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Lindsey
Ferguson finished fourth in 4:55.36.
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Samantha
Gawrych finished fifth in 4:56.21.
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Aislinn
Ryan held off a charge from Nicole Blood...
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...and
won the race in a personal best of 4:49.92.
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Ryan's
mile was the fastest by a U.S. high schooler...
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...so
far this season, and she proved that she's not...
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...just
a good cross country runner.
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Nicole
Blood finished second in 4:50.87.
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Jenny
Barringer, who always looks like she's having a good time, finished
sixth in 4:57.62.
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Avril
Ogrodnick gives Barringer a high five. There seemed to be a lot
of camaradarie among the girls...
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...in
the high school mile, with congratulations and hugs all around after
the race.
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Aislinn
Ryan does a post-race interview with Tony Reavis.
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Sarah
Schwald gets ready for the 3,000m, an event at which she has always
excelled.
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Canada's
Carmen Douma-Hussar, a Villanova graduate who trains in Pennsylvania.
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Race
favorite Meseret Defar - the Olympic 5,000m champion and 2004 World
Indoor champion in this event.
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Mardrea
Hyman was the designated pacesetter.
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Amy
Rudolph, a two-time U.S. Olympian, trails the lead pack.
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Defar
runs in second place, right behind the pacesetter.
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Carmen
Douma-Hussar leads Kim Smith, who recently finished out her NCAA
eligibility at Providence by winning the NCAA XC title.
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Berhane
Hirpasa of Ethiopia runs in fourth place.
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