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Alistair
Cragg and Robert Cheseret buth hung back in the pack
for the first half of the 10,000m final.
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University
of New Mexico junior Matt Gonzales led through 3K
in 9:14.
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R-L:
Illinois' Jason Bill, Iona's Joe McAlister, and UCSB's
Chris White.
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Jason
Sandfort led through 4K in 12:15.
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St.
Francis (PA) junior Ryan Sheehan.
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Oregon
senior Ryan Andrus.
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Northern
Arizona's Travis Laird runs in second place.
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Surprisingly,
Brett Gotcher was NCAA XC team champion Stanford's
only representative in this race.
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Shortly
after finishing fifth in the 10,000m, Melissa Gulli
sat on the track and cheered for her fiance, Andrew
Cook.
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Just
before the halfway point, Alistair Cragg sprinted
to the front and took charge of the race.
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Arizona's
Robert Cheseret covered Cragg's move immediately.
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The
rest of the field had a little more trouble with it,
though. Matt Gonzales runs in third with Simon Bairu
in fourth.
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Chad
Pearson, Travis Laird, and Ryan Sheehan run 5-6-7.
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Brett
Gotcher leads Jason Bill, Ollie Laws, and Andrew Cook.
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Cragg
led through 6K in 17:56.4 (a 2:44.6 kilometer split)
and Cheseret stuck to him like glue.
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At
the Pac-10 Championships, Cheseret held off some great
competition to win the 1,500, 5,000, and 10,000.
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Chad
Pearson runs in fifth place.
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Ryan
Sheehan.
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Arkansas
junior Jason Sandfort.
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Ryan
Andrus (who did not finish the race) leads Wisconsin's
Tim Keller.
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