His parents were at a track meet for their 15-year-old daughter and didn't see the news that night.

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The bus had been on its way an indoor track meet at Indiana University.

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At the storied indoor track meet last year, he regained the 5, 000 mark.

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At the track, fans can cook, meet other fans, shop for merchandise, change tires and drive simulators.

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Apart from the track meet, Ms. Rush said that backpacks will be prohibited at a fundraising celebration on Penn's campus Friday.

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It's a sad fact of track and field that that specter hangs over any meet and certainly one with so much at stake like this.

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The NCAA notes that a 930 APR, or academic performance rate, equates to a program being at the fulcrum to meet that criteria -- with higher scores indicating that a program is on track to graduate more than half its players, and lower ones indicating it is not.

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Brooklyn got into a track meet with the Nuggets, playing Denver's style, but leading 62-57 at the half.

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