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Robert
Gary runs in seventh place on the sixth and final
lap.
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David
Cullum moves up into eighth place.
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Dave
Davis leads Mike Donnelly.
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Greg
Jimmerson.
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Richie
Brinker.
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And
though Keflezighi was leading when then headed off
into the back loop...
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...Culpepper
made a big move and was on his own with less than
100 meters to go.
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Keflezighi
is visible on the far left side of the photo.
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Culpepper
made it a husband-wife double as he won his first
XC national title since 1999 in 38:22.
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Meb
Keflezighi finished second in 38:34. Indicating how
tough the mud made this course...
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...Keflezighi ran two minutes and 37 seconds slower
on this course than he did on the Vancouver, WA course
a year ago.
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Ed
Torres held on to the third spot and finished in 39:04.
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Torres
ran a good CU-style race, starting in the pack and
picking runners off as he went.
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Torres
is in the middle of the indoor track season at CU.
He'll have to balance that with a trip to Lausanne,
Switzerland...
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...at
the end of March to represent the U.S. at the World
Championships.
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