For 50 years, Paul Limmer was a world class track coach at Long Island's Mepham High School. He holds NY State's record | dG1fRlhOeVl4TXlpZ28
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00:02 [MUSIC PLAYING]
00:05 - The fifth man is your most important person.
00:10 In cross country--
00:11 - It's the top five men that determines the scoring.
00:15 - You can't win anything without your fifth man.
00:19 And that's why you need a team.
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00:24 - I think Coach's legacy is the hundreds of kids
00:29 he impacted.
00:31 How many people can you say, oh, this man changed my life?
00:35 - I could convince kids to do things that other coaches
00:37 couldn't have them do.
00:39 - He set world age class records.
00:42 - We did not know what it was like to lose a track meet.
00:46 - This was team running and team building.
00:50 - We trained exactly like the boys,
00:52 but I was a developing girl.
00:54 I had an emotional break, and I lost my ability to run.
00:59 - These things took a toll on me.
01:01 - There were rumors they're going to cancel the season.
01:04 - We had to decide what we were going to do as a team.
01:09 - Run.
01:11 That's what we're going to do.
01:13 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:16 - Even if we were the worst athlete on the team,
01:20 we were part of that team.
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01:24 - It's not just about what happens on the track.
01:27 It's everything in between that makes that possible.
01:31 - Coach passed on the legacy of lifting all.
01:35 He saw me.
01:36 - The whole concept of the fifth man
01:38 involves everyone has value.
01:41 Everyone can contribute.
01:44 That's how you develop a fifth man.
01:46 [MUSIC PLAYING]
01:49 (dramatic music)