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...freshman phenom Kate Wiley, who loped to a first-place finish and a course record in 17:39.2, the Crimson runners totally dominated the scoring with four of their seven competitors placing in the top ten, and the other three finishing 39th or better in the field of 75 runners...
...Wiley, whose greatest strength lies in her uphill running ability, took advantage of the demanding course's numerous inclines to establish an early lead by the 1 1/2 mile mark. By the two-mile point, she led a small pack of frontrunners by 15 to 20 yards--a lead she relinquished with only one-half mile to go to Debbie Seeger of Rutgers...
...Wiley--displaying the fierce tenacity and aggressiveness that have characterized her running all season--overtook Seeger on the last uphill and then poured it on in the last 500 yards to edge Seeger by 4.5 seconds...
...race favorite Sally Straus of Yale missed the event because of a pulled groin muscle, and the Wiley-Stricker duo was never really challenged. "I couldn't really tell how fast I was going," Stricker said. "I'm used to having people pass me going uphill. Nobody...
...They [Stricker and Wiley] haven't come up against anybody who has pushed them real hard at the start," Babington said, adding that he didn't give them specific instructions on where to make their move. "There wasn't a strategy to bide one's time and then hit it hard," he explained...