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700 'Girls On The Run' Race Under Sunny Skies

The Morris contingent, including Carissa Richards, 8, and Justine Morton, 9, in flourescent yellow T-shirts, were on the starting line at today's Girls on the Run 5K in Cooperstown.   More than 700 girls competed, plus 300 family and friends.  (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
The Morris contingent, including Carissa Richards, 8, and Justine Morton, 9, in flourescent yellow T-shirts, were on the starting line at today's Girls on the Run 5K in Cooperstown. More than 700 girls competed, plus 300 family and friends. (Jim Kevlin/allotsego.com)
...and they're off on the 5K race around Cooperstown
...and they're off on the 5K race around Cooperstown

COOPERSTOWN – Seven hundred girls from six counties dashed off the starting line at noon today at the Clark Sports Center, the culmination of 10 weeks of – as organizer Sally Trosset put it – "celebrating gratitude."

The goal, she said, is "to teach girls about self-esteem, making good choices in life," ... of learning "it's nice to be nice."

 

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