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L-R:
Kerry Meagher, Shannon Rowbury, and Marlies Overbeeke get ready
for the mile final.
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Lauren
King (left) and Meagher. Notre Dame was the only school with two
athletes in the final.
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Rowbury
had run a PR 4:39 at the ECAC Championships to qualify for this
meet.
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L-R:
Treniere Clement, Lindsey Gallo, Natalie Hughes, and Tiffany McWilliams.
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L-R:
King, Meagher, Rowbury, and Overbeeke started on the outside of
the track.
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They
ran a two-turn stagger before merging with the runners on the inside.
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As
usual, Tiffany McWilliams of Mississippi State jumped straight...
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...into
the lead at the start.
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Only
Wisconsin's Hilary Edmondson attempted to go with her.
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Lindsey
Gallo led the rest of the field as they hung back a bit.
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Kerry
Meagher paces herself at the back of the field.
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Meagher,
a junior, was running in her first-ever NCAA track meet.
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Meagher
graduated from Allentown Central Catholic High School (PA) in 2001.
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McWilliams
continues to lead the race and Edmondson runs in second place. McWilliams
finished...
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...second
in this race a year ago, but won the NCAA outdoor 1,500m title in
a meet-record 4:06.75.
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Gallo
(right) and Clement run in third and fourth.
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Natalie
Hughes of Florida State runs near the back of the field.
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Meagher
continues to hang back early on.
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McWilliams
continues to lead, just past the 600m mark.
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McWilliams
has brought NCAA middle distance running to a new level in the past
year...
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...and
has challenged many her competitors to run faster than they thought
possible.
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Gallo
and Clement continue to lead the main pack just past the 600m point.
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Gallo
had run the previous night's DMR, so this was her third mile race
in two days.
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Treniere
Clement would be doubling back in the 3,000m final, scheduled to
start 80 minutes after the mile.
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Defending
champion Johanna Nilsson spent the early laps in the back of the
pack...
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...a
strategy exactly the opposite of Tiffany McWilliams'.
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Hilary
Edmondon, a senior at Wisconsin and a native of Canada...
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...continued
to run in second place past the halfway point.
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