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NC
State junior Chad Pearson.
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After
a slow first kilometer, Boaz Cheboiywo (not pictured)
moved into the lead, followed by Ryan Shay and Tom
McArdle.
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Cheboiywo
of Eastern Michigan leads Shay of Notre Dame and McArdle
of Dartmouth.
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Vinny
Mulvey, running in fourth, leads the main pack. He's
followed by Oregon's Jason Hartmann and Purdue's Donnie
Fellows.
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Fellows,
a senior, pulled off an upset to win the Big Ten 10,000
several weeks earlier.
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Stanford
junior Adam Tenforde.
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Cheboiywo
soon broke away into a solo lead.
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Tom
McArdle looks at his coach, Barry Harwick, who shouts
splits and advice.
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Edwardo
Torres moves into the lead of the main pack, he's
followed by Iowa State's Mike Mwangong.
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Louis
Luchini leads his Stanford teammate Adam Tenforde.
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Shay
and McArdle continue to run together.
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Cheboiywo
stretches out his lead.
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The
main pack, including Torres, Fellows, Mwagong, Hartmann,
Mulvey, Luchini and Tenforde.
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Cheboiywo
had discussed the possibility of going under 28 minutes
here. The meet record is 28:01.30 by Suleiman Nyambui,
set in 1979.
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Shay
and McArdle stretch their lead over the main pack
and it becomes clear that they'll be racing for second
and third.
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Fellows,
Torres and Mwangong lead the race for fourth.
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Portland
senior Joe Driscoll appeared to be having an off-day.
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Cheboiywo
spent much of the race looking around to see where
his pursuers were.
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Arizona
State junior Fasil Bizuneh.
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Cheboiywo
passed through 5,000 meters in 14:07 as his coach
encouraged him to slow down.
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