Niehaus finished fifth in the two-mile (10:21.90) at the Nike Outdoor Nationals less than one week earlier. The top two runners here, provided that they had run faster than 16:30 during the qualifying period.
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Oklahoma State's Anissa Angelosante finished fourth 18:17.18. The girls' races tended to have smaller fields here, with only seven running the 5,000 and five in the steeplechase.
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Natasha LaBeaud moves into the lead, but Kate Niehaus and Nichole Jones are still close.
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Niehaus finished fifth in the two-mile (10:21.90) at the Nike Outdoor Nationals less than one week earlier. The top two runners here, provided that they had run faster than 16:30 during the qualifying period.
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LaBeaud begins to pull away. LaBeaud did have the qualifying standard, so she was basically guaranteed a spot on the team which would compete at the IAAF World Junior T&F Championships in August, since no one would break 16:30 here.
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Alex Banfich finished fifth here in 18:27.75.
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