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L-R:
Regional Champions Zoe Nelson, Katelyn Kaltenbach, Jenny Barringer
and Nicole Blood.
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The
32 finalists are off and running. The race started at 9:15 and the
weather was relatively nice (meaning cool)...
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...for
running. The downhill start meant that many of the runners got out
quickly.
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L-R:
Barringer, Collier Lawrence, Erin Bedell, Lindsay Donaldson and
Aislinn Ryan get out quickly.
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#21
Jenny Barringer heads straight to the front of the pack.
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#41
Zoe Nelson and #46 Liza Pasciuto.
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#48
Rachel Bryan leads Claire Rethmeier.
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Jennifer
Clausen (left) and Allison Kieffer.
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Not
long after the half-mile mark, maybe .6 of a mile...
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...into
the race, the entire field was still bunched rather...
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...tightly.
Up front, #11 Nicole Blood, #46 Liza Pasciuto...
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...#21
Jenny Barringer, #44 Marie Lawrence...
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...#33
Sunni Olding, #16 Lindsay Donaldson...
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...#32
Ramsey Kavan, #31 Katelyn Kaltenbach...
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...and
#13 Aislinn Ryan were visible.
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South
Regional Champion Jenny Barringer and...
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Northeast
Champion Nicole Blood held a slight lead...
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...going
around the turn as the runners headed to the back loop of the course.
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All
of the runners already mentioned, plus #36 Katie Harrington, head
around a turn.
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#43
Collier Lawrence, #45 Melissa Grelli, #34 Racheal Marchand and #23
Erin Bedell.
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