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On
the second loop, R-L: Martin Fagan, Rod Koborsi, Chris
Esselborn, Kurt Benninger, and Chris Lukezic led...
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...then
our camera malfunctioned and we didn't get anything
until the finish. Bobby Curtis put in a mad finishing...
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...kick
to pull away from Chris Lukezic around the final backstop.
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Curtis,
a sophomore at Villanova, was a national mile champion
in high school, but Chris Lukezic...
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...a
junior, had finished fourth in the Olympic Trials
1,500m in July, so Curtis needed a blazing finish...
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...to
pull away and hold Lukezic off. Curis won in 23:26...
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...and
Lukezic finished second in 23:29.
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Rod
Koborsi finished third in 23:39 and Georgetown...
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...was
the first team with two runners across the finish
line.
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Providence's
Martin Fagan finished fourth in 23:43...
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...and
Dylan Wykes finished fifth in 23:48. At this point,
things were looking good for Georgetown, Providence,
and Villanova...
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...but
then Notre Dame took the next four spots. Kurt Benninger
(#428) finished seventh in 23:54.
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#434
Tim Moore passed Benninger to take sixth in 23:53.
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#438
Kaleb Van Ort finished eighth in 23:54 and Sean O'Donnell
finished ninth in 23:55.
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Providence's
Pat Moulton finished 10th in 24:05.
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Villanova's
Marc Pelerin finished 11th in 24:07.
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Georgetown's
Chris Esselborn finished 12th in 24:10.
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Villanova's
Andrew "Kippy" Keino finished 13th in 24:15.
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Providence's
Max Smith (14th, 24:16) was the first freshman to
finish.
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Fleet
Hower (left, 15th, 24:25) and Steve Meinelt (16th,
24:25) went 4-5 for Georgetown, and then it was just
a question of when Notre Dame's fifth runner would
come across the line.
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