NCAA OUTDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, May 29-June 1, 2002

ALL PHOTOS ALISON WADE/NEW YORK ROAD RUNNERS

DAY ONE: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR | PAGE FIVE (800m Preliminaries, 10,000m Final)
DAY TWO: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR (1,500m Preliminaries, Steeplechase Preliminaries)
DAY THREE: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR (800m Final, 5,000m Final)
DAY FOUR: PAGE ONE | PAGE TWO | PAGE THREE | PAGE FOUR (1,500m Final, Steeplechase Final)

LSU mascot Mike the Tiger hangs out in his cage just outside of Bernie Moore Stadium.	Heather Sagan looks relaxed before the first of two heats in the 1,500 preliminaries.	Erin Sims of Texas.	Lena Nilsson of UCLA, the top seed, sports an artistic hairdo.	Sagan, the NCAA Indoor mile champ, warms up with a stride.
Florida State freshman Natalie Hughes.	Mississippi State freshman Tiffany McWilliams.	Kansas senior Katie Eisenmenger.	McWilliams, Sagan and Megan Metcalfe at the start.	Londa Bevins of Arkansas leads, followed on the outside by McWilliams, Nilsson and Eisenmenger.
A closer view of the same runners.	Nilsson has been hot this season, coming in here with the fastest time in the 1,500 (4:14.11), as well as a 2:03 800 under her belt.	Eisenmenger and Metcalfe trail the pack.	R-L: Bevins, Nilsson, Metcalfe, McWilliams, Sagan, Eisenmenger and Hughes.	Londa Bevins of Arkansas leads Lena Nilsson of UCLA.
With just over 400 meters to go, it's a tight race.	The top four runners in each heat plus the runners with the next four fastest times would advance.	Because of the slow pace here, it appeared that the only safe bet was to finish in the top four.	L-R: McWilliams, Sims, Metcalfe, Eisenmenger, Nilsson, Sagan and Bevins.	All eight runners in the race are in the mix with 400 meters to go.

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