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Bobby
Lockhart (left, 9th, 30:49.2) and Simon Bairu (10th,
also 30:49.2). Wisconsin had a 3.2 second spread between
their first and fourth runners.
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Chris
Toloff faded to 13th (30:55.8) but led his team to
a qualifying spot.
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Tim
Moore, Toloff's high school teammate, finished one
spot back in 30:57.1.
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Indiana's
Sean Jefferson (15th, 30:57.7) and Ohio State's Derrick
Butler (16th, 30:58.0).
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Andrew
Marsh of Michigan State finished 17th in 31:00.6.
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Jordan
Desilets (18th, 31:05.6) and Joel David (19th, 31:07.0).
Eastern Michigan finished second, grabbing the final
automatic team qualifying spot.
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Tim
Keller (20th, 31:14.5) sealed the team victory for
Wisconsin.
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Steve
Crane of Eastern Michigan finished fifth for his team
(30th, 31:30.9) and Butler's Steve Vernon finished
second for his team (31st, 31:31.1).
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Chris
Stine of Western Michigan (33rd, 31:33.1) had the
distinction of being the first runner in this deep
region not to qualify.
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Bobby
Lockhart and Jerry Schumacher share a laugh after
the race.
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Boaz
Cheboiywo receives his first-place medal.
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The
runners-up from Eastern Michigan.
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Wisconsin,
the Great Lakes champion, will vie for the NCAA title
on Monday, November 25th.
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