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)
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Purdue's
Barbara Wenger.
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The
qualifiers from heat one were Henry (10:07.01), McGettigan (10:11.23),
Sabino (10:11.86), Somerville (10:14.51) and Coombs (10:17.21).
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Carol
Henry won the race. Surprising non-qualifiers included BYU's Nan
Evans and Marquette's Brianna Dahm.
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Virginia
sophomore Melanie Matthews finished eight in 10:32.18.
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Early
on in heat two of the steeplechase prelims. Briana Shook has jumped
out to a lead and Ida Nilsson (above in blue) leads the chase pack.
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L-R:
Dawn Cleary, Ida Nilsson, Laura Turner and Mollie Defrancesco.
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Briana
Shook runs in the lead, well ahead of the pack.
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Cleary
(left) and Nilsson (right) run in second and third.
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Colorado
senior Lesley Higgins.
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Shook
continues to lead.
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One
of the more impressive sights in women's steepling is Dawn Cleary
hurdling the water barrier.
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Mollie
Defrancesco gets a good push off the water barrier.
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BYU
sophomore Michaela Manova.
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Dawn
Cleary was one of the surprising non-qualifiers here, she finished
eighth in 10:22.70 and missed advancing by one spot.
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Michaela
Manova catches up to a tiring Briana Shook going over the last water
barrier, but Shook held her off for the win, 9:58.97 to 9:59.54.
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Ida
Nilsson finished third in 10:05.09 to advance.
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Nilsson
transfered to Northern Arizona this year after running for Arkansas-Little
Rock last year
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Lisa
Aguilera (4th, 10:05.38) also advanced.
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Other
qualifiers for the final were Defrancesco (10:05.51), Laura Turner
(10:07.77) and Margot Larson (10:12.22).
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Lesley
Higgins, running in her last college race, finished 9th in 10:35.92.
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