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Mark
Menefee moves to the front of the first 5,000m semifinal
and picks up the pace.
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Adam
Goucher and Eric Savoth lead the rest of the field.
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Stanford
graduate Louis Luchini runs in the pack.
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The
Nike Oregon Project's Chad Johnson leads Kentucky's
Thomas Morgan.
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Menefee
continues to lead and Eric Savoth takes over second
place.
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Thomas
Morgan recently finished out his eligibility at the
University of Kentucky.
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Mark
Menefee continues to lead but the rest of the field
begins to close the gap.
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Matt
Lane leads Louis Luchini.
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Surprisingly,
Adam Goucher begins to drop back.
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Morgan
was the SEC Cross Country Champion in 2003.
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Team
USA Monterey Bay's Ryan Bak ran well until just over
a mile to go...
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...when
he got tangled up with one of his competitors and
took a hard fall.
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Matt
Lane and Eric Savoth overtake Mark Menefee.
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Chad
Johnson runs in seventh place.
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Seth
Hejny finished eighth in 13:49.62 and was the final
time qualifier for the final.
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Bak
opted to limp through the final mile because he didn't
want to see a DNF next to his name.
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R-L:
Matt Lane is followed by Eric Savoth and Chad Johnson
with one lap to go.
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Adam
Goucher dropped back in the final laps and finished
10th in 13:58.55. His failure to advance...
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...was
the biggest surprise of the semis. Above: Matt Gonzales
(right) kicked to a win in 13:44.19.
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Chad
Johnson (2nd, 13:44.53), Eric Savoth (3rd, 13:44.55),
and Matt Lane (4th, 13:44.99) all finished within
a second of him and advanced.
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