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#1530
Michael O'Flaherty, #1009 Caleb Karpay and #1994 Michael
Stubbs.
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Michael
Batanian (left) of Hopewell Valley (NJ) HS, and Jesse
Kearns of Ridgefield (CT) HS.
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With
approximately 400 meters to go, Ben True of Maine's
Greely High School led the way.
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True,
ninth at last year's Nationals, held off Victor Gras
to win his first Northeast Regional title in 15:22.8...
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...on
a windy, cold day - appropriate conditions for someone
who also excels at nordic skiing.
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Belmont
(MA) High School senior Victor Gras finished second
in 15:25.1.
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Gras
will be making his second trip to Nationals; he finished
28th a year ago.
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#367
Gavin Coombs leads Josh McDougal and Lopez Lomong.
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Coombs
finished third in 15:27.9 and McDougal finished fourth
in 15:28.6.
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Lopez
Lomong of New York finished sixth in 15:30.0.
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Mohamed
Khadraoui (9th, 15:35.1) ran in sixth with about 400m
to go, but - in the biggest surprise of the day -
did not qualify.
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Cory
Thorne, a junior from New Hampshire and the only non-senior
in the top eight, finished fifth in 15:29.7.
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Ahmed
Haji finished eighth in 15:30.9 and will make a repeat
trip to Nationals. He finished eighth a year ago.
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Jonathan
Anderson of New Jersey (left, 7th, 15:30.4) moved
up from ninth to grab one of the final qualifying
spots.
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Kyle
Heath, a senior at Victor (NY) High School, finished
11th in 15:44.7.
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Chris
Barnicle, a junior at Newton North (MA) High School...
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...finished
10th in 15:42.1.
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David
Mock, a senior at Westmont Hilltop (PA) and the PA
AA State Champion, finished 12th in 15:53.2.
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The
race begins to get crowded as (L-R) Bobby Papazian,
Khalid Abdi and Bobby Edgerton finish.
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Papazian
(15th, 15:59.5), Abdi (14th, 15:59.1) and Edgerton
(13th, 15:57.9).
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