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Rochelle Kanuho of Wings of America. |
Buffalo Chips teammates Caprice Bradshaw (left) and Cecily Lemmon. |
Heading to the finish, McKayla Plank of Iona held a slight lead over Nicole Blood (mostly obscured). |
This race was a breakthrough one for Plank. She became the first Iona runner ever to qualify for the World Junior team. |
Plank was unable to hold onto her lead, though, and Nicole Blood passed her just before the tape. Plank finished second in 20:46. |
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New York's Nicole Blood won in 20:45. Later that day, she caught a plane to California, where she will finish out her final semester of high school. Her stepfather's job was relocated to the Simi Valley area. |
The top six finishers crossed the line within three seconds of one another. Erin Bedell finished fifth in 20:48. |
Kauren Tarver, a high school sophomore, finished third in 20:47. |
Marie Lawrence, a three time runner-up at the Foot Locker Cross Country Championships, finished fourth in 20:47. |
Maddie McKeever finished sixth in 20:48. |
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Nichole Lister, a native of Rodman, New York, and now a freshman at Boston College, finished seventh in 20:55. |
Bria Wetsch finished eighth in 20:59. |
Arkansas freshman Denise Bargiachi finished ninth in 21:07. |
Bargiachi again. |
Alicia Pabich finished 10th in 21:11. |
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Zoe Nelson, who had to do a lot of crosstraining to train for this event... |
...due to injury, finished 11th in 21:19. |
BYU freshman Amy Fowler finished 12th in 21:23. |
Amy Fowler |
Wendi Robinson finished 13th in 21:27. |
