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An Athlete`s Rollercoaster

I returned to the thrown by winning the indoor 5000m Big Sky Championships again two weeks ago after having done it my freshman year at NAU, back in 2006. As a team captain for the distance squad I had told my teammates earlier in the week that the longer the…
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distance the worse the other teams coming up to altitude will feel. We proved it by winning the team title by 184 vs. 86 points for Weber State! The distance crew did and incredible sweep of the top5 spots in the 5000m and by placing 1-3-4-5-6 in the 3000m. It was great to be a part of this team! My 5000m win was rather eventful itself. I settled in the pack early on and didn’t take the lead until the fourth kilometer as we we’re moving at a pace which we who were used to the altitude could handle without…

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