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L-R:
Ian Collings, Andy Smith, Jesse Thomas and Isaiah
Festa.
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Cornell's
Max King leads over the first water barrier.
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King,
a senior at Cornell, qualified for the meet in 8:43.27.
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NC
State freshman Andy Smith and Tulane's Solomon Kandie.
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West
Virginia's Ian Collings.
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Steve
Slatter joins Max King in the lead.
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Solomon
Kandie, Andy Smith and Isaiah Festa follow.
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Stanford's
Jesse Thomas and Washington's Mike Hill.
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Steve
Slattery of CU leads.
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Andy
Smith.
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Wisconsin
senior Isaiah Festa grabbed one of the automatic qualifying
spots (3rd, 8:39.66).
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Mike
Hill finished eighth in 8:53.39.
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Slattery
(2nd, 8:39.30) and Kandie (1st, 8:38.73) go over the
water barrier for the final time.
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Max
King grabbed the final automatic qualifying spot (8;40.12).
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Weber
State's Jeremy Tolman and Texas' Kevin Barra fight
for what would be the final qualifying spot.
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Tolman,
one of the top seeds, made it a close call but qualified
for the final, finishing sixth in 8:44.44.
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Kevin
Barra (7th, 8:47.32) did not advance.
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Washington's
Mike Hill comes off the final barrier while NC State's
Andy Smith has a dramatic fall, belly flopping into
the water pit.
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The
water-logged Smith finished 10th in 9:00.00.
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Ian
Collings finished ninth in 8:59.64.
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