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#889
Maggie Guiney of Wisconsin leads #767 Kalin Toedebusch with a mile
to go.
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Toedebusch,
a junior, transferred from Villanova to Colorado this year.
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And
at the finish, it was - not surprisingly - all Shalane Flanagan.
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Flanagan
split 9:46 for 3k and 16:23 for 5k before finishing the 6k race
in 19:30.4.
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Flanagan
finished 11 seconds ahead of Providence's Kim Smith.
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Flanagan
will now redshirt the remainder of the year...
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...to
prepare for the 2004 U.S. Olympic T&F Trials.
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Kim
Smith had a very strong showing in her first-ever NCAA Championship.
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The
junior from Providence and New Zealand finished second...
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...in
19:42.7, six seconds ahead of third place.
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Smith
will be the top returning runner in the 2004 XC season.
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Stanford's
Sara Bei ran away from the pack and passed teammate and friend...
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...Alicia
Craig to finish third in 19:49.1. It was a particularly satisfying
run for...
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...Bei
after she had sub-par runs the past two years, finishing 57th in
2002 and 89th in 2001.
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After
finishing fifth the past two years, Michaela Mannova improved to
fourth (19:52.2) this year.
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Mary
Cullen, a junior at Providence, finished fifth in 19:534.0.
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Alicia
Craig faded a bit in the final mile but still finished sixth in
19:55.0.
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Craig
won her first NCAA title earlier this year in the 10,000m.
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UNC
and Canada's Carol Henry, a redshirt sophomore, finished...
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...seventh
in 19:59.3 after missing last year's due to injury.
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