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...U.S. Olympic Trials one year ago to qualify for the Olympic team in the 5,000. |
In February, Flanagan won the USA 4K cross country title. |
Mestawot Tadesse slowed dramatically in the final laps and went from running in third early on to finishing eighth. |
Kim Smith continues to run in fifth place. Smith ran a New Zealand 10,000m record of 31:21 earlier in the track season. |
Amy Rudolph and Jen Rhines begin to pull away. |
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Earlier in the season, Rudolph, a two-time U.S. Olympian, ran the third-best U.S. women's 10,000 time ever with a 31:18.96 debut. |
Katie McGregor and Yimenahsu Taye run in eighth and ninth place with two laps to go. |
Sharon Dickie-Thompson would finish 11th in 9:24.01. |
Missy Buttry with two laps to go. |
With one lap to go, Meseret Defar had pulled ahead of Werknesh Kidane, but the two were still right together. |
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Defar later said, "Back at home there is no humidity. The high altitude is not as troublesome. The humidity was difficult." |
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Shalane Flanagan continued to run in third place with one lap to go, and looked like she was headed to a great time. |
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Kim Smith had moved into fourth place with one lap to go. |
Mestawot Tadesse ran in fifth place with one lap to go. She wound up eighth in 9:01.86. |
Jen Rhines and Amy Rudolph (sixth, 8:58.13) ran in sixth and seventh with one lap to go. |
Amy Mortimer wound up 10th in 9:10.74. |
