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Approximately
one minute into the senior men's 12k...
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...Meb
Keflezighi and Alan Culpepper have already made their
way to the front.
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They're
joined by #311 Chris Seaton, a graduate of NC State.
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The
Nike trio of Nick Rogers, Chad Johnson and Mike Donnelly
make their way up one of the steeper hills on the
course.
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#326
Greg Jimmerson and #327 Jushua Muxen make their way
up the hill.
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#337
Richie Brinker, #339 Joe Gibson, #340 Brian Sell,
#310 Chris Lundstrom and #509 Matt Thull.
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Lundstrom
and Thull.
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Sell,
Lundsrom and Thull.
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This
race featured a race within a race for the U.S. Armed
Forces Championship.
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#342
Michael Crawford slipped multiple times going up the
first hill...
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...and
when Daniel LeBoeuf of the Air Force saw that he was
having trouble...
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grabbed on to the back of Crawford's singlet...
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tried to help him up the hill.
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Hiran
Cantu makes his way up the slippery hill.
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Past
the half-mile mark, Culpepper and Keflezighi continue
to lead.
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Though
others were within striking distance...
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immediately became apparent that this would be a two-man
race.
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Culpepper,
Keflezighi and Abdi Abdirahman have had some great
duels over the past few years...
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...but
Abdirahman (left) didn't seem to be up for it this
time. Robert Gary (right) was doubling back after
winning Saturday's 4k.
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Dave
Davis was a surprise World Championship qualifier
last year. This time around, most people knew who
he was.
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