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Due
to the rain delay, the revised schedule meant that
all the middle-distance and distance finals...
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...other
than the 10,000m were held on the final day of the
NCAA T&F Championships.
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In
the men's 1,500 final, Tom Parlapiano of Villanova
led through the 400 in 60.1.
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Arkansas'
Said Ahmed ran in second place, with Georgia Tech's
Brendon Mahoney, Stanford's...
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...Don
Sage, and Montana's Scott McGowan all near the front.
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Also
in there are Florida State's Tom Lancashire, BYU's
Nate Robison...
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...(R-L)
Arkansas' Chris Mulvaney, BYU's Bryan Lindsay, and
Ohio State's Rob Myers.
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Wisconsin's
Josh Spiker also hangs out near the back of the pack.
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Downtown
Austin was visible from the track.
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Parlapiano
continued to lead through the 800m mark (pictured
above at 700m), but the pace slowed...
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...to
64.5 seconds on the second lap, so the runners bunched
up tightly.
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With
several past champions in the field, there was no
clear race favorite.
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Rob
Myers (left) is the reigning USA Indoor Champion,
Stanford's Don...
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...Sage
won the 2002 NCAA Outdoor title, and Arkansas' Chris
Mulvaney...
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...won
the 2003 NCAA Indoor title. Two of the runners who
would have been considered...
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...top
contenders, Grant Robison and Sean Jefferson, did
not advance to the final.
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R-L
above: Nate Robison, Myers, Mulvaney, Rice's Adam
Davis, and Lindsay.
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The
entire field was made up of juniors and seniors, except
for Florida State's Lancashire (2nd from right)...
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...who
is a freshman. Arkansas' Mulvaney was trying to redeem
himself here after having a terrible race at the...
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...NCAA
Indoor meet and not scoring any points for his team.
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