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Heading
into the sixth and final lap, Abdi Abdirahman and
Ed Torres race for third place.
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Nick
Rogers continues to run in fifth place.
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Robert
Gary runs in sixth place.
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Chad
Johnson moves up into seventh place.
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In
order to guarantee himself a spot on the World Cross
Country team...
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...Johnson
would have to pass one more runner on the final lap.
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Dave
Davis runs in eighth.
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David
Cullum and Mike Donnelly run 9-10.
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On
the final lap, with more than a half mile but less
than a mile to go...
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...Meb
Keflezighi seemed to be stretching his lead over Alan
Culpepper.
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Keflezighi
looked like he might be in the midst of a winning
move...
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...but
Culpepper wasn't going to give up that easily.
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Culpepper's
wife Shayne had already pulled off a win in the women's
4k earlier in the day.
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Jorge
Torres begins to pull away from Abdi Abdirahman.
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For
Torres - who is widely considered to be the second-fastest
child in his family - this was a breakthrough race.
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Torres
is a senior at CU.
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Abdi
Abdiraham holds on to fourth place.
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Nick
Rogers continues to run in fifth place.
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Chad
Johnson pulls ahead of Robert Gary and into the final
guaranteed team spot.
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Johnson
trains with Alberto Salazar as part of the Nike Oregon
Project.
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