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The
start of the steeplechase final.
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L-R:
Bashar Ibrahim, Luke Watson, Jeremy Tolman, Jesse
Thomas and Jordan Desilets.
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Martin
Allegyer of SMU went straight to the lead and set
a quick pace, Daniel Lincoln went with him.
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Tulane's
Solomon Kandie and CU's Steve Slattery also went out
quickly, separating themselves from the pack.
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Slattery,
a senior at CU, runs in third.
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Allegyer
wasn't able to hold his quick pace for long.
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The
main pack is led by UTEP's Ibrahim and Wisconsin's
Isaiah Festa.
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Lincoln
runs in the lead with Slattery and Kandie not far
back.
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Allegyer
runs in fourth, ahead of the main pack.
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Festa
and Ibrahim.
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Ibrahim
leads Festa and Watson.
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Daniel
Lincoln looked like a man on a mission here.
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One
year ago he won a very close steeple race at this
meet, this year he was in a class by himself.
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Solomon
Kandie's race here represented the end of Tulane track
as the program is being cut.
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Florida
senior Chris Duncan.
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Jeremy
Tolman of Weber State had one of the fastest times
coming in but seemed to be struggling at this meet.
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In
the year since he won his first NCAA steeplechase
title, Daniel Lincoln has improved significantly...
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...establishing
himself as one of the best distance runners in the
NCAA.
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Slattery
runs in second.
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Wisconsin's
Isaiah Festa.
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