NCAA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, March 8-9, 2002
ALL PHOTOS ALISON WADE/WWW.NYRRC.ORG

HIGHLIGHTS: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR

UNEDITED PHOTOS:
800M HEATS: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR | PAGE FIVE
MILE HEATS: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR | PAGE FIVE | PAGE SIX
5,000M FINAL: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR | PAGE FIVE | PAGE SIX

Due to a lack of time and demand, we will not be posting any additional photos from the 2002 NCAA Indoor Championships.

The Colorado and BYU runners (Jodie Hughes, Lindsey Thompson and Tara Northcutt pictured here) started out in a second pack that was still within reach of the lead pack.	NCAA Cross Country Champion Tara Chaplin sets the pace, Maria Cicero runs just behind.	Georgia Tech's Renee Metivier, West Virginia's Rebecca Stallwood, NC State's Kristin Price, Texas A&M's Melissa Gulli and Arizona's Chaplin.	After an injury, Sheela Agrawal of Duke is on her way back. She finished 16th here in 17:09.66.	12+ minutes into the race Kristin Price leads, CU's Jodie Hughes and Molly Austin have moved up, Oklahoma State's Siri Alfheim remains in the lead pack and Melissa Gulli and Tara Northcutt follow.
Defending champion Jodie Hughes, her CU teammate Molly Austin, and Kristin Price lead.	With three laps to go, Austin and Hughes try to run away with it.	Two laps to go, Hughes leads, Austin and Alfheim follow. (You can also see Tara Northcutt's eyes and nose between Austin and Hughes' heads, it's kind of freaky, actually).	Alfheim ran in the lead pack the whole way and stayed in lane one almost the whole race, she was barely noticeable until several laps to go, when suddenly she looked like a strong contender.	Rebecca Stallwood of West Virginia finished 14th in 16:49.34, Susan Barth of Marquette finished 13th in 16:43.11.
With one lap to go, it's Alfheim and Northcutt, followed by Austin and Hughes. Melissa Gulli (center) trails.	Siri Alfheim heads for a win, Melissa Gulli and Tara Northcutt fight for second, Tara Chaplin has a lap to go.	Alfheim, a senior who hails from Norway, won in 16:12.28. Melissa Gulli came up for second (16:13.75), Jodie Huges was third (16:13.82) and Northcutt fourth (16:13.99).	You'd hardly know she won - Siri Alfheim appeared to be in shock, or just really tired.	1,200m runners lead off for their teams in the Distance Medley Relay. L-R: BYU's Jamie Cottle, Stanford's Maurica Carlucci, Villanova's Ioana Parusheva and UCLA's Tiffany Burgess.
Jamie Cottle and North Carolina's Erin Donohue battle it out, Donohue handed off first.	On the 800m leg, Jessica Marr runs for UCLA, Alice Schmidt runs for North Carolina.	Schmidt hands off to teammate Shalane Flanagan for the 1,600m leg, but UCLA is close behind.	Flanagan led for almost all of the 1,600m leg but UCLA's Nilsson stayed right on her heels. Both ran the mile heats earlier and qualified for Saturday's final.	With one lap to go, Flanagan and Nilsson come into contact.
Jill Laurendeau ran a strong anchor for Georgetown, they finished 7th in 11:24.34.	Nilsson proved to have the better kick, carrying UCLA to a 10:58.19 win, a new meet record. North Carolina was second in 10:59.76.

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