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Lauren
Simmons before the first 800m semi-final.
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L-R:
Sasha Spencer, Yasheka Taylor, Ashley Wysong, Nicole Teter and Maura
McCusker.
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Taylor,
Wysong, Teter and McCusker at the start.
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Teter
gets off to a fast start.
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Nicole
Teter hadn't raced since last summer due to injury...
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...But
it was immediately apparent that she was back to being her usual
dominant self.
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Princeton
graduate Lauren Simmons trails the pack.
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Teter
won the first semi-final in 2:03.25.
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Chantee
Earl finished second in 2:03.69. Sasha Spencer (2:04.15) and Krista
Ferrara (2:05.80) advanced on time.
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Ashley
Wysong (2:12.56) and Maura McCusker (2:08.66) did not advance.
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Yasheka
Taylor was the fastest non qualifier (2:06.00).
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Hazel
Clark gets ready for the second 800m semi-final.
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At
the start, L-R: Miesha Marzell-Arnold, Katrina de Boer, Hope Sanders
and Elizabeth Cranston.
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The
top two runners in each semi-final automatically advanced, as did
the runners with the next two fastest times.
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Hazel
Clark leads with Nikeya Green and Mishael Bertrand on the outside.
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Clark
and Green lead a close race.
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Green,
a junior at Wake Forest, leads.
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Hazel
Clark and Hope Sanders run 2-3 with one lap to go.
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Clark
won the semi-final in 2:05.24 and Green also advanced with a 2:05.43.
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Hope
Sanders (2:06.09), Katrina de Boer (2:07.25) and Elizabeth Cranston
(2:07.44) grabbed the next three spots but did not advance.
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