R-L: Sinclair, Kameisha Bennett, Marian Burnett, Jen Toomey, Neisha Bernard-Thomas, and Treniere Clement.
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Six of the nine runners in the field were recent college grads, so many of them had raced each other recently, and three of them had won NCAA titles in this event.
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R-L: Kenia Sinclair, Jen Toomey, Marian Burnett, Kameisha Bennett, Neisha Bernard-Thomas, Alice Schmidt, and Treniere Clement.
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With a head-on view, it wasn't immediately obvious who was leading up the homestretch, but it turned out to be Kenia Sinclair...
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...on the far right. She won the 800 in 1:59.10, a world-leading time.
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