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Stanford's Arianna Lambie warms up for the blue race. The top teams were split into two races: blue and white. |
Arizona's Emily McGregor waits for the start of the race. |
BYU's Breanne Sandberg. |
Columbia's Hilary Bontz. |
One of the race favorites, Caroline Bierbaum of Columbia, who finished third at last year's NCAA Cross Country Championships. |
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The Notre Dame team stands in a huddle before the race. |
Notre Dame sophomore Sunni Olding. |
UNC's Megan Kaltenbach (with teammate and sister Katelyn Kaltenbach on the left and another teammate, Brianna Felnagle on the right. |
The race gets underway. The six kilometer course consists of two nearly-identical loops. Each begins with a long straightaway. |
This race marked one of the first big matchups of the season among the top teams. The event gives teams and their fans... |
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...some mid-season feedback regarding how they stack up. However, history has shown that success at Pre-Nationals can but doesn't... |
...necessarily predict success at November's NCAA Championships. |
L-R: Katrina Rundhaug, Teshaye Dagnachew, Cassie Ficken, Sunni Olding, Johanna Nilsson, Lindsey Scherf, Heidi Magill, and Marina Muncan. |
This race is one of the most competitive all-women's races around. 182 runners broke 23:00 on the 6K course, and that was just in the blue race. |
#1537 Wisconsin's Katrina Rundhaug, #1333 UCLA's Ashley Caldwell, and many others. |
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#926 Laura Cummings and #932 Megan Kaltenbach, both of UNC. |
UNC's Carol Henry. |
A still-very-large group leads the race. |
Up front, L-R: Marina Muncan, Frances Koons, Arianna Lambie, Teresa McWalters, and Lauren Blankenship. |
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