suns warmth fades into early twilight, the harriers gravitate toward a place where memories of youthful play and spirited competition reside.
Remember how it was? Bolting around Hessian Lake with impetuous abandon. Charging up the ski-jump hill and coping with the jelly-legged fatigue on the way down. Regrouping from the hill and dashing past the Bear Mountain Inn. Marshaling your reserves (what reserves?) for the final mile. Huffing and puffing past the skating rink, swinging around the basketball courts, and sprinting it in across the Great Lawn playing field to the finish line.
On Nov. 30, at high noon, the memories came flooding back. The harriers returned, they ranand they remembered.
The convocation that reunited them was the 20th anniversary edition of the Rockland Alumni Cross Country/Bill Markiewicz Memorial Run. There were 259 of them, plus a large throng of onlookers who stood and cheered, perhaps the greatest mass of spectators this race has ever witnessed.
The weather gods cooperated with temperatures in the low 40s, minimal wind, clouds but not a raindrop or snowflake in sight. In truth, the weather hardly would have mattered to the dyed-in-the-wool cross-country zealots. They would have shown up in a blizzardjust as 21 of them did in 1983, the inaugural classic, which went off as scheduled despite a meteorological cocktail of hail, snow, driving rain and gale-force winds.
The winners circle saw a pair of first-time individual champions crowned this year, both of them gaining succession after posting runner-up finishes last year. David Dominguez, the former North Rockland High School star from the class of 1993, traversed the 3-mile course in 15 minutes 13.5 seconds for a 50-yard victory margin over Justin Romaniuk, Suffern class of 2001, who clocked 15:23.
Dominguez coaches the cross country team at Alfred State, which he attended before transferring to Kansas State. Romaniuk was the 2000 New York State Class A champion while at Suffern and is a member of the Rockland All-Century Cross Country Team. He now is a sophomore at Stanford, which recently won the NCAA Division I cross-country championship.
Lauren Tuchband, Nanuet class of 1998, turned in a personal-best 18:16.5 to score a 60-yard triumph over Heidi Everett-Powers, Warwick Valley class of 1995, who ran 18:30. Tuchband was a four-year standout at SUNY Binghamton, from which she graduated last spring. Everett-Powers had defeated Tuchband just two days before the Alumni Run at the Thanksgiving Turkey Trot 5-mile run at Rockland Lake. Tuchband and Everett-Powers were second and third, respectively at last years Alumni Run.
Clarkstown/Clarkstown North swept the team scoring titles, only the third time that trick has been turned in race history. The defending champion Rams mens squad won their fourth title and third in four years with a score of 71 points. Monroe-Woodbury of Orange County edged Suffern for second, 96 to 104. Clarkstown North claimed its first womens championship, tallying the same point total as the Rams mens team, 71 points.
The Alumni Run places heavy emphasis on participation, as reflected in a separate category dedicated to that aspect of the race. This years race resulted in a tie for the participation title; Clarkstown North and Pearl River each had 30 participants. While this category combines male and female participants, this years race drew just 50 women versus 209 men, an imbalance that race organizers hope to rectify in future years.
The fraternity of fellowship that the Alumni Run engenders is personified by those loyalists who return year after year to renew acquaintances and share reminiscences. Three of those dedicated souls have never missed an Alumni Run in its 20-year lifespan: Pat Chambers, Larry Beckerle and Walt Johnston.
Longtime Rockland Road Runner members will recall Johnston as the infamous Dr. Pain, the first coach/supervisor of the clubs weekly summer track workouts. Johnston, Suffern class of 1965, coached cross country for many years at St. Thomas Aquinas College in Sparkill. Chambers, Albertus Magnus 76, won the inaugural Alumni Run in 1983 and was a highly successful coach for the Albertus Magnus girls track team. Beckerle, Albertus Magnus 73, was a Nanuet track and cross country coach for 14 years and piloted the Nanuet girls to the 1990 New York State Class C title.
Special recognition should also be given to Sue (Gulla) Lanoce, Pearl River class of 1983, who has taken part in 19 Alumni Runsall but the first yearthe most of any woman.
