The track is where Mike says he feels most at home. The senior from Northport, New York says he ran his best two-mile race in just 8 minutes, 42 seconds.  He was recently named Sports Illustrated High School Athlete of the Month.

Mike says he wants to run in college and hopes to complete in the Paralympics in Brazil in 2016.

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Near the end of the longest day of the year, Georgians rest atop Stone Mountain to watch the sunset behind the Atlanta skyline. (Richard Watkins/AJC)

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