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Illinois'
Stephen Pifer was makes his first appearance at the
National Finals.
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Pifer
is a senior at Edwardsville High School.
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David
Van Orsdel of Minnetonka, Minnesota is a senior at
Hopkins High School.
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Christian
Wagner is a junior at Columbus North High School in
Indiana.
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Garrett
Heath is a junior at Winona Senior High School in
Minnesota.
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Wesley
Smith is a senior at Hudson High School in Ohio.
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Neftalem
Araia is a senior at Lawrence North High School in
Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Araia
will attend Stanford University next year.
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Chris
Solinsky finished third at last year's National finals
and was the top returning runner this year.
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Solinsky,
the Midwest Regional winner, is a senior at Stevens
Point Area Senior High School in Wisconsin.
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Mohamed
Trafeh, a junior at Duarte High School in California.
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Alec
Wall, a senior at Grant High School in Portland, OR.
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Oregon
had three qualifiers this year who had battled it
out during the regular season.
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Galen
Rupp, a senior at Central Catholic H.S. in Portland,
OR, is coached by Alberto Salazar.
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Lauren
Jespersen made a repeat visit to the National Finals;
he finished 12th last year.
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Jespersen
is a senior at Klamath Union High School in Klamath
Falls, Oregon.
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Tim
Nelson was also making a repeat trip to Nationals;
he finished 20th last year.
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Nelson,
from Palo Cedro, California, is a senior at Liberty
Christian High School.
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Andrew
Jones of Gillette, Wyoming is a senior at Campbell
County High School.
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Steve
Shepherd was making his first Nationals appearance.
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