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ND SPORTS rience he had was when he broke four minutes and they put up a sheet with 'sub-four-minute mile' to celebrate with him," said Danielle, a freshman at Notre Dame. Danielle joined her sister on the Irish "He always tells us the coolest expe- cross country team this fall in carry- ing on the family tradition of distance running in South Bend. She finished 19 seconds behind Alexa, a junior, while helping the Notre Dame team to a 12th-place finish at the Wisconsin adidas Invitational Oct. 12. Alexa missed most of this year's reg- ular season with a knee injury, but she finished 27th out of 138 runners at last year's Big East Championship meet. Danielle's best race to date ended in 22nd place at the Notre Dame In- vitational to help the Irish finish as runners-up to No. 1 Florida State. In the spring, both will try to catch up to their father's legacy by running the mile. As much as they might have tried Danielle Aragon, a freshman, joined her sister Danielle on the Irish cross country team this fall, and both will try to catch up to their father's leg- acy by running the mile in the spring. PHOTO COURTESY NOTRE DAME MEDIA RELATIONS which he outkicked future Olympian John Gregorek down the stretch, plays second fiddle in Aragon's memory to the reception he received back at his dorm. to fight it, the fact that both Aragon girls landed at Notre Dame seems like it was a foregone conclusion. Tim Connelly, the women's cross country coach, raced with Aragon in the early 1980s. The girls were raised on regular trips to the South Bend campus to visit Chuck's old stomping grounds and Alexa's godfather, who also happens to be longtime track coach Joe Piane. The 37-year coaching veteran was the first to convince the oldest Aragon that he should try running the mile. They stayed close long after graduation, and Piane made the trip to Billings, Mont., to be there when Danielle was born.