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Sara
Wells and Jeanne Hennessy run in the pack at the start of the race.
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Mary
Lynn Currier at the start.
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New
Haven course record holder Colleen De Reuck leads just past the
eight-mile mark.
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De
Reuck ran 1:05:11 in 1998, when she was still a South African citizen.
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Marla
Runyan lagged behind De Reuck by about nine seconds at this point
on the course.
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Team
USA Minnesota's Katie McGregor runs in third place.
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Deeja
Youngquist runs well in fourth place.
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Youngquist,
a '99 graduate of the University of Washington, has been having
a good year.
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Turena
Johnson Lane runs in fourth place just past the eight-mile mark.
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Johnson
Lane is a '97 graduate of Luther College, where she was a five-time
DIII national champion.
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Johnson
Lane is now the head cross country coach at Georgia Southern University.
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Colleen
De Reuck led Marla Runyan by a few seconds with just a few blocks
remaining in the race...
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...but
Runyan used her blazing track speed to run down De Reuck.
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Runyan
finished in an American Record-setting 1:05:52, with De Reuck second
in 1:05:53.
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Runyan
and De Reuck both destroyed the previous record of 1:07:07, set
by Trina Painter in 1985.
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This
race served as the USA 20k Championships and therefore attracted
a quality field.
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Katie
McGregor finished third in 1:07:53.
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McGregor
finished third in the 10,000m at the USA T&F Championships in
June...
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...but
did not have the "A" standard necessary to run at the
World Championships.
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Deeja
Youngquist ran a strong race to finish fourth in 1:08:47.
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