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"It feels great," Long said. "I’ve been waiting all year to say I’m No. 1 in the state."
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Katrina was shot in the neck, the side and the arm, but recovered fully and was in the stands to see Long’s winning performance.
Long would like to believe her father was around, too.
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Her workouts were good and by the time the regionals rolled around she wound up with the best Division 1 time in the 400, which made her the top seed again,
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Back in the day Long’s father was the loudest guy at the track and for the life of her Long can’t figure out what happened that night when everything went so wrong.
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