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Doug
Cross of Towaco, NJ.
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Elliott
Frieder (L) and Marc Robaczynski.
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Former
Providence College runner Andy Wedlake.
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Meb
Keflezighi pulled away around the halfway point...
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...and
had more than 20 seconds on the field by the time
he reached the finish.
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Keflezighi's
58:57 20k was not only good enough to win...
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...it
also broke the American Record for that distance.
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The
old record was 59:13, set by Paul Cummings in 1987.
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Brian
Sell had a breakthrough race to finish second.
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His
59:18 was just seconds away from the old AR.
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Sell
later told Runner's World Online that up until this
race...
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...he
was seriously contemplating retirement.
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Sell
will aim for an Olympic Trials qualifier at Chicago
this fall — his marathon debut
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Phillimon
Hanneck had a strong race to finish third in 59:24.
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Formerly
a citizen of Zimbabwe, Hanneck is now a U.S. citizen.
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Hanneck
is part of the Nike Oregon Project under Alberto Salazar.
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Ryan
Kirkpatrick finished fourth in 59:32.
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2000
U.S. Olympic marathoner Rod DeHaven finished fifth
in 59:36.
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Todd
Reeser of Team USA New York ran a strong race...
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...to
finish sixth in 1:00:13.
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