With
three laps to go, Jacobs is lapping runners and still on world record
pace.
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Former
NCAA Champion Katie McGregor.
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Sally
Hauser.
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With
two laps to go Amy Rudolph has a slight lead over Meseret Defar
and Cheri Kenah.
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With
one lap to go Jacobs must run 37 seconds to get the record.
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Defar
and Rudolph run ahead of Kenah and Hauser.
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Carrie
Messner laps Hareg Sidelil.
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Messner,
a Colorado graduate, ran well here, finishing fifth in 9:46.61.
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Jacobs
heads down the home stretch...
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...And
shatters the (rarely run) two mile world record by nearly five seconds,
running 9:23.38.
Photo: Victah@Photo Run
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Photo: Victah@Photo Run
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Tollefson,
who trains with Team USA Minnesota, finished sixth in 9:51.26.
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Tracy
Robertson finishes 10th in 10:17.03.
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Jacobs
takes a victory lap and plays to her adoring fans.
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Jacobs
signs autographs for a very, very long line of children.
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