Although the race is sponsored by Rockland alumni, graduates of many other high schools have broadened the base of participation over the years. The staunchest non-Rockland supporter of the race has been Monroe-Woodbury, of Central Valley in neighboring Orange County. The meet and course record of 14:08 is held by 1986 Monroe-Woodbury alum John Trautmann, a 1992 U.S. Olympian at 5,000 meters.
It was therefore entirely appropriate that the person chiefly responsible for the Crusaders annual mass participation should be honored with the Bill Markiewicz Award. Lou Hall, the man who coached all those Monroe-Woodbury athletes for more than 30 years before retiring this year, accepted the award from Markiewiczs widow, Janet.
The Markiewicz award is presented annually to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the local cross country community. It is named in memory of Bill Markiewicz, a 1967 Albertus Magnus graduate and former cross country and track coach at Clarkstown North who died of cancer in 1991. Markiewicz was an unabashed booster for the hills-and-trails sport who showered his infectious enthusiasm on anyone, regardless of their school affiliation. In the same spirit, Hall has been an ambassador for the sport and a longtime friend of the Rockland cross-country community.
The days events concluded with a post-race celebration at Nicoles restaurant and catering hall in Highland Falls. A superb 20-minute video shown at the party was produced by Pearl River alum Joe Beckerle. The video incorporated live race footage from this years event, vintage snapshots and newspaper headlines from past races, interspersed with interviews of key Alumni Run participants and all set to inspirational music.
Next years race is set for high noon on Saturday, Nov. 29, rain or shine, at Bear Mountain. For more information on the Alumni Run, contact Jamie Kempton at 845-627-2030 or at jkempton@kpmg.com. And make sure to visit the Alumni Runs excellent website, http://www.geocities.com/xcalumni, created and maintained by 1993 Clarkstown North graduate Jason Friedman.
Results:
20th Anniversary Rockland Alumni/Bill Markiewicz Memorial Cross Country Run
Saturday, November 30, 2002
Bear Mountain State Park, Bear Mountain, N.Y.
Course: 3.0 miles
Meet records: 14:08, John Trautmann (Monroe-Woodbury 86), 1994
17:03, Debbie Grant (Ramapo 83), 1995
Mens Team Scores: 1. Clarkstown/Clarkstown North (CN), 71; 2. Monroe-Woodbury (MW), 96; 3. Suffern (Suf), 104; 4. Pearl River (PR), 153; 5. North Rockland (NR), 164; 6. Clarkstown South (CS), 206; 7. Goshen (Gosh), 260; 8. Albertus Magnus (AM), 419; 9. Nanuet (Nan), 456; 10. Nyack (Ny), 495; 11. Tappan Zee (TZ), 695.
Incomplete teams: Spring Valley (SV), Ramapo (Ram).
Womens Team Scores: 1. Clarkstown/Clarkstown North (CN), 71; 2. Nanuet (Nan), 98; 3. Pearl River (PR), 125; all others incomplete.
Mens Team Participation: 1. Pearl River (PR), 25; 2. Clarkstown/Clarkstown North (CN), 24; 3. Monroe-Woodbury (MW), 23; 4. Suffern (Suf), 22; 5. Albertus Magnus (AM), 18; 6. North Rockland (NR), 17; 7. Clarkstown South (CS), 14; 8. Nanuet (Nan), 11; 9. Goshen (Gosh), 7; 10. Nyack (Ny) and Tappan Zee (TZ), 6; 12. Spring Valley (SV), 4; 13. Burke Catholic (BC), Mepham (Mep) and Washingtonville (Wash), 2; 16. Ramapo (Ram) and Warwick Valley (WV), 1.
Womens Team Participation: 1, Clarkstown North (CN), 6; 2. Nanuet (Nan) and Pearl River (PR), 5; 4. Monroe-Woodbury (MW), 4; 5. Albertus Magnus (AM) and Clarkstown South (CS), 3; 7. North Rockland (NR), Rosary Academy (RA), Suffern (Suf) and Warwick Valley (WV), 2; 11. Nyack (Ny) and Ramapo (Ram), 1.
