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Kristine
Wilson.
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L-R:
Kelly Place, Jessica Blake and Kaitlin Nelson.
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Maria
Varela.
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Carrie
McKinley.
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Shannon
Lennon.
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The
next view the press truck gets of the race is between three and
four miles. Dryer is still leading...
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...but
Kate O'Neill has caught the chase pack and is running in second
place.
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Heading
over the Harvard Bridge, back into Boston, Elva Dryer holds a seemingly...
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...insurmountable
lead. Dryer represented the U.S. in the 10,000m at the World Track
and Field...
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...Championships
in Paris this summer. She qualified by finishing second to last
year's Tufts 10k winner...
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...Marla
Runyan, at the USA T&F Championships.
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Dryer
set a 10,000m PR of 31:28.88 in May.
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Dryer
is one of the best U.S. women who is not training for a marathon
right now.
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Dryer
had about a 25-second lead on Kate O'Neill at this point.
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Dryer
went on to win the USA 10k title in 32:34.
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Kate
O'Neill, a 2003 Yale graduate who just finalized her Nike contract
days earlier...
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...had
an excellent race to finish second in 33:02. It continued a streak
of excellent runner-up finishes...
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...for
O'Neill. She finished second in three NCAA championship races her
senior year of college.
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Jenny
Crain of Eugene, Oregon, and Wisconsin Runner finished third in
33:16.
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Laura
O'Neill (Kate's twin) also had an excellent race to finish fourth
in 33:21.
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