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Start
of the junior boys 8k -- one of the most highly anticipated
races of the weekend
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The
pace was slow on the first two of four laps.
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#294
Ben Hawkins, #201 David Axel and #295 Erik Heinonen trail
the pack.
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#217
Ryan Moorecroft, Dathan Ritzenhein (orange headband), #221
Ian Dobson and #359 Anderson Smith were among the leaders
heading into the second 2k lap.
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Pre-race
speculation centered on whether or not anyone could beat Michigan
high schooler and two-time Foot Locker XC Champ, Dathan Ritzenhein.
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Approximately
3,500 meters into the race, Ian Dobson (Stanford) and #353
Nicholas Schuetze hold a slight lead over Matt Tegenkamp and
Ritzenhein.
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Oregon
high schooler Erik Heinonen.
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#391
CR Davis (34th, 27:00) and #95 Xavier deBoissezon (33rd, 26:55).
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Ritzenhein.
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In
the pre-race speculation as to who could challenge Ritzenhein,
not many people mentioned Wisconsin freshman Matt Tegenkamp...
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Ritzenhein,
Josh Spiker (another Wisconsin frosh), Tegenkamp and Ian Dobson
distance themselves from the field.
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Stanford
freshman Dobson.
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Matthew
Maline.
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Anderson
Smith of NC State.
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Ryan
Moorecroft.
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Jarrod
Shoemaker of Dartmouth runs ahead of Aaron Durham of Long
Beach State.
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David
Vidal of Flathead High School in Montana (10th, 25:19).
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Erik
Heinonen of South Eugene High School (13th, 25:23).
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Aaron
Young of Willamette University and New York high schooler
Peter Meindl.
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Devan
Lomayaoma of Wings of America (18th, 25:57).
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Seth
Watkins (17th, 25:52), a teammate of Vidal's at Flathead High
School.
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Patrick
Dunn of Villanova (20th, 26:00).
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Jon
Severy of the University of Colorado (24th, 26:13).
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Louis
DiNuzzo of Colgate (25th, 26:15).
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Chase
Wells (26th, 26:16), Lehrin Morey (23rd, 26:12) and Forrest
Tahdooahnippah (22nd, 26:10).
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Nathan
O'Brien of Willamette (32nd, 26:47).
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Andrew
Yazzie of Wings of America (27th, 26:26).
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