Combined Team Participation: 1. Tie, Clarkstown/Clarkstown North (CN) and Pearl River (PR), 30; 3. Monroe-Woodbury (MW), 27; 4. Suffern, (Suf), 24; 5. Albertus Magnus (AM), 21; 6. North Rockland (NR), 19; 7. Clarkstown South (CS), 17; 8. Nanuet (Nan), 16; 9. Tie, Nyack (Ny) and Goshen (Gosh), 7; 10. Tappan Zee (TZ), 6; 11. Spring Valley (SV), 4; 12. Warwick Valley (WV), 3; 13. Burke Catholic (BC), Mepham (Mep), Ramapo (Ram), Rosary Academy (RA) and Washingtonville (Wash), 2.
Womens Top 20 Individuals
1. Lauren Tuchband (Nan 98), 18:16.5; 2. Heidi Everett-Powers (WV 95), 18:30; 3. Meghan Howell (Suf 99), 19:29; 4. Suzanne La Burt (MW 81), 20:14; 5. Erin Haugh (Nan 97), 20:47; 6. Elaine Heimers (WV 02), 20:49; 7. Kerry White (CN 00), 20:59; 8. Katie Barnes (CN 01), 21:46; 9. Briane Jacob (Wash 04unofficial), 21:50; 10. Jean Larkin (PR 77), 21:56; 11. Patti Zodda (Nan 88), 22:36; 12. Ellen Driscoll (CN 00), 22:50; 13. Jessica Hanley (PR 97), 22:56; 14. Sheila Driscoll (CN 02), 23:00; 15. Kristin Jordan (Riverwood, Atlanta, Ga. 97), 23:10; 16. Becky Prial (WV 04unofficial), 23:34; 17. Peri Kenny (Commack South 77), 23:36; 18. Laura Hudson (Northern Valley-Old Tappan, N.J. 77), 24:04; 19. Myrna Rivera (NR 77), 25:14; 20. Laurel (Gilhooly) Reilly (AM 81), 25:28.
Overall Individual Results
(259 finishers)
1. David Dominguez (NR 93), 15:13.5; 2. Justin Romaniuk (Suf 01), 15:23; 3. Eric Furst (Gosh 99), 15:42; 4. Tom McCarney (CN 93), 15:47; 5. Rich Friedrich (Gosh 98), 16:01; 6. Mike Kohlbrenner (PR 76), 16:04; 7. Matt Kohlbrenner (PR 79), 16:07; 8. Jamie Kempton (AM 76), 16:13; 9. Pat Driscoll (CN 98), 16:14; 10. Keith Johnson (Hirschi, Wichita Falls, Texas 79), 16:24; 11. Jered Haag (MW 89), 16:25; 12. Preston Smolinski (MW 98), 16:28; 13. Mike Morris (CN 96), 16:30; 14. Andy Kohlbrenner (PR 81), 16:34; 15. William Swick (MW 92), 16:44; 16. Jamsel Reyes (NR 01), 16:46; 17. Frank Visingardi (Nan 86), 16:48; 18. James Attle (Suf 98), 16:59; 19. Shawn Gallagher (St. Nathys, Ireland 78), 17:16; 20. John Trotta Jr. (Wash 02), 17:23; 21. Matt Cullen (Yorktown 99), 17:31; 22. Jason Friedman (CN 93), 17:34; 23. Taroon Amin (CN 02), 17:35; 24. Daniel Neenan (MW 02), 17:42; 25. Tom Dillon (CN 97), 17:45; 26. Pat Gruber (CS 98), 17:46; 27. John Zarella (Suf 00), 17:49; 28. Sean McCormick (Suf 00), 17:50; 29. Zack Berbit (Suf 96), 17:51; 30. Dave McGovern (CN 83), 17:51.5; 31. Gilby Hawkins (Leonia, N.J. 98), 17:55; 32. John McGovern (CN 82), 18:02; 33. Adam McCaffery (Ny 97), 18:06; 34. Ed Winslow (MW 87), 18:08; 35. Anthony Calingo (CN 01), 18:11; 36. Mike Hannon (NR 01), 18:12; 37. Lauren Tuchband (Nan 98), 18:16; 38. Matt Diglio (MW 96), 18:21; 39. Jason Noeldechen (MW 96), 18:24; 40. Jimmy ODonnell (MW 90), 18:26; 41. Heidi Everett-Powers (WV 95), 18:30; 42. Chris Michie (CS 84), 18:33; 43. Timothy Bassell (CS 00), 18:36; 44. Bob Hermesch (Hendrick Hudson 68), 18:37; 45. Casey Chafkin (CS 02), 18:40; 46. Kevin Chanowsky (MW 94), 18:42; 47. Tim Waples (Suf 00), 18:43; 48. Bill Connolly (BC 98), 18:44; 49. Simon McCaffery (Ny 97), 18:45; 50. Doug Sklar (CS 91), 18:47.
