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#29
James Koskei and #18 Shadrack Kosgei lead the way,
Ryan Kirkpatrick and Kyle Baker also hang on to the
back of the pack.
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Approaching
the two-mile mark (about 7:40 into the race) the pack
is down to eight runners.
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40
seconds later it's down to seven runners.
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L-R:
Eliya Sidame, Francis Komu, Shadrack Kosgei, Dan Browne,
James Koskei, Patrick Nthiwa and Mebrahtom Keflezighi.
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Just
past the two-mile mark, about nine minutes into the
race, it's still a pack of seven.
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As
they turn on to Canal Street, about 2.4 miles in,
the pace picks up. This is where Dan Browne fell off
the back of the pack.
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Turning
on to Memorial Boulevard it's (L-R) Keflezighi, Komu,
Nthiwa, Koskei and Kosgei.
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Turning
on to Francis St. for the uphill finish, Kosgei (R)
and Koskei have a one-step lead on Keflezighi.
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Francis
Komu also stays within striking range.
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It
became immediately apparent that Keflezighi wouldn't
quite have the power to stay with Koskei and Kosgei.
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James
Koskei and Shadrack Kosgei.
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The
top four pass the three-mile mark.
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Koskei
holds a slight lead...
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...but
Kosgei came back to take it in 13:40, Koskei finished
second, also in 13:40.
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Meb
Keflezighi won the USA 5k Championship by finishing
third overall in 13:45.
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Francis
Komu finished fourth in 13:51.
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Patrick
Nthiwa (5th, 13:53) and Dan Browne (6th, 13:53).
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Eliya
Sidame (7th, 14:10).
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Clint
Wells (9th, 14:14) and David Njuguna (8th, 14:12).
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Sammy
Ng'eno finished 10th (14:16).
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