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Most
of the best runners in the Northeast lined up to compete for eight
spots at the Foot Locker Cross Country...
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...Championships
to be held two weeks later in San Diego, California. Above: Emily
Nagle of Annapolis, Maryland does a stride.
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Members
of the #1 ranked Saratoga Springs (NY) High School team lined up
together (far left of the photo).
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Not
long after the mile mark, Nicole Blood (left) and Aislinn Ryan led
the way.
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Blood's
teammate, freshman Hannah Davidson, ran in third place.
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Many
wondered how many Saratoga girls would qualify for nationals. Things
were looking...
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...good
for them heading into the back woods. Above: Hannah Davidson runs
in third.
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Caitlin
Lane, another freshman at Saratoga Springs High School, racing for
the Kinetic Running Club...
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...here,
heads into the woods in fourth place.
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Lindsey
Ferguson, a national qualifier in 2003, runs in fifth place here.
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Chantelle
Dron, a homeschooled senior from Candia, New Hampshire...
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...and
a national qualifier in 2002, runs in sixth place.
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Laura
Cummings, another 2002 qualifier, runs in seventh.
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Nichole
Lister, a senior at South Jefferson Central School in New York...
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...runs
in eighth place going into the back woods. Lister finished ninth
in this race in 2003...
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...one
spot away from qualifying for nationals.
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Kathleen
DiCamillo of Holy Trinity (NY) High School runs in ninth.
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2003
Foot Locker finalist Brittany Sedberry (left) runs with Neely Spence.
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Spence
is an up-and-coming homeschooled freshman from Pennsylvania.
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Her
father is U.S. Olympic marathoner and World Championship bronze
medalist Steve Spence.
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