Word: miles
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Decidedly different fates befell fan Carswell and Karen Goetze, the only two Harvard runners to qualify for the 10,000 meter (3,1 mile) NCAA championship race Monday in Ames, lowa...
...first mile I felt really good. I was in the top 40 or 50 runners," she said. "But by the one-and-a-half mile mark, I was running about 60th. I started feeling myself weakening by two miles. I was wondering if I should drop out. At that point it wasn't an issue of where I would place, but if I would finish...
Carswell was off the pace early, but turned it on as the 6.2-mile, 10-kilometer race progressed. He was 25th at the two-mile mark but moved up to 20th at the five-mile mark and then into 17th down the stretch...
...just trying to make my way up," Carswell said. "I was hoping for a top 15 finish. People were yelling out the placements as I went by. I knew I had to make some ground to finish in the top 15. Over the last mile and half or so, I tried to pick off as many as I could. I got a few guys, not enough for top 15, but I was pleased with...
...race was especially difficult because of the course conditions. Although Carswell said the course itself was immaculate, the weather conditions left something to be desired. The runners were competing in a 30-mile-per-hour wind...