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#93
Galen Rupp and much of the South team heads to the
front...
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...in
the first 200 meters of the race. In orange, from
left to right are...
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...Nicholas
Hutchins, Eric Mack, Scott MacPherson, Erik Stanley,
Brian Sullivan and Andrew Bumbalough.
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#93
Galen Rupp, #82 Ryan Deak and #98 Tom Wyatt get out
quickly at the start.
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Rupp
moved straight to the front on the first downhill
and controlled much of th race.
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Ryan
Gasper (left) and Justin Switzer of the Midwest start
out a little slower.
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Alan
Webb (with Sarah Schwald and Kara Goucher) reviews
the girls' results during the boys' race.
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Just
past the half mile, approximately .6 of a mile into
the race, the 31-runner field is still just a mob.
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32
runners qualified, but Connecticut's Gavin Coombs
was unable to participate after coming down with the
flu...
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...shortly
before the race. Coombs reportedly passed out twice
on the airplane on his way to California.
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...Coombs
took his doctor's advice and opted not to start the
race.
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Visible
up front are #96 Mark Matusak, #94 Stuart Eagon, #92
Mohamed Trafeh...
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...#72
Erik Stanley, #93 Galen Rupp, #73 James Strang and
#81 Matt Withrow.
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In
the first mile, Galen Rupp was clearly the one setting
the pace.
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A
year ago, Rupp was in ninth place with about 300 meters
to go in this race, but collapsed...
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...and
did not finish the race.
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L-R:
Eagon, Erik Stanley, Shadrack Kiptoo and James Strang.
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Also
in there is #92 Mohamed Trafeh.
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R-L:
Evan Garber, Cory Thorne, Nicholas Hutchins, Kyle
Miller and Andrew Bumbalough.
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Bradley
Harkrader leads Alex Dunn and Justin Switzer.
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