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)

Renee Metivier, Karin van Rooyen and Jodie Hughes stride onto the track for the 5,000 final.	Sara Bei of Stanford was one of the few true freshmen in the field.	L-R: Colorado's Sara Gorton, Missouri's Ann Marie Brooks, Arizona's Beth Hoge and Georgia Tech's Renee Metivier.	The race gets underway.	On the first lap, Stanford's Lauren Fleshman (right), the defending champion, jumps into the lead.
Arizona sophomore Beth Hoge runs in the pack.	The early pace was relatively slow and the pack stayed tightly bunched.	On the inside it's SMU's van Rooyen, Stanford's Bei, Arizona's Hoge, ASU's Brianna Torres and BU's Kathryn Ireland.	Colorado redshirt freshman Sara Gorton takes over the lead.	Also up front are Michigan's Katie Jazwinski, Georgia Tech's Renee Metivier, Yale's Kate O'Neill and Oklahoma State's Siri Alfheim.
Also in there are #101 Marni Kruppa and #406 Jen Handley.	The pack ran the first 1,600 meters in approximately 5:20.	Yale's Kate O'Neill. Her twin sister, Laura, finished third in the 10,000 on Wednesday night.	L-R: Alfheim, O'Neill, Price, Metivier, Jazwinski and Gorton.	Ann Marie Brooks, Siri Alfheim and Karin van Rooyen run in the pack.
R-L: Brianna Torres, Marni Kruppa, Kathryn Ireland and Anna Blue.	Gorton continues to lead and almost everyone in the field remains in contention.	Gorton leads with Kristin Price, Wednesday's 10,000 champion of NC State on the outside.	R-L: O'Neill, Jazwinski, Price and Brooks.	Missouri senior Ann Marie Brooks.

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