Notre
Dame's Lauren King warms up.
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Notre
Dame's Molly Huddle warms up.
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Huddle
again.
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Mississippi
State's Tiffany McWilliams warms up.
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The
Notre Dame huddle.
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The
weather was cold and rainy for this Friday afternoon meet.
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20
teams competed in the women's blue race.
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McWilliams,
known for her front-running style on the track, moved to the front
early on.
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L-R:
Christa Benton, Lauren King, Molly Huddle, Anna Sherman and Tiffany
McWilliams.
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The
five separated themselves from the rest of the field before the
mile mark.
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By
the next loop, Huddle was all on her own in the lead. Just starting
her second year of collegiate running...
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...Huddle
has already established herself as one of the nation's best collegiate
distance runners.
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Lauren
King runs in second place. King, a native of Canada...
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...completes
Notre Dame's excellent 1-2 punch.
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Tiffany
McWilliams runs in third place, ahead of Anna Sherman and Christa
Benton.
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Penn
State's Molly Landreth.
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Duke's
Natasha Roetter leads Wake Forest's Michelle Sikes and Notre Dame's
Kerry Meagher.
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Sikes
was the top freshman in the race, finishing eighth in 17:46.
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Duke's
Laura Stanley.
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Oakland's
Kristie Kieffer leads Notre Dame's Megan Johnson.
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