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Two
miles into the race, Erik Kean ran with the main pack.
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Brantley
Lutz works as a bartender and qualified for the Trials
with a 2:20:55.
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Ryan
Meissen qualified in the same race as Lutz - the 2002
Twin Cities Marathon - and finished four seconds behind
him.
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Scott
Nicholas, a 1996 graduate of the University of Oregon,
ran in the pack early on.
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Terrance
Shea is the latest addition to the Hansons-Brooks
Olympic Develpment Program.
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L-R:
Tom McGlynn, Ben Rosario, and Shea
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Mike
Franko (in white hat) and Bill Kabasenche (in red)
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#37
Matt Harmer
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Rosario
(left) and Shea ran together early on.
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Alfredo
Vigueras
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Corey
Creasey (left) and Clint Verran
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#83
Scott Strand resides in Birmingham and was a crowd
favorite.
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Everyone
in the front of the pack looked relaxed as the approached
the two-mile mark.
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L-R:
Brian Sell, Matt Sandercock, Jason Mayeroff, Brian
Clas, and Alan Culpepper.
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Just
before the two-mile mark, Teddy Mitchell and Peter
Clusener (not pictured)...
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...ran
well ahead of the pack, but most of the athletes were
content to sit back and wait...
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...for
the real moves. #53 Jason Lehmkuhle ran at the front
of the chase pack...
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...with
#27 Keith Dowling also up there. Lehmkuhle is a member
of Team USA Minnesota.
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Lehmkuhle
is a 2000 graduate of Drake University and he qualified
for the Trials with a 2:18:24...
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...at
the 2003 Chicago Marathon. Dowling qualified sith
a 2:13:28 at the 2002 Boston Marathon.
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