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The
start of the senior men's 4k race.
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The
top six finishers would receive spots on the World
XC Championship team...
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...which
would compete in Lausanne, Switzerland at the end
of March.
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The
course was a muddy, slippery mess, making it particularly
difficult to get up and down some of the steeper hills.
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The
course was one 2k figure eight and the number of laps
the runners ran depended on the distance of their
race. The 4k was just two loops.
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Robert
Gary and Sandu Rebenciuc led down the first slippery
hill.
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They
were followed by Dan Wilson, Ian Connor, Karl Savage
and Kevin Castille.
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The
runners were looking for the route with the best footing
here rather than taking the shortest path.
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The
race was still tightly bunched as the runners completed
the first part of loop one.
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#508
John Schoenfelder, #301 Bryan Berryhill and #428 Jeff
O'Rielley.
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O'Rielley
again.
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#358
Chad Johnson, #312 Billy Herman, #510 Phillimon Hanneck
and #331 Ryan Woods.
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#303
Mark Croghan, #416 Terrence Mahon and #330 Brendan
Rogers.
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#363
Ahman Dirks of Nike Portland.
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#384
Ben Cooke leads #356 Brad Hauser.
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Jonathon
Riley.
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#503
Michael Ryan, #475 Nick MacFalls and #485 Ryan Kirkpatrick.
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Geoffrey
Perry.
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Jason
Meany of Clemson tries to say on his feet going down
the hill.
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Todd
Moenster leads Tony Cosey and Jeff Kuzma.
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