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Twenty-one
runners, plus a rabbit, started the race.
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The
goal for the runners up front was to run under the Olympic "A"
standard of 15:08.70.
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Other
key times included the Olympic Trials "A" qualifying standard
of 15:28.00 and the "B"...
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...standard
of 15:51.50. The "A" standard would guarantee entry into
July's U.S. Olympic Trials.
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Sonja
Friend-Uhl served as the rabbit. She set the pace for about four
laps before dropping out.
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Marla
Runyan (right) and Amy Rudolph run in 4th and 5th early on.
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Kate
O'Neill leads Dulce Rodriguez and Marie Davenport.
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Jenny
Crain.
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Friend-Uhl
continues to lead.
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Aziza
Aliyu of Ethiopia runs in second place.
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O'Neill
had run a spectacular 31:34.37 10,000m less than one month earlier.
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2003
William & Mary graduate Cheryl Bauer.
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Jacqueline
Concaugh, a Michigan graduate and former Foot Locker finalist.
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Brianna
Torres is a co-owner of a running store, Run AZ, with her husband,
Carlos Paradelo.
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Sonja
Friend-Uhl continues to lead, with Aliyu, Shalane Flanagan, Runyan,
and Rudolph trailing.
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Catherine
Berry.
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Concaugh.
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When
Friend-Uhl dropped out around the 1,600, Aliyu took over the lead.
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The
leaders (including Marla Runyan, above) went through the 1,600 in
about 4:48.
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Berry
runs between packs.
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