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David
Freeman finished second (4:06.26) and Hunter Spencer
third (4:06.33), the top seven runners advanced.
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Runners
line up for the 5,000m final.
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L-R:
Mindaugas Pukstas, Ed Torres and Peter Riley.
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L-R:
Pukstas, Torres, Riley, Jason Woolhouse, Alistair
Cragg (trying to pump up the crowd) and Adam Tenforde.
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It
looks like a dual meet between Stanford and Arkansas,
runners from the two teams made up 7/18 of the field.
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L-R:
Woolhouse, Cragg, Jason Sandfort, Wes Alkin Louis
Luchini and Daniel Lincoln.
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Cragg
was the defending champion, as well as a crowd favorite.
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L-R:
Riley, Woolhouse, Cragg and Alkin.
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Cragg
and Lincoln go straight to the lead, they're joined
by Iona's Richard Kiplagat.
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Cragg
later apologized to his teammates for setting too
fast of a pace, taking some of Arkansas' potential
scorers out of contention.
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Cragg
leads with Kiplagat off his shoulder.
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Mindaugas
Pukstas runs in the pack.
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Neil
Davis, a redshirt freshman at Stanford.
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Cragg
continues to lead Kiplagat and Lincoln.
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Ben
Dawson had a great season, winning the Big 12 3k and
5k.
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Two
weeks earlier, Ed Torres qualified for the U.S.'s
World XC team and would compete in Lausanne two weeks
later.
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Peter
Riley runs in the pack.
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Daniel
Lincoln temporarily gets bumped off the track.
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Lincoln
and Cragg took turns leading and Kiplagat stayed on
the shoulder of the leader.
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Jason
Woolhouse and Ed Torres lead the second pack.
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