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Bickford smashed his own 10,000-meter course record, crossing the tape in 29:17.2. Meyer stayed apace through most of course, running an incredible race to finish in a personal best time of 29:39.3. Fellow senior Ed Sheehan ran home third, beating out Huskie Jim Doane in the last quarter-mile...
...Meyer, Sheehan, Murphy and Bickford ran together through the first two miles, before Meyer picked up the pace and Bickford followed him out ahead of the pack. At the three-mile mark, though, the fleetfooted Bickford made his move and opened up a 30-yard lead...
...nasty hill at four miles spread the field out even more. Meyer, running hard uphill, left Sheehan and Doane behind to battle for the third position...
Throughout the race, Doane made up ground on the hills, while Sheehan pulled even on the flats. "I was discouraged that I couldn't pull away from him," Sheehan said afterward. "I finally sprinted ahead of him at the six-mile mark and increased my lead to seven seconds in the last quarter-mile...
...while Sheehan's fine showing was to be expected, Meyer's was a pleasant surprise...