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Russell was almost a minute ahead of De Reuck by this point in the race. |
Nicole Aish ran in third place just after the eight mile mark. |
Aish was approximately 40 seconds behind De Reuck at this point in the race, so she actually made up ground in the last four-plus miles. |
Blake Russell, 30, who lives in Marina, California, trains with Team USA Monterey Bay, and is coached by Bob Sevene... |
...won the race, which served as the USA 20K Championships, in 1:06:43. |
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Colleen De Reuck, 41, was checking out the competition as she ran by us (with several blocks left to go). |
De Reuck dominated the masters race - she set a pending world masters 20K record - and finished second overall in 1:08:47. |
Nicole Aish, 29, finished third in 1:09:08. |
The wind obviously affected the runners as the top three women all ran more than a minute slower... |
...in the second half of the race than they did in the first half. |
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Former BYU star Laura Turner, who now lives in Tacoma, Washington, finished fourth in 1:11:11. Her performance qualified her for the World Half-Marathon Championships. |
Sara Wells, 26, of Team USA Minnesota finished fifth in 1:11:24. Wells was planning to run the Twin Cities Marathon in early October... |
...but after this race, she pulled out of Twin Cities, citing a bout with plantar fasciitis. |
Ann Alyanak, a former Big Ten 10,000m champion for Purdue, ran a great race to finish sixth in 1:11:30. |
Stephanie Bylander, a 10-time DII All-American for Adams State, finished seventh in 1:12:57... |
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...and her performance qualified her to represent the U.S. at the World Half-Marathon Championships on October 1. |
Michelle LaFleur, 33, of Savannah, Georgia, finished 10th in 1:13:31, right with a group of three other women. |
LaFleur also qualified for the World Half with her 10th-place finish here. |
Leigh Daniel, 27, of Ashland, Ohio, finished eighth in 1:13:29. Daniel was a collegiate star for Texas Tech. |
Dot McMahan, 28, of the Hansons-Brooks Distance Project finished ninth in 1:13:31 and also qualified for the World Half team. |
