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Kentucky
sopomore David Freeman gets ready for heat one of
three in the 800 preliminaries.
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Wisconsin
freshman Dan Murray.
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Kansas
State sophomore Joseph Lee.
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Michigan
freshman Nate Brannen.
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South
Carolina sophomore and top seed Otukile Lekote.
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Lekote
and Mao Tjiroze at the start.
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Tjiroze
was one of the surprising non-qualifiers here, he
finished sixth in heat one (1:49.23).
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Nate
Brannen at the start.
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Minnesota
senior Toby Henkels.
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On
the first lap, Lekote leads, followed by BYU's Tjiroze
and Kansas State's Lee.
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Lekote
leads Lee and Tjiroze.
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R-L:
Lee, Tjiroze, Henkels, Brannen, Murray and Freeman.
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Lekote
(1:46.49) and Brannen (1:47.00) were the two automatic
qualifiers, Lee (1:47.92) and Murray (1:47.95) also
advanced out of heat one.
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Henkels
(1:47.97), Tjiroze (1:49.23) and Freeman (1:56.27)
did not advance.
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Lekote
will be the one to beat in the final.
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Brannen
has recovered well from a stress fracture that kept
him out during the indoor season.
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Freeman
had a rough day and did not advance.
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Tennessee
freshman Marc Sylvester gets ready for heat two of
three in the 800 preliminaries.
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Kentucky
junior Chad Johnson.
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Penn
junior Sam Burley.
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