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Phillimon
Hanneck gets ready for the start. He started the race
but did not finish.
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Former
American Record holder in the marathon, David Morris.
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Dave
Davis recently returned from the World XC Championships,
where he ran on his first U.S. national team.
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Tony
Cosey, best known for his exploits in the steeplechase.
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Brian
Clas, one of the few in the race who lives in Manhattan,
was competing on his home course.
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Todd
Williams, a 1996 Olympian at 10,000m, was making a
bit of a comeback here.
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#1
seed Tim Broe takes a moment to focus before the race.
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Adam
Batliner stands at attention while the national anthem
is performed.
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Joey
Keillor, who had recently won the Human Race 8k in
St. Paul, MN.
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#46
Brian Sell, #29 Jeff Campbell, #15 Ray Hughes, #8
Tony Cosey and #43 Mike Mykytok.
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#3
Dan Browne, #22 Brent Hauser, #1 Tim Broe, #20 Todd
Williams, #10 Anthony Famiglietti and #2 Abdi Abdirahman.
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#4
Matt Downin, #39 Jason Hubbard, #29 Jeff Campbell,
#18 Richie Brinker and #15 Ray Hughes.
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Runners
stand on the starting line moments before the start.
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Forty-four
of the U.S.'s best distance runners are off and running.
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The
U.S. men's 8k race was preceeded by an all-comers'
8k and followed five minutes later by the 25th Annual
Police/Fire Run 8k.
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Runners
stretch out in a line across the road as they head
toward the first turn, across the 102nd Street transverse.
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#2
Abdi Abdirahman, one of the favorites in the race,
takes the lead immediately.
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Coming
off the 102nd Street transverse, Abdirahman check
to see who's with him.
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Dan
Browne (#3) shares the lead. Browne has had a strong
career on the roads but was running his first race
of 2002 here.
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Runners
begin to make their way down the west side of Central
Park.
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