Sad news from the Empire State Games
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- July
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Joel Schwartz, a 72-year-old swimmer from Nyack, died last night while competing in the Masters 1,500-meter swimming competition.
Schwartz is the first athlete and third person to die in the 31-year history of the Games.
“Here is a link”:http://lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080726/SPORTS02/307260030 to a report that we just posted on LoHud.com.
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on Saturday, July 26th, 2008 at 6:59 pm by Joe Lombardi. 
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Mike Dougherty has been covering sports in the Lower Hudson Valley for the last 20 years. After writing extensively about local high school and college athletics for The Journal News and LoHud.com, he spent a decade on the Knicks beat. Mike has also filed stories from the Final Four, NBA Finals, U.S. Open, PGA Championship and World Series. He graduated from Slippery Rock University after spending two years at Kennedy Catholic in Somers and now lives in Brewster.
My congratulation with first place in overall count on Olympic Games. Volleyball team was the best!