2003 NCAA DIVISION I CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS - THE DAY BEFORE
University of Northern Iowa, Waterloo, IA, November 23, 2003
ALL PHOTOS ALISON WADE/NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS

The Colorado men tour the course.
Paul Morrison (left) will be Texas' lone representative on the men's side.
The Portland men's team.
We believe this is NC State's Bobby Mack.
The Texas A&M men.
NC State's Lucinda Hull.
NC State twins Krisin and Kara Price.
Kansas State's Matthew Chesang strikes a pose.
The Stanford women run the beginning of the course.
Stanford and BYU are considered the favorites on the women's side.
Sunday's weather was cool, but the temperature was expected to drop significantly over night.
The Texas women's team.
Auburn's two qualifiers: Catherine Wanyioke (left) and Angela Homan.
Colorado coach Mark Wetmore at Sunday afternoon's press conference.
New Stanford coach Andrew Gerard.
L-R: Alistair Cragg, Grant Robison, Ian Dobson and Dathan Ritzenhein.
Alistair Cragg is the top returning runner but had surgery early in the season.
Dathan Ritzenhein sat out last year's meet with an injury but is one of the lead contenders this year.
Gavin Thompson is hoping to pick up where teammate Boaz Cheboiywo (the '01 champ) left off.
Women's coaches Dena Evans (Stanford), Pat Shane (BYU), Laurie Henes (NC State) and Michael Whittlesey (UNC).
Pat Shane.
Alicia Craig of Stanford - the 10,000m champ outdoors - has led Stanford all season.
NC State and UNC have had many close races against each other this season.
L-R: Women's contenders Michaela Mannova, Kim Smith, Shalane Flanagan and Alicia Craig.
Flanagan's UNC teammates came to the press conference to support her.
Mannova said this year's course is much more interesting than last year's.
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