Yes/No: Team USA Minn. at USA Cross Country

For the second week of Yes/No in 2011, we will again feature a question regarding Team USA Minnesota runners traveling to warm weather to compete with the best distance runners in the United States.

This time, five runners will travel to San Diego to run the USA Cross Country Championships. The races will occur Saturday afternoon at Mission Bay Park and feature names like Shalane Flanagan, Matt Tegenkamp, Abdi Abdirahman and Duluth native Kara Goucher.

Five athletes from Team USA Minnesota will make the trip: Matt Gabrielson, Emily Brown, Andrew Carlson, Jamie Cheever, and Meghan Armstrong. Runners that finish in the top six will automatically earn a berth to the World Cross Country Championships, and Team USA Minnesota seems to qualify runners every year for the world meet.

Will this year be any different? Let us know by answering this question...

Y/N: Will any Team USA Minnesota runners finish in the top six at the 2011 USA Cross Country Championships on Saturday?

Matt Gabrielson will attempt to qualify for his fourth Team USA squad. Gabrielson chose to compete at USA Cross Country after a strong performance at January's Bupa Great Edinburgh International cross country race where he finished 18th.

Andrew Carlson has two national road championships to his credit (8K and 25K) and competed on the U.S. team at the World Half Marathon Championships in 2010. Emily Brown won the 2009 USA Cross Country Championship and qualified for the national squad in 2010 as well.

Meghan Armstrong finished in the top fifteen at the USA Cross Country race in both 2009 and 2010. Jamie Cheever is making her professional debut at a USA Championship after earning three All-American awards at the University of Minnesota.

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My answer: No

Last week's question was: Will Jason Lehmkuhle AND Katie McGregor finish among the top 6 Americans in their respective races at the USA Half Marathon Championship on Saturday in Houston? The answer was yes. McGregor was fourth and Lehmkuhle fifth. Twenty-five contestants answered correctly and tied for first place.

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