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Colorado's
Renee Metivier warms up for the 2004 NCAA XC Championships.
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Members
of the Duke team warm up.
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While
it rained during the warmup time, the skies cleared up for the races,
and the sun even came out later.
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Members
of the Marquette team warm up.
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Southwest
Missouri's Casey Owens.
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Arizona
State's Amy Hastings (left) and Desiree Davila.
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A
Butler runner does some pre-race strides.
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Villanova's
Ioana Parusheva, who was on the billboards advertising the meet.
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Yale
freshman and 2003 Foot Locker finalist Lindsay Donaldson.
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Ball
State's Jill Scully warms up.
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Duke's
Laura Stanley gets ready to cheer for her teammates.
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Before
the 800m mark, Kim Smith had already opened up a lead over the field.
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Smith
finished second to a now-professional Shalane Flanagan in this race
a year ago...
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...and
was a heavy favorite heading in.
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Colorado's
Renee Metivier (#713) and Oral Roberts' Faith Kamangila (#614) filled
the gap...
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...between
Smith and the rest of the field.
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Stanford's
Alicia Craig (#688), the collegiate record holder in the 10,000,
also went out pretty aggressively.
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Stanford's
Laura Turner (#108) follow's Stanford's Craig.
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