NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
University of Texas, Austin, TX, June 9-12, 2004
ALL PHOTOS ALISON WADE/NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS

THURSDAY: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR | PAGE FIVE | PAGE SIX | PAGE SEVEN | PAGE EIGHT | PAGE NINE | PAGE TEN | PAGE ELEVEN | PAGE TWELVE | PAGE THIRTEEN | PAGE FOURTEEN (800 prelims, 1,500 prelims, steeplechase prelims, 10,000 final)
SATURDAY: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR | PAGE FIVE | PAGE SIX | PAGE SEVEN | PAGE EIGHT | PAGE NINE (1,500 final, steeplechase final, 800 final, 5,000 final)
THURSDAY HIGHLIGHTS: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE
SATURDAY HIGHLIGHTS: PAGE ONE
MEN'S PHOTOS | WEDNESDAY WOMEN'S REPORT | THURSDAY WOMEN'S REPORT | SATURDAY WOMEN'S REPORT

USC's Beth Van Alstine was a DIII All-American one year earlier for NYU.	She has held her own in DI, and finished 20th here in 36:30.34.	Princeton sophomore Meredith Lambert finished 19th in 36:24.91.	Laura Turner led through 5,000m in 17:21.5, but was overtaken by the pack shortly after.	Christine Bolf finished ninth in 35:00.22.
Jessica Perry and Adriana Pirtea run together through the mist that was being sprayed to cool the runners off.	Natasha Roetter finished 21st in 36:37.11.	Angela Homan dropped back to sixth when the top contenders made a move, but she held her own.	Georgia's Jill Steffens finished 13th in	Duke's Heidi Hullinger (14th, 35:20.15) and West Virginia's Tara Struyk (12th, 35:14.24).
Defending champion, collegiate record holder, and heavy favorite, Alicia Craig.	Homan had a good race, finishing sixth in 34:40.12.	Vicky Gill moves into the lead, followed by Jamie Krzyminski and Alicia Craig.	Princeton's Emily Kroshus runs in fourth.	Shortly after Kroshus caught back up to the lead pack, Alicia Craig made a move for the lead.
Melissa Gulli runs in fifth place.	Craig surges into the lead with just under 1,500 meters to go.	Craig dropped her pace from about 82 seconds per lap to 72.	Casey Owens.	Within less than a lap, Craig (lapping UNC's Perry) had a sizeable lead over Krzyminski and the rest of the field.

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