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Sports: Tom Archdeacon

Ann Alyanak of Bellbrook is one of the most accomplished distance runners the Miami Valley has ever known. She’s the defending U.S. Air Force Marathon women’s champion and the winner of two of the last three USAF Marathons (2019 and 2017). She qualified for three US Olympic Trials – 2008, 2012 and most recently for the 2020 Trials prior to the Tokyo Games -- was the second best American woman finisher in the Boston Marathon in 2007, won the Columbus Marathon in 2011 and represented the United States in world championship events in Hungry and Japan. A former Big Ten champion at Purdue who grew up on a farm outside of Bluffton, she was the University of Dayton cross country coach from 2004 to 2010 and was named the Atlantic 10 Conference Coach of the Year in 2009. She currently coaches athletes from across the nation on line. CONTRIBUTED
Archdeacon: A Marathon Mom like no other
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Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Ja'Marr Chase (1) makes a catch past Minnesota Vikings defensive back Bashaud Breeland (21) and takes it in for a touchdown in the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2021, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster)
Archdeacon: Burrow-Chase connection ‘felt like old times’ in Bengals’ season-opening win
Dayton football players wore 9/11 patches on their helmets on Saturday, Sept. 11, 2021, during a game against Eastern Illinois at Welcome Stadium. David Jablonski/Staff
Archdeacon: UD’s connection to Sept. 11 remains strong, vivid — and heartbreaking
The 2001 Bellbrook High School football team, led by Charlie O'Dell (with flag), PHOTO by Nick Falzarano, Nicholas Studios
Archdeacon: After 9/11, Bellbrook football became ‘the picture of the nation’
Pilot Ba Nguyen on the wing of his A-1 Skyraider that’s loaded with long fuse Mk 82 missiles. Based at Bien Hoa Air Base, he flew some 1,500 combat missions for the Republic of Vietnam Air Force (RVNAF). (Contributed Photo)
Local man who escaped Vietnam sees similarities in those who fled Afghanistan
Afghanistan's judo athlete Friba Razayee, 18, poses for a photo at the end of her team's welcome ceremony at the Olympic Games 2004 in Athens, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2004. The games are scheduled to start Friday Aug. 13. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Archdeacon: ‘Dreams are fading and dreamers are hopeless’
Gold medallist Lauren Steadman of Britain and silver medallist Grace Norman of the U.S. congratulate each other at the finish line of the women's triathlon PTS5 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. (Joe Toth for OIS via AP)
Archdeacon: A silver medal, but a golden performance
Donnie Deaton on his 60th birthday earlier this month. CONTRIBUTED
Archdeacon: Softball is tonic for toughest time
Grace Norman of the U.S. approaches the finish line to take the silver medal in the women's triathlon PTS5 as gold medallist Lauren Steadman of Britain waits to congratulate her at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021. (Joe Toth for OIS via AP)
Grace Norman wins silver in Paralympic triathlon
Grace Norman in Tokyo wearing her team USA blazer. She competes Saturday evening (Dayton time) in the paratriathlon, the event where she won the gold medal at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Paralympics. CONTRIBUTED
Archdeacon: ‘Once in a lifetime’ Grace goes for gold -- again
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