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Jorge
Torres wins the 2002 NCAA Cross Country title.
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Torres
didn't raise his arms in celebration until after he
was across the finish line.
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The
South African-born Cragg took second in 29:06.0.
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Grant
Robison of Stanford had an excellent last mile, moving
all the way up to third place.
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The
Stanford junior finished third in 29:36.7.
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Butler
senior Mark Tucker also ran an excellent last mile,
finishing fourth in 29:37.5.
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Tucker
is a native of Australia who already had a degree
before coming to the U.S. This was his final season
in the NCAA.
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Stanford
junior Louis Luchini improved on his 12th-place finish
of one year ago...
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...finishing
fifth here in 29:41.0.
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Stanford
managed to put four runners in the top nine, virtually
assuring them the team title.
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Stanford
junior Don Sage finished sixth in 29:44.4.
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Boaz
Cheboiywo, Tom McArdle and Ian Dobson battle for seventh
place.
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Though
the three hadn't run together during the race, they
ended up within 1.1 seconds of each other.
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Cheboiywo,
las year's champion, managed to hang on to seventh
place, finishing in a time of 29:46.1.
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McArdle
finished eighth in 29:46.
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Ian
Dobson finished ninth in 29:47.2 (and fourth for Stanford).
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Stanford's
top five runners are juniors, their sixth is a sophomore
and their seventh a freshman.
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Gavin
Thompson, a junior at Eastern Michigan, finished 13th
in 29:51.4.
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Arkansas
junior Daniel Lincoln (14th, 29:59.3) leads Antony
Ford and Richard Kiplagat.
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Ford
finished 16th in 30:01.0 and Kiplagat finished 15th
in 30:00.4.
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