There are a number of clichés associated with hard work and effort. However, to Commack senior Aidan Piracci, those are not just common sayings that are seen in people’s social media bios and posts. Rather, those clichés are the story of how he got to where he is now.

Piracci won the 5,000-meter run in 16 minutes, 41.1 seconds at the boys cross country Suffolk Division championships at Sunken Meadow State Park on Monday. That time not only won him the Division II county championship — it also placed him first in the merged results for the best time of all runners.

Piracci had always been one of Commack’s better runners throughout all three seasons, but he never quite put in the work to elevate himself above the rest. He never trained in the summer before cross country until this year.

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