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Blake
Russell ran in third place two hours and three minutes into the
race...
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...after
leading for the first 17+ miles.
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Jen
Rhines ran in fifth place at this point, about equal distance from...
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...Sylvia
Mosqueda (fourth) and Magdalena Lewy Boulet (sixth). Mosqueda dropped
out...
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...late
in the race. Deena Kastor continued to lead 2:08 into the race...
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...but
it soon became evident that Colleen De Reuck was gaining ground.
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Kastor
began to run out of gas and De Reuck caught her in the 25th mile...
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...in
essentially the same spot as Kastor had passed Russell on the previous
lap.
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De
Reuck pulled away with surprising ease...
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...and
powered to her first U.S. Olympic Trials win in 2:28:35.
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Holding
back early on paid off for De Reuck, she went through...
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...the
halfway point in 1:13:41 and ran her second half in 1:14:54.
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De
Reuck's time was a women's Trials record and she earned...
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...$35,000
for her efforts.
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Kastor
experienced "the wall" for the first time in a marathon,
but she was able...
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...to
hold on to second place and finish in a time of 2:29:38.
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Kastor
said that she believed her problem was nutritional and that she...
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...would
be researching it throughly before the Athens...
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...Olympic
Marathon. She also announced her plans to run the 2004 ING New York
City Marathon a few days later.
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Jen
Rhines caught Blake Russell in the final 400 meters.
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