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Becki Wells, a former NCAA champion for the University of Florida. |
Melissa Donais, running for the SISU Project. |
Katie Courtwright, 40, who finished first in her age group and second overall in the masters race the previous day. |
Nikki Simmons of Run AZ. |
Cynthia Atencio of Run AZ. |
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Nicole Stewart of Pendleton, Oregon. |
Right around the 3K mark, Shalane Flanagan continued to lead the race... |
...and looked like she was increasing her lead slightly. Flanagan had been suffering from an injury... |
...and hadn't done ideal training leading up to this race, but it didn't show here. |
L-R: Lauren Fleshman, Missy Buttry, Blake Russell, and Shayne Culpepper occupy places 2-5. |
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Missy Buttry is a senior at Wartburg, an NCAA DIII school, where she has dominated the DIII ranks for years. |
Blake Russell runs in fifth place. |
Amy Mortimer runs in sixth. Mortimer moved to Boston to attend graduate school in the fall... |
...and is now a volunteer assistant coach at Boston College. |
Kelly Strong runs in seventh place. |
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Strong finished 11th in the 8K the previous day. |
With about 600 meters to go, Shalane Flanagan looked like she would be very hard to catch. |
Flanagan, 23, held on to her lead and won her second-straight USA 4K title in 13:24.3. |
Flanagan finished 14th in the 4K at the 2004 World XC Championships and would be looking to improve upon that this year. |
Missy Buttry runs in second place, ahead of Shayne Culpepper and Blake Russell, with about 600 meters to go. |
