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Jen Rhines (who had a strong last lap to finish fifth in 8:56.07) congratulates Kim Smith. |
Though she's a citizen of New Zealand, Smith continues to train in Providence, Rhode Island, under her college coach, Ray Treacy. |
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Yimenahsu Taye finished seventh in 9:00.61. |
Katie McGregor finished ninth in 9:07.65. |
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Amy Mortimer catches her breath. |
Werknesh Kidane later watched the men's 3,000, which was won by her compatriot, Gebre Gebremariam. |
Former LSU star Marian Burnett of Guyana gets ready for the 800-meter run. |
The 2004 Ethiopian national champion at 800m, Meskerem Legesse. |
The field gets ready to race. |
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There were 10 runners (including the pacesetter), so they had to run two-to-a-lane in the two outside lanes. |
Burnett was an NCAA champion in the 800 for LSU. |
2004 Georgetown graduate Treniere Clement. |
Pacesetter Ronetta Smith and Marian Burnett react to the starting gun. |
Jen Toomey, who finished second at the 2004 U.S Olympic Trials in the 1,500 but didn't get to go to Athens... |
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...because she didn't have a qualifying time. Prior to the Trials, Toomey was in the best shape of her life. She won the 800 and 1,500 titles at the 2004 USA Indoor Championships (and repeated in the 1,500 in '05). |
Ronetta Smith (in red) seemed to be having a very hard time setting the pace through 400 meters. |
Smith was already dropping back as the field approached the 400m mark. |
Because she wasn't ahead of the field, her exit from the race seemed to cause a lot of jostling, or it at least happened while... |
...the was already some jostling going on. Luckily, everyone stayed on their feet. |
