Sarah Bowman led the junior 800m final with one lap to go, but she had started off near the back of the field and it looked like it took a lot of work for her to work her way up to the front.
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R-L: Bowman leads Heidi Magill, Alysia Johnson (mostly obscured), Maggie Infield and Trisa Nickoley, and Rebekah Noble (far left) moves up on the outside.
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Rebekah Noble (who also goes by Becca) used an amazing kick in the last 200 meters and just blew everyone away. The recent high school graduate who will attend Oregon in the fall finished in 2:03.73 to Heidi Magill's 2:04.99.
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It was pretty dark by the time the women's 800m semis got started. The first round had been cancelled because the field was small. Hazel Clark and Kameisha Bennett led on the first lap.
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Clark (2:02.47) won the first semi-final and Bennett finished second (2:03.16).
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