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PENN RELAYS
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, PA, APRIL 24-26, 2003

ALL PHOTOS ALISON WADE/NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS

THURSDAY: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR | PAGE FIVE | PAGE SIX | PAGE SEVEN (College and Olympic Development Steeplechase, 5,000m, 10,000m)
FRIDAY: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR | PAGE FIVE | PAGE SIX | PAGE SEVEN | PAGE EIGHT | PAGE NINE | PAGE TEN (Olympic Development Men's DMR, College's Men's DMR Championship, High School Boys DMR Championship, High School Boys Mile, High School Boys 3,000m)
SATURDAY: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR | PAGE FIVE
| PAGE SIX | PAGE SEVEN | PAGE EIGHT | PAGE NINE | PAGE TEN | PAGE ELEVEN (College Men's 4xMile, High School Boys 4x800m Championship, Olympic Development Men's Mile, College Men's 4x800m)
WOMEN'S PHOTOS
We are using the running order listed in the results (where possible) and the program to identify runners. Because the meet program does not always list the correct running order, we may have some inaccurate identifications. Please notify us if you see any mistakes.

Both runners have had successful years so far, Alistair Cragg won the NCAA Indoor 3,000m and 5,000m while Nate Brannen won the 800m.
Kentucky's Hunter Spencer and Florida's Steve Zieminski run in third and fourth.
Chris Lukezic, a freshman and the 2002 USA Junior 1,500m Champion, anchors for Georgetown.
Lukezic split 4:06.2.
Erik Schmidt anchors for Navy. They finished eighth in 9:39.37.
Sean O'Brien anchors for American University.
We thought we had misheard the announcer when he said that Cragg had gone through 800m in 2:11...
...but he did. This allowed Brannen, Villanova's Ryan Hayden, Spencer and Zieminski to catch up.
Despite the slow pace, Brannen - a strong kicker - was content to hang out in second place.
Brown's Chad Buechel leads Princeton's Jon Bell.
Bernard Manirakiza anchors for Abilene Christian.
The slow pace meant that with one lap to go, there were about eight teams in contact.
Cragg, like Brannen, was known for his strong kick, but he had found the most success using it in longer races.
Penn State coach Harry Groves once said, "The problem with big kickers is they often lose to other big kickers."
Brannen and Hayden run on Cragg's heels with less than one lap to go.
Sean O'Brien ended up running the fastest recorded split (4:03.9) and American finished seventh in 9:38.78.
Princeton, anchored by Jon Bell, finished 10th in 9:42.67.
Abilene Christian, anchored by Bernard Manirakiza, finishd 13th in 9:50.49.
Brannen passed Cragg in the final 40 meters to win the race for Michigan (9:32.65).
Arkansas finished second (9:32.87) and Villanova third (9:33.44).

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