Zariel Macchia, center, poses for a photo with her parents, Alexandra Macchia, left, and Peter Macchia on the beach at Smith Point County Park near her home in Shirley, N.Y. on Wednesday, Feb. 5 ...

Zariel Macchia, the star William Floyd runner and future Olympic hopeful who was banned from the upcoming winter season state championship because of an obscure technicality, will race after all ...