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The
top three finishers were draped in American flags.
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Alan
Culpepper was greeted at the finish by his wife, Shayne
and his son, Cruz.
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Trent
Briney held on and completed the race of his life,
grabbing fourth in 2:12:35.
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Briney's
run chopped 8:25 off his previous personal best. Briney
graduated from the...
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...University
of Colorado - Colorado Springs in 2001, his best college
performance was a runner-up finish in the 10,000m...
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...at
the DII NCAA Championships. Briney's second-half split
of 1:05:27 was only 22 seconds off his half-marathon
PR.
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Briney
was greeted by race director Valerie McLean upon crossing
the finish line.
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Meb
Keflezighi, Culpepper and Dan Browne congratulate
Briney.
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Keflezighi
tried to stay warm by wrapping himself in a "space
blanket."
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Culpepper
and Keflezighi
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Clint
Verran moved up well in the last 10K of the race...
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finished fifth in 2:14:37.
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Though
it was bittersweet for the Hansons-Brooks program...
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...to
have both of the alternates to the team, it was also
a testament...
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the success of the program.
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Scott
Larson, 34, picked up a few spots after dropping out
of the lead pack...
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finished sixth in 2:15:03.
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Josh
Cox finished seventh in 2:15:18.
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Eddy
Hellebuyck finished eighth in 2:15:36 and later told
RunnersWorld.com...
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..."We've
got the best team going to Athens. Fourty-three year
olds shouldn't be on the team."
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