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Melissa
Grelli sits quietly before the race.
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Sara
Gorton talks with some of the other elite athletes.
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Katie
Harrington (left) and Sunni Olding get ready for their race.
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Rachael
Forish, a senior at Lamar High School in Arlington, Texas.
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Freshman
Marie Lawrence...
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...and
her sister, Collier Lawrence, a senior.
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Ramsey
Kavan gets some last-minute advice.
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South
Carolina's Angelina Blackmon.
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Grelli,
with her shades.
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Grelli
warms up.
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Defending
champion Zoe Nelson.
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Nelson
does some pre-race strides.
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Virginia's
Beth Fahey.
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Northeast
captain Suzy Favor Hamilton during the introductions.
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The
runners are individually, in order of their Regional finish. Above:
Allison Kieffer.
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Kieffer
is a junior at West Islip (NY) High School.
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Jennifer
Clausen of Jackson (NJ) Memorial High School.
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Clausen,
a sophomore, was making her first Nationals appearance.
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Lindsay
Donaldson, a senior at Lincoln-Sudbury High School in Lincoln, MA...
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...qualified
for the National Finals in her first season of running cross country.
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