Noble Cruises to USA Junior Champs Win

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Published: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 07:00:00 PST

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - Duck freshman Rebekah Noble paced Oregon's third day action Friday in the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and Finish Line USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships, held at the IU Michael A. Carroll Track Soccer Stadium on the IUPUI campus. The Spokane, Wash., native won the junior women's 800 meters by .75 seconds (2:05.05), and edged unattached entrant Shannon Leinert (second, 2:05.80) and Chanelle Price of the United Stars (third, 2:06.23). Noble had also led the 23-woman event prelims Thursday (2:08.44), and was trailed by Blaire Dinsdale of Cedar Valley (second, 2:09.21) and Leinert (third, 2:09.64). Since she finished top-two in her event final, Noble earned a spot on the U.S. team for the 2006 World Junior Championships, scheduled for Beijing, China, August 15-20. Noble had won her first U.S. junior title last June in Carson, Calif., in a then-personal best (2:03.73), then added the Pan-Am junior crown a month later in
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