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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Sasha Spencer (left, 3rd, 2:04.72) and Mishael Bertrand (right, fifth, 2:05.05) advanced, as did LSU's Tanya Osborne (behind Spencer, 4th, 2:04.97).
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Francis Santin (right) and Alice Schmidt led the field on the first lap of the second 800m semi-final.
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