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The
Indiana Invaders' Hope Sanders gets ready for the 800m final.
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The
Nike Farm team's Chantee Earl.
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Nicole
Teter at the start of the race.
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The
previous day's preliminary rounds had narrowed the field...
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...from
20 runners down to six.
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Hazel
Clark takes the early lead...
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...with
Jen Toomey running close behind.
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The
top two runners in the race would qualfiy...
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...to
represent the U.S. at the following weekend's...
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...World
Indoor Track & Field Championships in Budapest.
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All
six of the finalists were sponsored by Nike in some capacity.
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Earl
(right) and Sanders.
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Approaching
the 400 meter mark, Clark continued to lead.
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Toomey
looked like she wanted to move into the lead...
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...but
Clark wasn't going to give it up that easily.
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Nicole
Teter ran in third place, but wasn't in her...
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...top
form after struggling with injuries off and on...
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...for
more than a year.
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Even
when she wasn't in the lead, Toomey...
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...seemed
to be in complete control of the race.
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