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PENN
RELAYS
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA, PHILADELPHIA, PA, APRIL
24-26, 2003
ALL
PHOTOS ALISON WADE/NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS
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THURSDAY:
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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
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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)
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FOUR | PAGE FIVE
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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.
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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.
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Kentucky's
Hunter Spencer and Florida's Steve Zieminski run in
third and fourth.
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Chris
Lukezic, a freshman and the 2002 USA Junior 1,500m
Champion, anchors for Georgetown.
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Lukezic
split 4:06.2.
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Erik
Schmidt anchors for Navy. They finished eighth in
9:39.37.
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Sean
O'Brien anchors for American University.
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We
thought we had misheard the announcer when he said
that Cragg had gone through 800m in 2:11...
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...but
he did. This allowed Brannen, Villanova's Ryan Hayden,
Spencer and Zieminski to catch up.
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Despite
the slow pace, Brannen - a strong kicker - was content
to hang out in second place.
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Brown's
Chad Buechel leads Princeton's Jon Bell.
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Bernard
Manirakiza anchors for Abilene Christian.
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The
slow pace meant that with one lap to go, there were
about eight teams in contact.
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Cragg,
like Brannen, was known for his strong kick, but he
had found the most success using it in longer races.
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Penn
State coach Harry Groves once said, "The problem
with big kickers is they often lose to other big kickers."
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Brannen
and Hayden run on Cragg's heels with less than one
lap to go.
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Sean
O'Brien ended up running the fastest recorded split
(4:03.9) and American finished seventh in 9:38.78.
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Princeton,
anchored by Jon Bell, finished 10th in 9:42.67.
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Abilene
Christian, anchored by Bernard Manirakiza, finishd
13th in 9:50.49.
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Brannen
passed Cragg in the final 40 meters to win the race
for Michigan (9:32.65).
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Arkansas
finished second (9:32.87) and Villanova third (9:33.44).
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York Road Runners Club, Inc.
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