As students whizzed by during the final stretch of a heated race, Peter Vincent O'Sullivan's distinctive voice would fill the track arena, calling out, ''Pick your knees up!" In one hand he clutched a clipboard filled with stats, in another a stopwatch and at times his signature duffle bag. (Full article: 775 words)

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