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)

Heather Sagan made up a lot of ground on the last lap to finish second in 4:14.71.	Shalane Flanagan ran in first for most of the race but wound up third in 4:15.52.	Amy Mortimer finished fourth in 4:16.48.	Mortimer on the awards podium.	Nilsson, looking thrilled, jumped up and down on the awards podium.
This was Nilsson's first individual NCAA title, she was part of a winning DMR during the indoor season.	The top four: Nilsson, Sagan, Flanagan and Mortimer.	Briana Shook and Michaela Manova stand on the starting line for the steeplechase final.	L-R: Margot Larson, Roisin McGettigan, Lisa Aguilera, Mollie Defrancesco and Carol Henry.	L-R: Katie Sabino, Shook, Manova and Ida Nilsson.
Aguilera, Defrancesco and Henry.	Just as she did in her preliminary heat, Shook immediately jumps out into the lead.	Nilsson and McGettigan lead the rest of the pack.	UNC freshman has only run the steeplechase a few times, but it's clear that she's found her calling.	Shook leads off the first water barrier.
Nilsson and Henry run in second and third.	Nilsson, a sophomore, ran for Arkansas-Little Rock last year before transfering to Northern Arizona this year.	Behind, L-R, are Ann Somerville, Defrancesco, Laura Turner, McGettigan and Manova.	Shook continues to run alone in the lead.	NC State senior Katie Sabino.

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