51. Paul Sklar (CS 89), 18:52; 52. Robbie Thompson (Miami Southridge, Fla. 92), 18:52.4; 53. Jonathan Velto (PR 01), 18:53; 54. Jim Barber (NR 86), 18:58; 55. Brian See (MW 02), 19:04; 56. Jim Trautmann (MW 90), 19:05; 57. Dave Feuer (NR 80), 19:08; 58. George Rhein (Don Bosco Prep, Ramsey, N.J. 73), 19:09; 59. Richard Harris (CS 01), 19:22; 60. Meghan Howell (Suf 99), 19:29; 61. Dave Lynch (CN 98), 19:36; 62. Logan Scott (Highland, Ulster, Conn. 79), 19:40; 63. Rob Celauro (CS 00), 19:42; 64. Michael Sklar (CS 93), 19:46; 65. Jerry Quigley (SV 75), 19:48; 66. Michael Beckerle (Nan 79), 19:51; 67. Matthew Rivenburgh (Pine Bush 99), 19:55; 68. Kevin Powers (CS 95), 19:56; 69. Mike St. Lawrence (Gosh 00), 19:59; 70. Andrew Chalfin (CS 88), 20:01; 71. Dominick Ponzio (NR 00), 20:07; 72. William Mpasiakos (NR 83), 20:09; 73. Michael Ward (PR 81), 20:11; 74. Suzanne La Burt (MW 81), 20:14; 75. John Lanza (Dumont, N.J. 79), 20:16; 76. Matt Markiewicz (Gosh 97), 20:20; 77. Larry Beckerle (AM 73), 20:22; 78. Stuart Weiler (CN 01), 20:22.5; 79. Pat Tobin (BC 80), 20:28; 80. John McNiff (AM 75), 20:33; 81. Sean McNulty (Princeton, N.J. 07unofficial), 20:34; 82. John Trautmann (MW 86), 20:37; 83. Anthony Copicotto (NR 01), 20:39; 84. Michael Maturo (TZ 02), 20:40; 85. Chris Hecht (CN 01), 20:41; 86. Scott Earl (MW 89), 20:42; 87. Vivck Shah (TZ 02), 20:46; 88. Paul Mueller (St. Cloud Apollo, Minn. 02), 20:46; 89. Erin Haugh (Nan 97), 20:47; 90. Bill Robbins (NR 84), 20:48; 91. Edward Norey (CN 91), 20:49; 92. Elaine Heimers (WV 02), 20:49; 93. David Bukszpan (CN 98), 20:50; 94. Jim Sussman (PR 83), 20:53; 95. Jared Noeldechen (MW 00), 20:57; 96. Kerry White (CN 00), 20:59; 97. David Herbstman (Ram 79), 21:01; 98. Chuck Sommerlad (MW 85), 21:06; 99. Gerber (CS 92), 21:08; 100. Pete Modafferi (CS 95), 21:08.4.
