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The
Miami men head to the starting line.
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12
teams competed for this year's Big East title.
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Heading
in, the top teams were expected to be...
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...Villanova
(ranked #11 nationally), Georgetown (#13)...
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...Providence
(#20) and Notre Dame (#24).
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Unseasonably
warm temperatures made it a good day for...
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...spectating
and a decent day for running...
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...at
Van Cortlandt Park. A year ago, Adam Sutton of Providence...
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...had
won the race, with Villanova runners Jon Fasulo, Ryan
Hayden...
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...and
Adrian Blincoe going 2-3-4 to lead their team to victory...
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...Fasulo
and Hayden were the top returnees this year.
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Members
of the Miami men's team at the start.
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Virginia
Tech's Antoine Harris leads Pittsburgh's Clinton Kotuby.
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R-L:
Rutgers runners Matt Lunemann, Tim Paule, Ambar Patel
and Mike DeSimone.
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Three
Seton Hall runners work together at the start.
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Just
past the 5k mark of the 8k race, Providence junior...
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...Dylan
Wykes led Georgetown junior Rod Koborsi.
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Wykes,
a native of Kingston, Ontario, had finished sixth
in this race...
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...a
year ago. Koborsi, a native of Houston, Texas, had
finished...
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...14th
in this race in 2002.
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