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Iona
senior Joe McAlister gets ready for the 5,000m final.
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Montana
sophomore Antony Ford.
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Alistair
Cragg of Arkansas.
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Georgetown
sophomore Rod Koborsi.
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2003
NCAA Cross Country Champion Dathan Ritzenhein.
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Arizona
senior Kyle Goklish.
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Ritzenhein,
as the gun goes off.
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L-R:
Ryan Andrus, Koborsi, Richard Kiplagat, Matt Tegenkamp,
Cragg, and Ford.
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L-R:
Goklish, Ritzenhein, and Iona's Sean Connolly run
up front just past the 200m mark.
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Baylor
senior Kyle King.
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Montana's
Ford.
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Ritzenhein
takes over a solo lead with Cragg tucked in behind.
Cragg generally has better finishing speed...
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...than
Ritzenhein, so it was in Ritzenhein's best interest
to set a decent pace.
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R-L:
Cragg, Stanford's Ian Dobson, and Richard Kiplagat
follow.
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Kiplagat,
a sophomore from Kenya, was one of three Iona runners
in the race.
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Ritzenhein
continues to lead Cragg, Dobson, and the rest of the
field.
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The
leaders hit the first kilometer in 2:48 and the second
in 5:36.
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Cragg
would later say that the early pace felt very easy.
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Montana's
Ford.
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Ritzenhein,
of the University of Colorado, continues to lead.
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