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Carrie
Tollefson, the 1997 NCAA XC Champion, was on hand doing commentary
for Fox Sports Net.
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The
Tennessee women warm up.
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Stanford's
Lauren Fleshman warms up.
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Stanford's
Erin Sullivan does drills prior to the race.
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Notre
Dame's Molly Huddle warms up.
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When
the gun went off, Toledo's Briana Shook shot into the lead.
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Many
who had seen Shook race before were not surprised to see her in
the lead.
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Though
the strategy is a risky one, it actually worked for last year's
champion Tara Chaplin.
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Shook
had won the Great Lakes Regional just over a week earlier.
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Shalane
Flanagan was the only athlete in the field who reacted to Shook's
move.
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L-R:
Melissa Gulli, Laura O'Neill, Kate O'Neill, Ioana Parusheva, Alicia
Craig and Christin Wurth.
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Also
in there are Sara Bei (#605), Sara Vergote (#701), Kristin Price
(NC State) and Christa Benton (#582).
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#586
Karin Van Rooyen of SMU and BYU's Kassi Andersen (#68), Jessie Kindschi
(#74), Katie Martin (#77) and Breanne Sandberg (#81).
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#217
Vicky Gill of Florida State, BYU's quartet and and #613 Anita Siraki
of Stanford.
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Kindschi,
Martin and Sandberg lead Georgetown's Nicole Lee (#232).
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Nicole
Lee, #226 Jodee Adams-Moore, #72 Jaime Cottle, #530 Carrie Zografos
and #129 Molly Austin.
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NAU's
Johanna (#463) and Ida (#462) Nilsson, #66 Maria Cicero and #543
Tracey Brauksieck.
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#677
Talis Apud-Martinez, #684 Erin Sims, #254 Victoria Chang and #772
Risa Rutland.
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#834
Lindsay Hattendorf, #59 Crystal Meeks, #401 Ariana Lee, #778 Lindsey
Egerdahl, #633 Megan Cauble and #685 Meredith Crane.
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#551
Jenny Stevens, #839 Michelle Lilienthal, #780 Laura Halverson, #679
Dawn Domaschk, #721 Liz Gesel and #220 Natalie Hughes.
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