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Deena
Drossin and Yoko Shibui on the starting line of the 10,000m race.
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Drossin,
Shibui and pacesetter Lyudmila Vasilyeva.
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Drossin
was aiming for the American Record of 31:19.89 by Lynn Jennings.
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Vasilyeva
rabbited the race through seven laps (8:39).
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For
the remaining 18 laps, Drossin and Shibui shared pacing duties.
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Shibui
led through 5k in 15:27, her previous 5k PR was 15:35 but she has
also run a 2:23:11 marathon.
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Suibui
finished fourth in the marathon at the 2001 World Championships.
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Drossin
has had a breakthrough year, winning the USA Marathon Championships
in New York in her first attempt at the distance (2:26:58)...
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...Finishing
second at the World Cross Country Championships in the 8k and setting
a world road record for 5k at Carlsbad.
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Shibui
won the race here in 30:48.89, breaking her track PR by a minute
(she had run faster on the roads).
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Deena
Drossin finished second in 30:50.32, a new American Record by 29
seconds.
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Shibui
broke the Japanese record of 31:09.46 set by Yuko Kawakami in Brunswick,
Maine in July 2000.
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Drossin
also ran about a minute faster than her previous personal best.
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Drossin
will next compete May 27 at the Bolder Boulder 10k, followed by
the New York Mini 10k on June 8.
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Shibui,
post race.
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