Providence
junior Fiona Crombie gets ready for the mile prelims.
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L-R:
Crombie, Treniere Clement, and Hilary Edmondson.
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L-R:
Marlies Overbeeke, defending champion Johanna Nilsson, and Lindsay
Hyatt.
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Hyatt,
a 2003 graduate of Stanford, is now getting her masters at Tennessee
and using up her remaining eligibility.
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Hilary
Edmondson, a Wisconsin senior, originally hails from Sarnia, Ontario,
Canada.
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The
top three in each of the two prelims., plus the runners with the
next four...
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...fastest
times would advance to the final.
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Hyatt
set the pace early on.
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Kentucky
senior Brooke Patterson runs in the pack.
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Florida
State junior Natalie Hughes.
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Patterson
again.
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Hyatt
continues to lead.
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Edmondson,
Clement, and Overbeeke run close behind.
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Hyatt,
like others in the race, would run the DMR later in the evening.
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Treniere
Clement appears to be looking for advice from someone trackside.
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The
entire field remains in contact as Hyatt continues to lead.
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Edmondson
runs in third place.
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Clement
is ready to strike.
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Defending
champion Johanna Nilsson of NAU begins to move up.
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