GMC
Envoy USATF Outdoor T&F Championships
Hayward
Field, Eugene, OR, June 21-24, 2001
Photos
by Alison Wade/www.fast-women.com
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Rebecca
Bennion (#146) leads the steeplechase final by a small
margin going over the water barrier for the first
time.
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Kelly
MacDonald and Elizabeth Jackson lead. Bennion and
Lisa Nye follow. Bennion fell with just over a lap
to go, taking her out of contention. She finished
7th in 10:07.56.
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Stanford's
Laura Turner goes over a barrier with one lap to go.
She finished 12th in 10:23.60. After being introduced
at the NCAA meet for the first time this year, this
event featured a lot of collegiate competitiors.
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Lisa
Nye, a University of Oregon grad sprints by race favorite
and (former) American Record holder Elizabeth Jackson,
edging her out 9:49.41 to 9:49.94.
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After
finding out she had asthma just 10 days before the
race, Nye almost opted out of the meet but the problems
cleared up just in time.
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Nye's
9:49.41 was also a new American Record, shaving just
tenths of a second off the record that Jackson set
here just two weeks earlier.
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The
women's steeplechase is not yet contested at the World
Championships so you won't see Kelly MacDonald, Lisa
Nye or Elizabeth Jackson in Edmonton this summer.
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The
1,500m final - Priscilla Hein takes the lead less
than 400m into the race, Shayne Culpepper, Regina
Jacobs and Collette Liss run on her outside.
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Liss
and Jacobs.
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One
lap later, the race still looks just about the same.
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Kim
McGreevy finished 10th in 4:17.77.
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With
less than a lap to go, Suzy Favor Hamilton has taken
over the lead with Regina Jacobs on her shoulder,
ready to pounce.
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