Aimee
Larkin, 27, of Salt Lake City, Utah, finished 102nd in 3:05:57.
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Wendy
Hall, 34, of Avondale Estates, Georgia, finished 103rd in 3:07:24.
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Hall,
a graduate of Willamette University, runs for the Atlanta Track
Club.
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She
qualified for the Trials by running 2:45:19 at the 2003 Motorola
Marathon.
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L-R:
Colleen De Reuck, Deena Kastor, and Jen Rhines receive their medals.
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Kastor
had many friends and family on hand to support her.
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Meghan
Arbogast, 42, of Corvallis, Oregon, finished 104th in 3:10:48 while
fighting off a cold.
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Arbogast
qualified for the Trials by running 2:45:57 at the 2003 Christchurch
Marathon.
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Kastor
poses with ING New York City Marathon race director Allan Steinfeld.
Kastor announced a few days later that she...
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...would
run the 2004 ING New York City Marathon, in addition to the Olympic
Marathon. (Above, her husband Andrew joins the photo.)
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Despite
having a disappointing run, Kastor graciously answered the media's
questions during a post-race press conference.
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Magdalena
Lewy, the fifth-place finisher, told the media that she was "heartbroken."
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Colleen
De Reuck's most quoted press conference response was (on her 9-year-old
daughter Tasmin's opinion of her), "I'm not famous because
I'm not Britney Spears or Hilary Duff."
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