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The
start of the junior girls' 6k, Auburn's Angela Homan leads in the
first 400 meters.
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Less
than 400 meters into the race, the runners head up a short, steep
and very slippery hill.
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Homan
leads #161 Phoebe Garcia.
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The
age requirement for this race is that runners must be at least 14
and not turn 20 or older in 2003.
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#167
Laura Hodgson, #199 Laura Stanley and #166 Erin Henry.
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#206
Rachel Collins of the Metroplex Striders.
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#234
Sheyenne Lewis, #203 Jackie Zeigle, Collins and #211 Krystal Rodriguez.
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Andrea
Delicati of the Metroplex Striders.
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Another
400 or so meters later, L-R: Julia Lucas, Amy Hastings, Clara Horowitz,
Valerie Lauver, Angela Homan and Phoebe Garcia.
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The
top six runners in the race would qualify for the World Championship
team...
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...that
would represent the U.S. in Switzerland at the end of March.
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Lucas,
Horowitz, Hastings and Homan.
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In
the days leading up to the race, rain had left the course a muddy
mess.
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The
leaders splash through a puddle.
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Brittany
Brockman.
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#209
Marianne Fusselman and #166 Erin Henry.
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#174
Noelani Kaneko, #234 Sheyenne Lewis, #146 Nelly Anderson and #239
Crystal Larue.
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Kaneko,
Lewis, Anderson and Larue again.
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#193
Shannon Saunders and #232 Jessica Hale..
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Faith
Barlow.
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