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L-R:
Erik Necciai, Elliot Blount, Jesse O'Connell, Eric
Morrison and Ezra Richards.
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Jason
Jabaut of Villanova builds a significant lead on the
first lap.
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It's
not often that this strategy works in an 800-meter
race, but this time it almost did.
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The
pack, including Hayden, Necciai, Blount and Najjar,
let Jabaut go.
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Georgetown's
Jesse O'Connell and Notre Dame's Eric Morrison run
in the back of the pack.
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Heading
into the home stretch, Jabaut continued to lead...
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...but
Hayden closed well to win in 1:50.47.
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Elliot
Blount of UConn came up for second (1:50.66).
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Jabaut
hung on to finish third in 1:50.70.
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Jesse
O'Connell came up for fourth (1:51.00).
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Hayden
congratulates Jabaut.
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The
start of the steeplechase final, Luke Watson leads
Ian Collings.
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Georgetown's
Corey Smith runs in third.
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Georgetown's
Adam Daniels and UConn's Ken Goglas.
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On
the backstretch, near the 800 meter mark, Watson continues
to lead Collings and Smith.
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Providence's
Pat Guidera leads Notre Dame's David Alber over the
water barrier.
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L-R:
Georgetown's Daniels, West Virginia's Tim Mason and
UConn's Goglas.
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Luke
Watson continues to lead.
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Within
several laps, it became clear that Watson would dominate
the race.
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Miami
junior Dan Boniface.
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