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Wednesday, September 05, 2012  Central New York's Olympic hero Lopez Lomong is returning home, hoping to become the hero that saved the Tully High School's track program.

Saturday, August 11, 2012  It was a wild 13 minute ride at the 5000 meter run at the Olympics for fans of Lopez Lomong, and the outcome wasn't certain until the home stretch.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  Lopez Lomong pulled off something on Wednesday is wasn't able to accomplish at the Beijing Olympics, advance to the finals.

Wednesday, August 08, 2012  Click this story to see if Lopez Lomong qualified for the final in the Men's 5000 meter run.

Tuesday, August 07, 2012  Tully's Lopez Lomong will finally take to the track at the London Olympics on Wednesday, the exact four year anniversary of when he was the U.S. Flag bearer at the Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremonies.

Sunday, August 05, 2012  Many Central New York Athletes have already completed their Olympic competition, but a new wave of CNY thletes are ready for their moment in the London spotlight this upcoming week.

Wednesday, August 01, 2012  It's a great way to root on a Central New York Olympian, and help out his charity in the process.

Friday, July 27, 2012  Barbara and Robert Rogers, who took Lopez in as their foster child back in 2001, were reflecting back this week on how far Lomong has come since he was a track star at Tully High School, and even since he fell short of an Olympic medal in the 15-hundred meters at the 2008 Olympics.

Thursday, June 28, 2012  Lomong, 30, finished 3rd in the 5000 meter run on Thursday night which was good enough to qualify him for a second consecutive trip to the Olympics.

Monday, June 28, 2010  Lopez Lomong won the National Championship by less than a tenth of a second in the 1500 meter race on Sunday, just the latest accomplishment in a life full of overcoming the odds.

Sunday, June 27, 2010  Ti'erra Brown won the women's 400 hurdles by nearly a second, while Lopez Lomong beat Leonel Manzano by less than 0.1 seconds in the men's 1,500.