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Iowa State’s Saina wins 10k at NCAA championships

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June 6th, 2013 by Ric Hanson

EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Iowa State senior Betsy Saina was pressed all the way by Wichita State’s Aliphine Tuliamuk-Bolton but pushed at the end to win the women’s 10,000 meters at the NCAA outdoor track and field championships Wednesday night. Saina took the lead for good with about four laps to go and surged down the stretch to win in 33 minutes, 8.85 seconds. Tuliamuk-Bolton was second in 33:14.12.

Saina, a native of Kenya, wraps up a distinguished college career that also includes NCAA titles in the 2012 indoor 5,000 and the individual cross country title last November. She ran the 10,000 this year at the Payton Jordan Cardinal invitational in 31:37.22, the third-best collegiate time ever run.