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Adam
Davis of Rice won heat one of the men's 800 prelims in 1:50.76,
#513 Jeff Ellis was a non-qualifying 5th.
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Collegiate
leader Otukile Lekote of South Carolina took heat two out
fast, Dirk Heinze of Arkansas followed.
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L-R:
Jason Van Swol (2nd), Jeff DeLong (5th - fastest non-qualifier
in 1:49.43), Heinze (1st), Lekote (3rd) and Patrick Nduwimana
(4th).
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Florida
freshman Moise Joseph won the 3rd 800 heat in 1:50.23. He's
followed by Solomon Birir (4th), Viktors Lacis (3rd), Roman
Oravec (2nd) and Toby Henkels (5th).
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Collegiate
record holder Andrew Pierce of Ohio State won the first heat
of the men's 400 in a quick 45.87.
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Heat
one of two in the men's mile, featuring (L-R) Joel Atwater,
Carlos Suarez, Nathan Uselding, Ryan Travis, Charlie Gruber,
Christian Goy and Jeremy Tolman.
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Gruber,
Travis and Goy go 1-4-2 in heat one of the mile, all advancing
to the final.
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Heat
two of two in the men's mile. L-R: Gezachw Yossef, Clay Schwabe
(who, sadly, fell with three laps to go and failed to advance)
and Bryan Berryhill (with Gabe Jennings tucked in behind).
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Jennings
wins the second heat in 3:59.75, just edging out Berryhill
(3:59.90).
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The
men's 5,000m final - Matt Lane leads, followed by Stephen
Ondieki (#414) and David Kimani.
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Stanford's
Jonathon Riley runs in the pack. He finished 4th in 13:51.68.
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Fairleigh
Dickinson's Ondieki, the 2000 NCAA XC runner-up, finished
6th here in 13:52.31.
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Washington's
David Bazzi (13th, 14:18.36) leads Dartmouth's Tom McArdle
(10th, 14:04.09).
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Providence's
NCAA XC Champ. Keith Kelly and Arkansas' Daniel Lincoln (7th,
13:58.98) run in the pack.
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Kimani
was content to sit on Lane's shoulder through 3,000m...
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...Before
taking the lead with 1,900 meters to go.
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Kimani
stretches his lead over Lane.
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Ian
Connor (12th, 14:11.59), Tom McArdle and Ryan Shay (9th, 14:02.35).
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Kimani
held off a fast-closing Lane to win the NCAA title, 13:42.32
to 13:43.36.
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Keith
Kelly had an off day but closed extremely well to finish 3rd
in 13:50.44.
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Leadoff
(1,200m) legs in the men's DMR. L-R: Nathan Sisco, Hunter
Spencer, Don Sage, Dirk Heinze and Jason Long (leading).
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Freshman
Chris Mulvaney of Arkansas leads Geno White of Florida on
the 800m leg.
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Stanford's
Jonathan Stevens and James Madison's Ian Scott trail slightly.
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It
essentially came down to a 1,600m race among anchors Chris
Duncan, Gabe Jennings and Sharif Karie.
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L-R:
Chris Estwanik, Charlie Gruber, Ben Cooke and Thomas Morgan
lead the second pack.
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With
just under three laps to go, Gabe Jennings made a huge move,
blowing the race open and leading Stanford to a 4-second win.
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Jennings
crosses the line in 9:30.01.
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Sharif
Karie (Arkansas) edges out Chris Duncan (Florida) for second.
Both teams were timed in 9:34.51.
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