Nassau's top cross country runners competed in the state qualifier Saturday at Bethpage State Park.

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Seaford high school senior Joseph Miller legs out the final stretch of the Nassau County varsity boys' cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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Syosset High School junior Tyler Italiano legs out the final stretch of the Nassau County varsity boys' cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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Syosset High School senior Simon Nwana legs out the final stretch of the Nassau County varsity boys' cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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Oceanside High School senior Bryant Babel legs out the final stretch of the Nassau County varsity boys' cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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Syosset High School junior Tyler Italiano legs out the final stretch of the Nassau County varsity boys cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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Garden City High School sophomore Stephanie Gerland, right, stays ahead of the pack near the start of the Nassau County varsity girls' cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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Mepham High School senior Steven Forte legs out the final stretch of the Nassau County varsity boys' cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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East Rockaway High School senior Jonathan Schloth legs out the final stretch of the Nassau County varsity boys' cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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North Shore junior Stacie Nadel legs out the final stretch of the Nassau County varsity girls cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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Garden City High School sophomore Stephanie Gerland legs out the final stretch of the Nassau County varsity girls' cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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Seaford High School senior Joseph Miller, front (bib no. 3106) stays ahead of the pack near the start of the Nassau County varsity boys' cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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Calhoun High School sophomore Grace Moore legs out the final stretch of the Nassau County varsity girls' cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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Mepham High School junior Charlie Skidmore legs out the final stretch of the Nassau County varsity boys' cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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Syosset High School sophomore Lauren Gruber legs out the final stretch of the Nassau County varsity girls' cross country championship and state qualifier. (Nov. 2, 2013)

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