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Approximately
800 meters into the 10,000m race...
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#112 Peter Kiprono, #318 Boaz Cheboiywo, #111 David
Kimani and #342 Eliud Njubi lead.
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It
was expected that there would be a Kenyan presence
up front, the question was how strong.
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In
the end, only Cheboiywo could handle his blistering
pace as Njubi and Kimani dropped out and Kiprono dropped
to 37th.
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Following
includes #344 Solomon Kandie, #313 Josh Spiker, #315
Matt Tegenkamp, #334 Dan Wilson, #290 Adrian Blincoe
and #354 Likhaya Dayile.
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#350
Jason Fayant of Washington, Blincoe, Dayile, #227
Travis Laird, #291 Ryan Hayden, and #323 Todd Witzleben.
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#329
Jason Bilka, #197 Alan Webb, #256 Kris Rolin, #193
Tom Greenlees and #158 Dathan Ritzenhein.
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Ritzenhein
heads around one of several tight turns in the first
two miles, followed by #235 Todd Mobley, #261 Matt
Harriman and #304 Sean Graham.
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#205
Cleve Thorson, #204 Nathansel Usher, #175 Kevin Arnold
and #167 Josh Lybarger.
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Just
past the mile mark Cheboiywo, Kimani and Njubi have
put significant distance on the chase pack.
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Njubi
and Kimani paid the price for staying with Cheboiywo
as neither finished the race.
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Jorge
Torres of Colorado and Alistair Cragg of Arkansas
head up the massive chase pack.
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Michigan's
Alan Webb and Stanford's Don Sage are among those
following close behind.
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Jason
Fayant of Washington followed by #130 Silverus Kimeli
and #134 Jason Sandfort of Arkansas.
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David
Jackson of Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo followed by
Arkansas' Fernando Cabada.
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#216
Ian Gray of Nebraska and #164 Dylan Olchin of Colorado
State.
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#143
Brad Bennett of Butler and #202 Jason Mueller of Michigan
State run among the pack.
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#240
Pat Conway of Notre Dame, #294 Tom Falvey of Villanova,
#106 Ben Payne of Air Force and #328 Rob Breit of
Illinois State.
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#108
Todd Fayant of Alabama, #165 Bill Michel of Colorado
State and Raegan Robb also of Colorado State.
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Just
past the the two mile mark, Cheboiywo had dropped
all of his pursuers and looked strong out front.
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