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Ned gives his final instructions before the race.
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The start of the race.
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L-R: Nicole Green, Laura Mortimer, and Elise Tropiano
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L-R: Elise Tropiano, Rachel Asher, Heather Wilson, Sophie Galleher, Meg Ray, Caitlin McDermott-Murphy, Kim Partee, Katie Moravec
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The Amherst pack keys off the top Williams runners early on.
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L-R: Sophie Galleher, Meg Ray, Kim Partee, and Katie Moravec run in the lead pack during the first mile.
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Melissa Pritchard runs in a sea of purple cows.
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Pumpkin 3k champion Christina Wong.
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Mercedes Taylor
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Elise Tropiano
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Kim Partee
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Nicole Anderson
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Heather Wilson emerges from the woods during the third mile, in second place, looking confident.
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Heather Wilson is a senior from Danvers, Massachusetts.
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Elise Tropiano runs in third place.
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Kim Partee runs in fourth place.
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Caitlin McDermott-Murphy runs in fifth place, leading two teammates.
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Meg Ray runs in sixth.
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Sophie Galleher runs in seventh place.
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Kristen Ballinger, a first-year from Wenatchee, Washington.
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Heather Wilson put in a strong finishing kick to catch the Williams runner who she had let get away while running with the pack, as planned, during the first two miles.
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Heather Wilson, a senior, won her first Little III XC title on her final try.
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Meg Ray finished fifth with a big kick.
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Meg Ray
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Sophie Galleher finished 10th overall and sixth for Amherst.
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Sophie Galleher
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Despite taking a tumble during the race (you can see the dirt on her knee), Kristen Ballinger stepped up to finish seventh for Amherst and 12th overall.
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Kristen Ballinger
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Kristen Ballinger
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Katie Moravec
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Katie Moravec
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Laura Mortimer
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Laura Mortimer
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Hallie Schwab stepped up and broke 20:00 for the first time since coming to college.
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Nicole Anderson
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Nicole Anderson
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Rachel Cameron
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Rachel Cameron
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Cara Giaimo
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Cara Giaimo
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Melissa Pritchard
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Cate Knuff
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Cate Knuff
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Nicole Green
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Christina Wong
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Christina Wong
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Zandra Walton
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Zandra Walton
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Liz Dalton
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Mercedes Taylor
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Mercedes Taylor
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Lukas and Katie post-race.
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Hallie and Mercedes work on their post-race recovery fueling.
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L-R: Hallie Schwab, Melissa Pritchard, and Kristen Ballinger.
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Heather Wilson
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Zandra Walton talks to Cate Knuff and Caitlin McDermott-Murphy.
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Heather Wilson participates in the vac vs. vacuum debate.