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Noah
Ngeny, the 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist in the 1,500,
leads Markos Geneti.
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Sammy
Mutai, the designated pacesetter lead, Alistair Cragg
of Arkansas runs on his shoulder.
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Jon
Riley, a recent Stanford graduate and Massachusetts
native, was a crowd favorite.
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Cragg
gives his Arkansas teammate Daniel Lincoln a little
shove. Lincoln probably cut in a little close and
Cragg probably didn't realize it was his own teammate.
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Vyacheslav
Shabunin (left, 4th, 7:47.96) and Berhanu Adane (9th,
7:54.93).
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Once
Mutai dropped out, Ngeny assumed the lead.
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Daniel
Lincoln, a two-time NCAA Steeplechase Champion, runs
in third place.
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Robert
Whalley of Great Britain finished 15th in 8:12.51.
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Ngeny
continues to lead the two Arkansas runners, Geneti
moves up to challenge.
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Recent
UConn graduate Dan Wilson finished 12th in 8:05.15.
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Ireland's
Gareth Turnbull finished 14th in 8:09.97.
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With
two laps to go, Cragg makes a move for the lead.
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Jon
Riley wound up 8th in 7:51.86, Michael Aish finished
sixth in 7:50.65.
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With
one lap to go, Cragg tries to maintain his lead over
1,500m specialist Ngeny.
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Ngeny
runs in second place, Geneti runs in third.
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Aish
caught Daniel Lincoln (7th, 7:51.39) on the final
lap, Riley finished right behind him.
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Cragg
amazingly held on to his lead and won in 7:45.22,
a new collegiate record.
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Ngeny
finished second in 7:46.21, Geneti was third in 7:46.59.
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