Aisling Cuffe

  EUGENE, Ore. – Marquise Goodwin of Rowlett, Texas, broke the 20-year-old national high school record in the long jump on Saturday, jumping 26-10 in the Seniors competition of the USATF Championships at Hayward Field.

The best of NY State come together at Cornell University this weekend for the NY State Federation Championships. The best athletes from the CHSAA, PSAL, AIS, and NYSPHSAA will battle for the state championships.

He eyed the clock leisurely, his breath barely shaken. Great Neck South’s Terrance Livingston made sure to lean at the finish to squeeze every tick off this time.

This week's How They Train features Aisling Cuffe of Cornwall. The sophomore rising star just qualifed for her first Foot Locker Nationals by placing third at the regional meet Saturday. How They Train is designed to give an in-depth look at how runners just like you train around the state. Since there is no uniform formula, we decided to find out yours.

All that separated three close friends from finishing 1-2-3 in the Footlocker Northeast Regional meet was a rookie barely old enough to drive.

WAPPINGERS FALLS – Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake coach Shaun Zepf said his team wanted a nasty course. He said they hoped for rain and mud. They got both.

Rocky Mountain Reunion: Evan Appel (pictured above, left) topped Bobby Nicolls (right), but Joseph Manilafasha runs best time of the day 15:08, while Allie McLaughlin posts a 17:04 at the Colorado State Meet, one of the many state championships contested this weekend.

Today Cornwall sophomore Aisling Cuffe is one of the top cross country runners in the state. Less than a year ago, she was a freshman race walker with no cross country experience.

WAPPINGERS FALLS – Any runner that has compete at North Rockland with Barry Baloga as his coach would know, if nothing else, that Baloga is good for a solid speech. Baloga, an English teacher, started this one with a line from a poem by Robert Frost.