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Boaz
Cheboiywo said at the pre-race press conference that
he would run like a wounded lion...
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...if
he had to fall on the ground at the finish line to
win the race, he would...
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However,
Cheboiywo was the first runner to fall off the main
pack of four.
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With
about less than 2k to go, he ran in fourth place and
looked vulnerable.
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Dartmouth
senior Tom McArdle runs in fifth place.
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McArdle
again.
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Daniel
Lincoln of Arkansas runs in sixth.
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The
Stanford quartet (and Butler's Mark Tucker) continue
to lead the main pack.
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R-L:
Matt Tegenkamp, Gavin Thompson and Richard Kiplagat
follow the main pack.
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Ed
Torres catches up to Montana's Antony Ford.
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Torres
and Ford again.
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SMU
sophomore Mindaugas Pukstas.
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Pukstas
with less than 2k to go.
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Heading
down the home stretch, Jorge Torres holds a slight
lead over Alistair Cragg.
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The
pro-Torres crowd chanted "Tor-res! Tor-res!"
as the two made their way toward the finish line.
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Cragg
-- who had outkicked Torres in the past -- had planned...
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...to
stick with Torres and outkick him at the end, but
when he tried...
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...he
found that his legs didn't respond as planned.
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Torres
-- who was one of the best runners in the race who
had never won an NCAA title...
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...earned
his first NCAA individual title, running 29:04.7 on
the 10k course.
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