101. Kevin Heraghty (NR 94), 21:11; 102. Keith Reilly (PR 90), 21:13; 103. Dave Billings (Ny 72), 21:15; 104. Alex Berbit (Suf 99), 21:18; 105. George Matthaei (Mep 78), 21:27; 106. Pat Chambers (AM 76), 21:29; 107. Seth Graham (Gosh 96), 21:35; 108. Greg Mooney (Nan 79), 21:39; 109. Katie Barnes (CN 01), 21:46; 110. Phil Donnelly (PR 93), 21:49; 111. Briane Jacob (Wash 04unofficial), 21:50; 112. Jean Larkin (PR 77), 21:56; 113. Ray Sussman (PR 81), 21:56; 114. Danny Berry (WV 73), 22:00; 115. Ian Diamond (Nan 91), 22:01; 116. Michael Sandhage (PR 94), 22:10; 117. John Devlin (PR 77), 22:14; 118. Matt Deitch (MW 02), 22:23; 119. Kevin McAllister (Martin Luther 03unofficial), 22:28; 120. Mike Roswell (Suf 99), 22:30; 121. Christopher Goodwin (MW 89), 22:33; 122. Walter Johnston (Suf 65), 22:34; 123. Peter C. Augello (Middletown 98), 22:36; 124. Patti Zodda (Nan 88), 22:36; 125. Jay Kaplan (SV 67), 22:38; 126. Dan Markiewicz (Gosh 96), 22:42; 127. Daniel Hogan (Suf 99), 22:45; 128. Jay Ronayne (PR 77), 22:47; 129. Ellen Driscoll (CN 00), 22:50; 130. Roy Friedman (Gosh 93), 22:51; 131. Sean Barron (PR 79), 22:53; 132. Jessica Hanley (PR 97), 22:55; 133. Sheila Driscoll (CN 02), 23:00; 134. Chris Boelke (MW 88), 23:05; 135. Mike Collins (Mep 78), 23:06; 136. Ryan Dall (NR 94), 23:07; 137. Greg Kirsch (Ny 70), 23:08; 138. Tom Manning (PR 78), 23:09; 139. Kristin Jordan (Riverwood, Atlanta, Ga. 97), 23:10; 140. Nick Parente (CN 87), 23:18; 141. Brian Rivenburgh (Beacon 71), 23:26; 142. Becky Prial (WV 04unofficial), 23:34; 143. George Hoy (SV 69), 23:35; 144. Peri Kenny (Commack South 77), 23:36; 145. Jason Sable (Suf 99), 23:39; 146. Jeff Mehr (Suf 96), 23:41; 147. Pete Ryan (CN 01), 23:42; 148. Dan OBrien (AM 77), 23:45; 149. Mike Heraghty (NR 90), 23:46; 150. Ed Mooney (Nan 73), 23:47.
151. Peter V. Augello (MW 92), 23:49; 152. Douglas Hauser (MW 78), 23:52; 153. Mike Moran (AM 83), 23:55; 154. Ken Kinsley (Nan 81), 24:02; 155. Bob Hudson (TZ 74), 24:03; 156. Laura Hudson (Northern Valley-Old Tappan, N.J. 77), 24:04; 157. Thomas Diviny (PR 88), 24:05; 158. Alan Brandstaedter (CN 92), 24:06; 159. Brian Pansy (PR 97), 24:09; 160. Frank Cullen (Iona Prep 66), 24:11; 161. Mike Rogan (CN 86), 24:12; 162. Michael Kelly (Nan 79), 24:12; 163. Ross Stephens (Arlington 94), 24:17; 164. Brian Brady (Power Memorial, NYC 72), 24:39; 165. Brian Simpson (Pilgrim, Warwick, R.I. 75), 24:46; 166. Kevin Farry (PR 92), 24:55; 167. Ken Struhar (MW 85), 24:56; 168. Rob McNamara (Nan 86), 24:56; 169. Levine (Suf 96), 25:09; 170. Gerald Conlon (MW 84), 25:12; 171. Mark Nedell (Suf 96), 25:13; 172. Myrna Rivera (NR 77), 25:14; 173. Ray Mullins (Ny 81), 25:15; 174. Laurel (Gilhooly) Reilly (AM 81), 25:28; 175. Larry Quinn (AM 69), 25:29; 176. Debbie Larison (Ny 86), 25:39; 177. Alison Elmo (MW 02), 25:40; 178. Michele Corda (Byram Hills 83), 25:43; 179. Kristine Reilly (Governor Livingston, N.J. 99), 25:44; 180. Matt Beckerle (Nan 83), 25:47; 181. Mike Greco (PR 78), 25:58; 182. Thomas Kelly (PR 78), 25:59; 183. Jim Tyndall (TZ 72), 26:05; 184. Liz Rhein (RA 75), 26:05; 185. John Gleason (Ny 62), 26:06; 186. Brian Hanley (TZ 73), 26:07; 187. Diane Jacob (Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Brooklyn, NYC 76), 26:20; 188. John Trotta Sr. (NR 76), 26:25; 189. Mike McNamara (AM 80), 26:27; 190. Greg Woo (NR 88), 26:30; 191. Pat Colligan (Mt. St. Michael, Bronx, NYC 66) 26:48; 192. John McNulty (Nan 75), 27:09; 193. Sue (Gulla) Lanoce (PR 83), 27:11; 194. Rich Walsh (PR 80), 27:15; 195. Jennifer Purcaro (MW 88), 27:25; 196. Melissa Grech (MW 02), 27:34; 197. Alison Meisner Luscher (CN 84), 27:48; 198. Jason Conklin (Coloma, Mich. 93), 27:52; 199. Mike Waples (Suf 65), 27:52; 200. Rachel Zemser (BFIS, Barcelona, Spain 90), 27:55.
