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...and
stumbled. This caused a chain reaction...
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...and
Kevin Elliott (right) appeared to fall off the track.
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The
field went from a tight pack to a single-file line.
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Stember
benefitted from this and was able to hold off...
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...the
field on the final lap and win his first national
title in 1:48.08.
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Derrick
Peterson finished second in 1:48.67.
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The
top two runners qualified to represent the U.S. at
the following weekend's...
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...World
Indoor Track & Field Championships in Budapest.
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Jesse
O'Connell finished third (1:49.19).
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Bruce
Hyde gets ready for the 1,500m final.
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Jason
Lunn had the strongest credentials of anyone in the
field.
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Brock
Tessman, who represented both Brown and Colorado collegiately.
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Blake
Boldon is a 2003 graduate of Southwest Missouri State.
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Former
Navy standout Aaron Lanzel.
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Many
top runners were missing from this race, with some
of them opting to...
|
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...run
the 3,000m, and some of them sitting out the meet...
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...entirely.
It allowed several runners who had never qualified
for a national championship race before to compete
here.
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Charlie
Gruber (leading) was one of the bigger names in the
race. He had just won the USA 4k XC title three weeks
earlier.
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R-L:
Anthony Gallo, Jason Long, and Bruce Hyde run in the
back of the pack early on.
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Gruber,
a former Kansas University standout, is now a volunteer
assistant coach at his alma mater.
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