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The
DI boys race was billed as a showdown between Victor
Gras and Chris Barnicle...
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...but
Gras - a 2002 Foot Locker Finalist - was all alone
by the mile mark and looking strong.
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Wachusett's
Michael Banks ran in second place at the mile mark.
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Wachusett
was considered to be one of the top contenders in
the team race.
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Newton
North's Chris Barnicle ran in third place at the mile
mark.
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Amherst's
James Dietz.
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Eventual
second-place finisher Keith Gill (2nd, 16:02.52) went
out relatively conservatively.
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Gill
and his teammate Khalid Abdi (4th, 16:06.90) gradually
worked their way up.
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Lowell's
Brian Gagnon.
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St.
John's Shrewsbury's Matthew Tieuli.
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The
Division I race had 16 teams and 140 finishers.
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Gras
looked strong past the two-mile mark. He ran into
trouble at the finish...
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...falling
just before the line, but he got up and finished in
a course-record 15:52.44.
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Chris
Barnicle moved up to second by the two-mile mark,
but he finished third (16:03.62).
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Khalid
Abdi of Brockton would finished fourth, giving Brockton
the best 1-2 punch.
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Western
Mass Champion Dennis Roche finished fifth here in
16:13.42.
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Gardner's
Josh Boone finished 14th in 16:50.66.
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St.
John's Prep's Aaron Wheeler (10th, 16:35.34) leads
Ludlow's Jesse Regnier (11th, 16:37.81) at the finish.
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Amherst
senior James Dietz finished 12th in 16:40.99.
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Marshfield
senior Brian Holmquest finished 16th in 16:59.69.
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