201. Bruce Woolley (Clarkstown 71), 27:59; 202. John Herr (MW 83), 28:02; 203. Tracey Harris (PR 95), 28:10; 204. Pat Amato (TZ Coach 70-73) 28:15; 205. Krista Schulte McCormack (Nan 83), 28:16; 206. Tom Kenny (PR 78) 28:20; 207. Ralph Schrag (PR 67), 28:21; 208. Gerry Oswald (Carle Place 70), 28:21; 209. Jim Malone (Bergen Catholic 79), 28:22; 210. Bob Stephens (Newburgh Free Academy 65), 28:27; 211. Tom McNamara (AM 83), 28:29; 212. Katie Petekiewicz (CS 02), 28:32; 213. Maura Carle (CS 02), 28:37; 214. Gibby Sweet (PR 68), 28:39; 215. Pat Withers (Suf 89), 28:41; 216. Kim Woolley (NR 89), 28:53; 217. Richard Wight (Wash 75), 29:07; 218. Neil Falis (CN 86), 29:12; 219. Jerry Tuchband (Carey, Franklin Square, N.Y. 69), 29:21; 220. Janie Howell (Irvington 65), 29:59; 221. Ed OConnell (Haverstraw 53), 30:03; 222. Bill Keenan (AM 85), 30:17; 223. Sean Duross (Chesire Academy, Conn. 87), 30:31; 224. Dianne (Ruckel) Pinto (CN 87), 30:36; 225. Tom Dempsey (PR 83), 30:36; 226. Dan Woolley (CN 82), 30:48; 227. Tony Marchesano (NR 75), 30:50; 228. Shirley Quinn (CS 81), 30:55; 229. Peter Katz (NR 00), 30:56; 230. Kurt Mulligan (NR 02), 31:02; 231. Sean Kilkenny (CN 85), 31:04; 232. Jim Freeman (AM 82), 31:34; 233. Brian Crowley (AM 82), 31:35; 234. Ken Gong (AM 82), 31:35; 235. Jeanne McNamara (AM 94), 31:42; 236. Paul Craven (AM 69), 31:48; 237. Margaret Markiewicz (RA 76), 31:56; 238. Janet (McNamara) Barron (AM 79), 32:05; 239. Paul Redner (Suf 93), 32:12; 240. Kevin Russo (AM 74), 32:13; 241. Henry Reynolds (AM 71), 32:19; 242. Diane (Dupas) Fitzgerald (PR 82), 32:28; 243. Angel Roddy (Lower Richland, Columbia, S.C. 88), 32:48; 244. Joseph Herr (MW 87), 32:49; 245. Alenka List (San Francesca, Buenos Aires, Argentina 85), 32:52; 246. Tom List (PR 80), 32:52; 247. Theresa Joos (Ward Melville 82), 32:55; 248. Karen Redner (Suf 98), 33:14; 249. Unidentified finisher, 33:35; 250. Elizabeth (Shine) Heneghan (Nan 83), 35:19; 251. Gisela Tuccillo (Germany), 37:17; 252. Sherry Berbit (Ram 69), 37:17; 253. Pete Beckerle (SV 48), 37:18; 254. Mike Markiewicz (AM 70), 39:01; 255. Tom Markiewicz (AM 65), 39:01; 256. Steve Redner (Suf 96), 45:10; 257. Duke Markiewicz (CS 78), 46:25; 258. Tom Palumbo (CN 88), 49:17; 259. Michael Coakley (CN 87), 49:17; 260. Warren Berbit (Suf 60), 49:18. |
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