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Having completed his end of year
exams and track season over Ben is presently in California where
he ran a half marathon.
He was 2nd in 63.43 behind NAU team
mate and Finland representative Morten Bostrom (63.41).
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Ben Ashkettle finished 4th in the 5000m
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Northern Arizona University went on to
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David McNeill wins in 29.18 for 10km
cross country at 5000ft.
Ben Ashketle 11th in 29.59.
Ben was repeatedly spiked while
running in the lead group.
NAU's leading four team runners were
all in the top 20.
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Ben in the presentation hall in Fort
Collins Colorado.
Ben with his coach Eric Heins
reviewing his session performance.
Coach Heins along with coaches
Watkins and Carlson working with the squad.
The road from Sedona back up to
Flagstaff.
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pictures from pre-nationals in
Indiana.
Winning team - Northern Arizona
University.
David McNeill (NAU) - 1st place
Ben Ashkettle (NAU) - 2nd place
Diego Estrada (NAU) - 3rd place
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Autumn leaves in Portland Oregon.
Patrick with Coach Vin Lananna at
University of Oregon in Eugene.
Christine with Zoe Buckman
(Canberra) who is a student at UoO in Eugene and now has a 2.01
800m to her credit.
An antigravity machine at UoO.
Their recovery facility also featured an under water treadmill.
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NCAA pre-nationals held in Terre Haute
Indiana.
Ben ran a credible 58th overall and
5th scorer for his college NAU (Northern Arizona University).
NAU also went on to win the team
honors from the 36 competing teams and the 8 colleges currently
ranked higher than them.
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Ben running in Scottsdale, Phoenix with
a very different style of nature strip flora |
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Patrick at the grand canyon, just over
an hour north of the NAU campus |
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Ben out front of the skydome with the
lumberjack mascot in background |
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After a run with the town of
Flagstaff in the background |
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Inside the NAU indoor stadium with 6
lane 300m mondo track |
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At the NAU outdoor track |
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David and Ben at the north east corner
of campus |
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Running at Buffalo park with San
Francisco peaks in the background |
