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L-R:
Brendan Fennell, Ben True, Hakon DeVries, Ian Gottesfeld,
Jonathan Pastore and Victor Gras.
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L-R:
Kevin Tschirhart, Gottesfeld, Ahmed Haji, Pastore
and Gras.
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Pastore
and Gras.
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Alan
Webb and Bob Kennedy chat while waiting for the runners
to come through on the first loop.
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Matt
DeBole leads past the 800 meter mark. Mohamed Trafeh
and Bobby Curtis run right behind him.
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L-R:
Trafeh, DeBole and Curtis.
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The
field remained tightly packed during the first mile.
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Also
near the lead is Chris Solinsky (at right).
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Also
in the lead pack are Galen Rupp, Lauren Jespersen,
Wesley Smith, Fennell and Tschirhart.
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It
was impossible who was leading the team competition
this early in the race.
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Mohamed
Trafeh was probably the biggest surprise among the
leaders...
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...he
finished eighth at the West Regional. However, all
of the runners that qualify for this race...
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...are
top-level high school runners and anything can happen
at Nationals.
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Matt
DeBole leads Bobby Curtis as the course loops back
near the starting line.
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Galen
Rupp follows Trafeh around the corner.
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Kippy
Keino leads Garrett Heath and Ben True.
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As
they finish up the first loop (about halfway through
the race)...
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Solinsky,
Araia and Smith of the Midwest are in control of the
race.
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At
this point, it looked like the Midwest had the team
title sewn up.
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Individually,
Chris Solinsky seemed to be controlling the pace.
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