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Michigan's
Nate Brannen gets ready for the first of four 800m
prelims.
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Missouri's
Timothy Dunne.
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UConn's
Joel Legare.
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Defending
champion Otukile Lekote of South Carolina.
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Penn's
Sam Burley.
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TCU's
Jackson Langat.
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Brannen,
the 2003 NCAA Indoor 800m champion, on the starting
line.
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Dunne at the start.
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Dunne
again.
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Otukile
Lekote goes out quickly, as usual.
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By
chance, the first prelim. ended up being loaded with
Lekote, Brannen, Burley and Langat.
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Langat
and Burley trail Lekote with one lap to go. Lekote
reportedly went through 600m in 1:18 before fading.
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Brannen
and Dunne trail Burley.
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Langat
won the race in 1:46.41, Burley finished second in
1:46.94 and Brannen third in 1:47.04.
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The
top three in each heat plus the runners with the next
four fastest times would advance to the final.
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Though
Dunne (4th, 1:47.39) and Lekote (5th, 1:48.13) had
to sweat it out a bit, they did both advance to the
semi finals.
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Nate
Brannen congratulates Sam Burley.
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Marc
Sylvester of Tennessee gets ready for the second of
four 800m prelims.
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Georgetown's
Ali Najjar.
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Kentucky's
Paul Ciurlys at the start.
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