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With
just under a lap to go in the second 1,500m prelim,
Nate Robison of BYU led and the rest of the field
remained close behind.
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Chris
Mulvaney and Ben Aragon run in the pack. Robison hit
the 1,200 mark in 3:05.
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R-L:
Hunter Spencer, Chris Mulvaney, Simon Ngata, Ben Aragon,
and Josh Spiker.
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Josh
Spiker ran a big last lap to move from the back of
the pack all the way up to fourth.
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Mulvaney
(3:46.39), Ahmed (3:46.64), Robison (3:46.81) and
Spiker (3:46.82) all advanced automatically.
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The
only time qualifier from the second heat was Villanova's
Tom Parlapiano.
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After
a dismal performance at the NCAA Indoor Championships,
Chris Mulvaney...
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...showed
that he was back by winning his prelim. Mulvaney and
Ahmed were clearly pleased with their 1-2 finish.
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Parlapiano
finished fifth in 3:47.06 and advanced to the final.
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UCLA's
Jon Rankin (6th, 3:47.75) missed advancing by less
than half of a second.
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Hunter
Spencer finished 11th in 3:49.27.
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NAU's
Henrik Ahnstrom leads on the first lap of the first
steeplechase prelim.
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Florida
sophomore Daniel Parker leads Texas junior Mark Floreani.
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Ohio
State's Aaron Fisher and NC State's Andy Smith take
control of the race.
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The
top five in each of the two heats, plus the runners
with the next four fastest times, would advance to
Saturday's final.
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Yale
junior Lucas Meyer.
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Fisher,
a junior, continues to lead.
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Boston
University senior Jochen Dieckfoss.
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Because
the water pit at Texas is on the outside of the track,
the runners go over it on each lap.
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Florida
junior Steve Zieminski.
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