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The
women ran a different 6k course than they did two years ago when
the Big East meet...
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...was
last held here. They did a large, flat loop around the fields in
the beginning...
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...and
then did the traditional 5k course, more or less. Providence's Kim
Smith...
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...hopped
out to an immediate lead, with most of the usual suspects close
behind.
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Fourteen
women's teams were competing here, with each team running a maximum...
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...of
nine runners. There were 113 finishers total.
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Approximately
1,000 meters into the race, New Zealand and...
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...Providence's
Kim Smith had already put a significant...
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...gap
on the rest of the field. Smith, a junior, has gone...
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...undefeated
this season and is expected to be one...
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...of
few runners who could challenge UNC's Shalane Flanagan at NCAAs.
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Nearly
10 seconds back, leading the rest of the field, are...
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...(L-R)
Notre Dame's Lauern King, Providence's Mary Cullen...
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...Virginia
Tech's Marlies Overbeeke, Notre Dame's Molly Huddle...
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...and
Georgetown's Treniere Clement. Just behind and barely visible...
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...are
West Virginia's Megan Metcalfe and Boston College's Jennifer Kramer.
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Villanova
junior Ioana Parusheva runs close behind that pack...
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...just
ahead of sophomore teammate Marina Muncan.
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Boston
College's Jennifer Donovan and Providence's Fiona Crombie.
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Providence's
Deidre Byrne leads Virginia Tech's Jess Morris.
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