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Tirunesh
Dibaba won the women's 5,000m in a world-record-breaking 14:32.93.
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The
crowd was so loud during Dibaba's final few laps that we were unable...
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hear what the announcer was saying.
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Lauren
Fleshman finished third in 15:35.25.
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Tirunesh
Dibaba gets a hug from her sister, Ejegayehu.
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Dibaba
received a $25,000 bonus for breaking the world record.
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Dibaba
calls someone to share the news.
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The
girls line up for the Boston Metro Girls' Junior Invitational Mile.
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L-R:
Mary Liz McCurdy, Jenny Barringer, Brittany Sheffey, Lindsey Ferguson,
Avril Ogrodnick, and Natasha LaBeaud.
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Devon
Williams of Towson Catholic in Towson, Maryland, set a national
record in the 500m as a freshman last year.
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Lise
Ogrodnick, a junior from Canada, whose twin sister, Avril, was also
in the race.
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Nicole
Blood of Saratoga Springs, New York, was one of the favorites heading
in.
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2004
Foot Locker Cross Country Champion Aislinn Ryan.
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Blood
and Lise Ogrodnick start on the outside of the track.
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On
the inside, things are quite physical as the runners fight for position.
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L-R:
Caitlin Lane, Mary Liz McCurdy, and Avril Ogrodnick get off the
line quickly.
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This
meet featured a high school mile in the past, but the field was
mostly comprised of local runners.
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This
was the first time that junior athletes from all over the U.S. and
Canada had been brought in for the mile.
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Avril
Ogrodnick looked like she had been shot out of a cannon on the first
couple of laps...
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...as
she flew around the track. Mary Liz McCurdy of Bay Shore High School
in New York runs in second place.
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