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Brian Hom, Friends track star, dies at 18

Published: April 12, 2011 9:00 PM
By ZACHARY R. DOWDY  zachary.dowdy@newsday.com

Brian James Hom, a Friends Academy track star,

Photo credit: Handout | Brian James Hom, a Friends Academy track star, died April 10, 2011, from injuries he had sustained in a motor vehicle accident the previous month. He was 18.

Brian James Hom of Oyster Bay, a Friends Academy track star who was so fast that he broke the school's 55-meter dash record -- and then broke his own -- died Sunday from injuries he sustained in a motor vehicle accident last month.

He was 18.

A force to contend with on the track, he also worked to be a source for good in the world.

He labored against racism in both his community...

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