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Tom
Parlapiano (followed by Said Ahmed) sets the pace
on the first lap of the 1,500m final.
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Parlapiano
continued to lead throughout, and Scott McGowan of
Montana moved up to join him on the second lap.
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With
one lap to go, Parlapiano (11th, 3:48.81) continued
to lead, and Nate Robison of BYU moved into second.
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Chris
Mulvaney of Arkansas, kicked by Robison in the homestretch
to win, 3:44.72 to 3:44.94.
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L-R:
Andy Smith, Ian Dobson, Jordan Desilets, Aaron Fisher,
and Soeren Lindner go to the front early in the steeplechase
final.
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Smith
set the pace most of the way, with Dobson and Desilets
following.
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Desilets
runs up on Smith and puts his hand out to keep his
balance.
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Desilets
ran a strong final lap to win in 8:42.64 after finishing
second a year ago.
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Andy
Smith finished second (8:45.84) with Dobson third
(8:48.12).
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Jonathan
Johnson (right) of Texas Tech went to the lead early
in the 800m final.
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R-L:
Johnson, Prince Mumba, James Hatch, Andrew Ellerton,
and Dmitrijs Milkevics, with just under a lap to go.
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Johnson
held his lead to the tape, winning in 1:46.39 after
finishing second a year ago.
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Second
this year was a fast-closing Jesse O'Connell from
Georgetown (1:46.79).
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After
testing the weather conditions for the first lap or
so, Dathan Ritzenhein took over the lead in the 5,000m
final.
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After
falling on the second lap, Robert Cheseret of Arizona
caught up quickly and moved into second place.
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Stanford's
Louis Luchini ran in third place...
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...and
Matt Tegenkamp ran in fourth, ahead of teammate Chris
Solinsky.
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Ritzenhein
aimed to run the kick out of Cheseret...
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...and
Ritzenhein was able to put a little distance on Cheseret
in the final laps, but it wasn't enough. (That's Solinsky
on the ground in the background, who collapsed with
several laps to go, but was okay.)
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Cheseret
came back from his runner-up finish in the 10,000
to win here in 13:49.85. He sprinted by Ritzenhein
(2nd, 13:52.13) in the homestretch. Tegenkamp finished
third (14:11.45) followed by Luchini (14:16.44).
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