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Sarah
Schwald competes in the Reebok Women's 3,000 meter run.
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Meseret
Defar moves up on pacesetter Mardrea Hyman 1,200 meters in, and
Sentayehu Ejigu follows.
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Defar
and Ejigu are way ahead of the field at the 1,600, with no one in
sight behind them.
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Kim
Smith, who was always a frontrunner in the NCAA, leads the second
pack.
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Hilary
Edmondson leads Amy Mortimer (mostly obscured) and Lisa Labrecque.
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By
the 2,000m mark, Meseret Defar had dropped Sentayehu Ejigu and was
racing the clock.
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Amy
Rudolph leads Carmen Douma-Hussar.
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Lisa
Labrecque of Track North finished 11th in 9:14.37.
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With
800 meters to go, Defar was within range of Berhane Adere's 8:29.15
world record.
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Sentayehu
Ejigu represented Ethiopia in the 5,000m at the Athens Olympics.
She finished 10th.
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Carmen
Douma-Hussar finished sixth here in 8:59.20.
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Amy
Mortimer, an assistant coach at Boston College, finished seventh
in 9:02.90.
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Due
to the wide range of abilities in the field, Meseret Defar had to
go around many...
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...lapped
runners during the race. Some feel that this ultimately cost her
the world record.
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Sentayehu
Ejigu held on to finish second in 8:46.67.
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Kim
Smith used good tactics to take third in 8:49.61, less than half
a second off her PR.
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Mestawat
Tadesse of Ethiopia finished eighth in 9:08.88.
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With
one lap to go, it looked like a world record was a definite possibility
for Meseret Defar.
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Sarah
Schwald (right) moved up to take fourth in 8:54.42 and Amy Rudolph
finished fifth in 8:56.96.
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Meseret
Defar sprints to the finish line.
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