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Cassie King continues to lead and the pack tries to chase her down. |
Michigans anchor, Lindsey Gallo, had looked very good in her mile prelim earlier in the evening. |
Missouri senior Amanda Bales. |
With two laps to go, Cassie King continued to lead, but with such a strong pack racing behind her, it looked like she was vulnerable. |
R-L: Marina Muncan, Sara Bei, Lindsey Gallo, Colleen Kelly, and Jennifer Davis run 2-3-4-5-6. |
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Jennifer Davis runs a strong anchor leg for West Virginia. |
Dacia Barr leads Felicia Guliford. |
With one lap to go, the chase trio of Muncan, Bei, and Gallo had nearly drawn even with UNCs Cassie King, and it would be a thrilling race to the finish. |
Muncan, Bei, and Gallo had the benefit of working together to catch King, while King was on her own for seven of the eight laps. All things considered, she did a tremendous job for UNC. |
Muncan looked like she was going after King, and Bei looked like she was going after Muncan, but it would be Gallo who ended up running the strongest final lap. |
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Georgetown's Colleen Kelly and West Virginia's Jennifer Davis run 5-6 with less than a lap to go. |
Villanova's Marina Muncan led Sara Bei over the final lap, but Michigan's Lindsey Gallo... |
...used a great kick to move by Bei and Muncan on the outside and win an amazing race for Michigan. |
Micigan finished in 11:08.24, Villanova was second in 11:08.76, and Stanford finished third in 11:08.81. |
This was Michigan's first DMR victory since 1998 and their third-ever title. |
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The team of Nicole Edwards, Sierra Hauser-Price, Theresa Feldkamp, and Lindsey Gallo won their first national title. |
This was Hauser-Price's first season running indoor track - she had played basketball for Michigan for the past three winters. |
Sara Bei (left) and Marina Muncan both ran great anchor legs for their teams but came up just short. |
Gallo spots her teammates and reacts to the team win. |
The four Michigan runners embrace. |
