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BREAKING--Emma Bates Wins National Championship!

Congratulations to Boise State's one-woman wrecking crew, Emma Bates, who captured the national championship in the 10,000 meters tonight at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon.  Bates' time of 32:32.35 was the second-fastest in meet history, and the fastest since 1988.  She beat Elinor Kirk of UAB by 64/100th's of a second.

It was an amazing finish in Eugene.  With one lap to go, the trio of Bates, Juliet Bottorff of Duke, and Kirk paced the field.  Bates made her move with 300 yards to go.  Kirk responded and moved to Bates' shoulder, but Bottorff fell back.  Much like the famous Affirmed-Alydar horse race, it was Bates and Kirk, stride-for-stride heading out of the final turn, setting the stage for a thrilling final 100. 

Kirk passed Bates but couldn't put her away.  With 25 meters remaining, Bates called upon one last burst of speed, and that sent her past Kirk for her national title.

With her victory, Bates has now won eight All-America honors, including cross country, indoor track and field and outdoor track and field. 

Place	Name		Affiliation	Time			Heat (Pl)
1	Emma Bates	JR	Boise State	32:32.35		-0.6	1 (1)
2	Elinor Kirk	SR	UAB	32:32.99		-0.6	1 (2)
3	Juliet Bottorff	SR	Duke	32:37.46		-0.6	1 (3)
4	Elvin Kibet	JR	Arizona	32:43.39		-0.6	1 (4)
5	Elaina Balouris	SR	William and Mary	32:46.57		-0.6	1 (5)
6	Erin Finn	FR	Michigan	32:50.14		-0.6	1 (6)
7	Sarah Pagano	SR	Syracuse	33:00.46		-0.6	1 (7)
8	Jana Soethout	SR	San Francisco	33:02.02		-0.6	1 (8)
9	Kaitlyn Fischer	FR	Missouri	33:12.37		-0.6	1 (9)
10	Emily Stites	SO	William and Mary	33:12.74		-0.6	1 (10)
11	Megan Curham	FR	Princeton	33:29.03		-0.6	1 (11)
12	Katy Moen	JR	Iowa State	33:32.18		-0.6	1 (12)
13	Sheree Shea	SR	Loyola Marymount	33:32.29		-0.6	1 (13)
14	Lindsay Flanagan	SR	Washington	33:32.33		-0.6	1 (14)
15	Megan Goethals	SR	Washington	33:32.66		-0.6	1 (15)
16	Olivia Mickle	SR	Texas	33:33.30		-0.6	1 (16)
17	Allison Lasnicki	JR	West Virginia	33:46.22		-0.6	1 (17)
18	Kristen Busch	SO	Bradley	34:01.35		-0.6	1 (18)
19	Margo Malone	SO	Syracuse	34:03.08		-0.6	1 (19)
20	Hannah Walker	JR	Florida State	34:08.21		-0.6	1 (20)
21	Sarah Rapp	JR	Virginia Tech	34:10.96		-0.6	1 (21)
22	Cali Roper	FR	Rice	34:34.33		-0.6	1 (22)
23	Jennifer Flack	FR	Virginia	35:22.42		-0.6	1 (23)
	Kelsey Santisteban	JR	California	DNF			1

Bates will run in the 5000-meters on Saturday.  Once again, super, super job, Emma!  All of Bronco Nation is extremely proud of you!