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Nicole
Blood runs strong 1,000m into the two-mile.
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Mile
champion Natalie Scherbak doubled back here...
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...as
did Amie Schumacher, the third place finisher in the mile.
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Rebecca
McCollum of Masuk (CT) HS would finish 20th in 11:46.55.
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Blood
(pictured here at about 1,400m) hit the mile in 5:03.
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The
boys had assembled a star-studded field from all over New England.
Blood didn't have...
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...much competition here, but it was like she decided to run her
own elite-level mile.
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Lindsey
Ferguson, Blood's training partner and a Foot Locker finalist, was
also on her own.
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Saratoga's
Hannah Davidson runs in fifth place midway through the race.
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Thomas
Jefferson (VA) High School's Jen Dolson would finish 12th in 11:27.96.
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Tara
Connor of Kellam finished ninth in 11:24.12.
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Schumacher
doubled back well, earning her second third-place finish of the
day (10:55.59).
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Sherbak
finished fifth (after winning the mile) in 11:01.45.
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Blood
clicked off 77- and 78-second laps in her second mile, before kicking
it in th last lap.
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She
won the race in 10:10.73, easily beating Natasha Roetter's meet
record of 10:33.30 from 2001.
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Ferguson
also ran a strong race, finishing second in 10:40.24.
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Davidson,
an eighth grader, finished fourth in 10:58.49.
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Betsy
Boucher of Fitch (CT) HS finished sixth in 11:02.53.
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Blood's
time was less than 10 seconds off of Molly Huddle's 10:01.08 HS
record but still well off...
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...Kim
Mortenson's 9:48.59 3,200. Blood (like Ferguson, pictured above)
is a sophomore.
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