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North Hall grad Ty McCormack warms up for Olympic Trials with third-place at Miami Half Marathon
Gainesville native was first runner from US to cross finish line in Miami
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North Hall High graduate Ty McCormack, right, holds the American flag after his third-place finish at the Miami Half Marathon on Sunday. He ran the 13.1 mile race in 1 hour, 6 minutes. - photo by For The Times
During Sunday’s Miami Half Marathon, Ty McCormack was forced to make a strategic decision he’s never encountered in his many years of elite distance running. About eight miles into the race, the North Hall High graduate and Olympic Trials qualifier, noticed his shoelace was untied. Right in the thick of the top professional competitors in the 13.1-mile race, McCormack decided to keep running, instead of losing “20 or 30 seconds” it would take to re-tie his shoe.
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