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Amber
Smith of Michigan.
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Three-time
National Finalist and Midwest Regional winner Megan Kaltenbach.
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Jamie
Geissler, a senior at Mead High School in Spokane, Washington.
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Geissler
finished eighth at the West Regional.
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Amber
Harper, a senior at Orem High School in Orem, Utah.
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First-time
qualifier Heather Wood of New Mexico.
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Wood
is a junior at Los Alamos High School.
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Ruth
Graham of Henry M. Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California.
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Caitlin
Chock of Roseville, California.
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Chock
is a junior at Granite Bay High School.
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Rachel
Bryan, a junior a Laguna Creek High School in California.
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Heidi
Magill, a junior at Mountain View High School in Orem, Utah.
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Zoe
Nelson, a sophomore at Flathead High School in Kalispell, Montana.
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This
was Nelson's second-straight year at the National Finals.
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Nelson
had dominated her races all season and was considered a favorite
going in.
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The
gun goes off and Heidi Magill strides into the lead.
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Magill,
who is about 5'11", has a gazelle-like stride...
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...Her
race plan involved going out hard and making the other girls chase
her.
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Magill
is a top-ranked 800 meter runner, this was her first time at the
National finals.
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The
race moved back to San Diego this year; it was held in Orlando,
Florida for the previous six years.
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