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By
the mile mark, Caitlin McTague -- the sixth-place finisher at the
Northeast Regional -- had taken over the lead.
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Zoe
Nelson, Laura Cummings and Nicole Blood followed.
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It
was no surprise to see Zoe Nelson near the lead, but many did not
expect to see Cummings and McTague so close to the front.
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Nelson
(right) keeps her eye on leader Caitlin McTague.
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Colorado's
Megan Kaltenbach runs in fifth place.
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Sara
Powell runs in sixth, Rachel Bryan in seventh and Ari Lambie in
eighth.
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Though
Lambie seemed to be within striking distance during the first half
of the race, she said afterwards that she just felt weak.
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Amber
Smith (with a large group of runners) runs just outside of the top
ten near the mile mark.
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Amber
Harper chases her cross-town rival, Heidi Magill.
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R-L:
Katie Harrington, Kara Kiernan and Natalie Picchetti.
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Kate
Merrill.
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Tara
Lenn.
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Zoe
Nelson moved into the lead on the biggest hill of the course (which
the runners go up twice).
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Here,
approaching the halfway point, Nelson is pursued by Laura Cummings,
Megan Kaltenbach and Caitlin McTague.
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Kaltenbach,
the only senior of the group, was looking for her first win in three
trips to the National Finals.
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Though
she didn't hold much of a lead at this point, Nelson appeared to
be in control of the race.
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L-R:
Nelson, Cummings, Kaltenbach and McTague.
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McTague,
who finished second at the New York Federation meet and sixth at
the Northeast Regional was surprisingly holding her own.
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Nicole
Blood, who won the New York Federation meet and finished second
at the Northeast Regional ran in fifth place.
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L-R:
Jamie Geissler, Amber Smith, Sunni Olding, Michelle Sikes, Katy
Trotter and Ari Lambie.
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