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Koelbel leads Kings Park

King's Park's Kayla Koelbel won the long jump

Photo credit: Kathleen Malone-Van Dyke | King's Park's Kayla Koelbel won the long jump in 17-00.75 in the Suffolk Division II Small Schools girls indoor track and field championship. (Feb. 6, 2012)

All throughout last night's Suffolk Small School championship track meet, Kayla Koelbel had four words on her mind: be strong, be confident.

Those words were what Kings Park coach Rob Muller told his team earlier in the day, and the senior took them to heart.

"He told us, 'We've done the hard part, we've done all the training,' " Koelbel said. "All that's left was this, and this was...

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