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Katelyn
Kaltenbach with her older sister Megan, a member of the UNC cross
country team.
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Kaltenbach
is the defending national champion, but she missed seven weeks of
running...
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...during
the season, due to a stress fracture. Above: With teammate Keara
Sammons.
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Ramsey
Kavan finished sixth at the 2003 Foot Locker XC Championships.
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The
temperature at race time was in the 40s and the course was very
wet.
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Rachel
Wittum, a sophomore from Rockford, Michigan.
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Lindsay
Anderson, a freshman from Leeds, North Dakota, starts out quickly.
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Molly
Waterhouse, a freshman from Vicksburg, Michigan.
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Kavan,
last year's runner up at this event, was one of the favorites coming
in.
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Anderson
eventually finished 60th in 19:36.
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L-R:
Waterhouse, Kavan, and Anderson.
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The
top eight would automatically qualify for nationals, and the ninth
and 10th finishers would - for the first time...
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...have
a shot at going to nationals. Their fate depended on the outcome
of the following week's Nike Team Nationals.
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It
turned out that the top 10 from this race did qualify for nationals,
though no one was sure about that at the time of this race.
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Above:
Whitney Anderson of Colorado led for much of the race. Anderson
was the Colorado state champion and had improved...
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...tremendously
in the previous year, after joining forces with coach Lyle Knudson.
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One
year earlier, Anderson finished 25th at the West Regional. She was
living in Alaska at the time.
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Kavan
runs in second place.
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Brittany
Tinsley, a senior from Russels Point, Ohio.
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Madeline
McKeever, a senior from Littleton, Colorado.
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