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Drake
Relays
Des Moines, IA
April 26-28, 2001
All
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Thursday:
Men's
Photos | Women's
Photos | Wrap-Up
| Results
| Chat
with Abdi Abdirahman
Friday: Wrap-Up
| Men's
Results | Women's
Results
Saturday: Men's
Photos | Women's
Photos | Wrap-Up
| Men's
Results | Women's
Results | Chat
with David Kimani
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US
10,000 Olympian Abdi Abdirahman ran unchallenged and won the 5000
in 14:05.
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5000
runner-up Jean-Paul Nyangabo and 3rd place finisher Texas-San Antonio's
Henry Maruping.
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Abdirahman.
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Josh
Lybarger of Colorado State in the 5000.
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Mike
Hill of Washington in the 5000.
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Valparaiso's
Aaron Crague in the 5000.
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It
seemed as if Indiana had an entrant in every single event over the
weekend, here is Aaron Gillen in the 5000.
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Zac
Schendel in the 5000.
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Gillen
again.
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Arkansas
Freshman Fernando Cabada in the 5000.
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HS
Boys 3200 defending champion
Chris Jones of Iowa City West.
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2000
Iowa state 1600 runner-up
Eric Goff of Bettendorf
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Jones
would get past Mason City's (IA) Bobby Anderson to defend his title.
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Alan
Dunleavy in the 5000.
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Men's
10,000: Indiana's Chris Powers, winner Jason Gunn of Indiana State
(#649), and Southwest Texas State's Randy Arias, 2nd.
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L
to R: Truman State's Ben Rosario, Lewis' Arturo Cabral, and Kansas'
Brent Behrens in the 10,000.
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Behrens.
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Arias,
Powers, and Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Aaron Nodolf.
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Gunn
and Stephen F. Austin State's Nahan Flores.
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Jacob
Rotich of Harding in the 10,000.
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South
Dakota's Jason Probasco in the 10,000.
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The
men's steeplechase was led early by Northern Iowa All-American Levente
Timar.
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Tom
Brooks of Indiana eventually took over the lead.
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But
Lurking not too far behind was defending champ and 3-time NCAA Div.
II steeplechase champ Vladimir Golias of Central Missouri State,
here with Timar.
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Golias
and Brooks matched stridesfor much of the final 1200 meters. Brooks
faltered slightly on the final water jump, allowing Golias to uncork
a furious final 100 to defend his title.
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Jed
Barta of Nebraska and Arizona's Steve Smith.
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Balasz
Csillag, an All-American while at Northern Iowa, in the 5000
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