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Deeja
Youngquist finished eighth in 2:34:21.
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Youngquist,
27, is a 1999 graduate of the University of Washington.
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Four
of the runners in the top eight were running their second marathon.
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Susannah
Beck, who now lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, didn't receive a lot...
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...of
pre-race attention despite her fourth-place finish at the 2000 Trials.
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Beck,
35, finished ninth in a PR 2:34:44.
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Beck
is a graduate of Yale and was the top returning...
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...finisher
from the 2000 Trials.
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Jenny
Spangler, 40, was the top masters runner in the race...
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...she
finished 10th in 2:34:44. Spangler was the surprise winner...
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...of
the 1996 Olympic Marathon Trials, and this was her first Trials...
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...race
since. Spangler set the U.S. masters marathon record in the fall...
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...of
2003 when she ran 2:32:39 at the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon.
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Spangler
also holds the U.S. junior record in the marathon (2:33:52).
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Linda
Somers Smith, 42, finished 11th in 2:37:28. Somers Smith said ahead...
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...of
time that she would be retiring from the sport following this race.
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She
works as an attorney and represented the U.S. in the marathon at
the 1996 Olympic Games.
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Jenny
Crain finished 12th in 2:37:36, an improvement on her 14th-place
finish from the 2000...
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...Olympic
Marathon Trials. Crain also competed in the 1996 Marathon Trials.
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Cori
Mooney just missed qualifying for the Trials at the 2003 Boston
Marathon (2:48:19)...
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