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Former West Virginia runner Megan Metcalfe, and former University of South Florida runner Tara Quinn-Smith. |
Former Kansas State teammates Korene Hinds and Amy Mortimer. |
Carrie Tollefson and Sara Hall. |
Katie McGregor helps out Meseret Defar before the start. |
Sara Hall, formerly Sara Bei, was sporting a new name after getting married to Ryan Hall over the summer. |
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Carrie Tollefson points out the starting line to Sentayehu Ejigu. |
L-R: Sara Hall, Courtney Babcock, Amy Mortimer, Korene Hinds, and Megan Metcalfe at the start of the 3,000. |
Stanford graduate Sara Hall. |
Kenia Sinclair of Jamaica was the pacesetter, and within 200 meters of the start, she had Meseret Defar well clear of the rest of the field. |
Katie McGregor, Roisin McGettigan, and Carrie Tollefson led the remainder of the field. |
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Sentayehu Ejigu (behind Meseret Defar) seemed a little caught off guard by the fast start... |
...but she had caught up to Sinclair and Defar by the third lap. |
Tara Quinn-Smith of Canada runs in the pack. |
Quinn-Smith again. |
Sinclair's pace was too fast for the first 400 meters, which she hit in about 1:06.8. The top three went through 600 meters in 1:42. |
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Meseret Defar has just missed running a world record in this race last year. |
Whether or not she wanted to, Carrie Tollefson ended up being the pacesetter for the second pack. |
Katie McGregor and Amy Mortimer (who lives nearby and coaches at Boston College) follow. |
Defar tried to follow Sinclair, but after 400 meters, in doing so, Defar ended up running erratic lap splits of approximately 36, 35, 33, 32, 38, 34. |
USA 10,000 meter champion Katie McGregor of Team USA Minnesota. |
