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2021 Men's and Women's 20km USA Olympic Trials - Springfield, OR Page 4 of 14
Melville halfway through her 4th lap, slowing by a few seconds
However, we'll show her twice anyway. :)
Gomez answers the question, he's happy to have Olympian James follow.
After all, do you really want to look at those chili peppers all morning?
We are not even 5km in and Hofstra is showing signs that it will be a long day.
However, for 50km specialists like Mannozzi, time is on his side. He was content to lay in wait.
Mom of 4, doctor to many, Stephanie Casey looked well within her limits and was walking strong.
Casey shown a little closer.
And now back to our regularly scheduled program with Nick Christie showing no signs of letting up as he works on the back half of 5th lap.
Christie showing the intensity of a champion.
And in a blink the pack of 5 becomes a pack of 3
Fortunately for Harris and Shapiro they have trained and raced together often. The key was not to fall apart, because there was a LOOONG way to go.
Janelle Branch followed. Now an assistant track coach at Clarke University she has had to balance the difficulties of training and coaching simultaneously.
The rest of the pack followed with Miale, and Taylor-Talcott
Nehnevaj continued doing his amazing consistent thing, walking 4:20ish per lap, seemingly effortlessly with no emotion.
Would he become a terminator stalking Chirstie? With 15km to go, I'm sure that was his gameplan.
A few seconds behind Corvera had his own visions of a finish where he caught Christie.
Audrey Fox wouldn't make it much past this point in the race and was disqualified shortly after passing here.
Allen's turn in the front started to fade, the question now would his bold move cause him to crumble?
Steve Smith following, walking well within himself and averaging sub 4:40's per km.
Crawford was pacing a bit slower but maintaining his cadence.
