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Sports September 12, 2002  RSS feed

Local teen wins at Maccabi Games

Samantha Macks, 13, of Oak Park recently won five medals in track at the Maccabi Games in Baltimore.

Competing in the 13 to 14-year-old division, Macks won a gold in the triple jump with a leap of 24 ft. 2 in.; a silver in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 1 minute, 1 second; another gold in the 4 by 400-meter relay; another silver in the 4 by 100-meter relay; and a bronze in the 4 by 400-meter coed relay.

Macks was a member of the Team Los Angeles delegation.

More than 1,900 U.S. and international athletes competed.