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Oregon's
Simon Kimata at the start.
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Kimata
leads Jonathan Johnson, Chad Johnson and Marc Sylvester
on the first lap.
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Kimata
leads Texas Tech freshman Johnson with a lap to go.
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Kimata
came in as one of the favorites with a 1:46.65 qualifying
time.
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Jonathon
Johnson won in 1:46.55 and Sam Burley (1:46.88) grabbed
the other automatic qualifying spot.
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Marc
Sylvester (3rd, 1:47.16) advanced on time.
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Kimata
was a surprising non qualifier (1:48.17), Chad Johnson
(1:49.37) and Kevin Elliot (1:50.20) also did not
advance.
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Clement
Abai, a senior at Tulane, gets ready for the start
of heat three.
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Florida's
Moise Joseph.
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Georgetown's
Jesse O'Connell.
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R-L:
Florida's Joseph, Princeton's Ryan Smith and Tulane's
Abai on the first lap.
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After
a slow first lap, it seemed likely that only two runners
would advance from the third heat.
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R-L:
Smith, Arkansas' Robbie Stevens, Abai, O'Connell and
SMU's Roman Oravec.
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Jesse
O'Connell and Roman Oravec run in the back of the
pack.
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Roman
Oravec put in a strong last lap to win in 1:48.35,
Moise Joseph was the other qualifier (1:48.48) out
of heat three.
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O'Connell
(1:48.82) was one of the casualties of the first round,
as were Abai (1:48.83), Stevens (1:49.05) and Smith
(1:49.44).
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Smith
is a senior at Princeton.
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The
start of heat one (of two) in the steeplechase preliminaries.
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Penn
Relays steeplechase winner Jordan Desilets of Eastern
Michigan.
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Defending
champion Daniel Lincoln of Arkansas and SMU's Martin
Allegyer lead.
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