It's going to be a great weekend for Track and Field fans! There are three major track meets in different corners of the country: The Penn Relays, The Drake Relays and The Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational. On top of all this, road racing fans can enjoy a premier race right here in the Twin Cities with the Get in Gear on Saturday morning.
We will follow some of our favorite local athletes to these competitions and let you predict their place with our patented (not really) Pick Ten contest.
Pick Ten has a simple concept: predict the finish place for each of 10 Minnesota athletes at this weekends competitions. You will score points for each athlete who scores at or above the finish place you predict for them, following the 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system for track and field events and 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 for the Get in Gear road race. For the competitors in the Drake Relays, you will predict their place in the category they are racing in (University or College or Special, etc.). In the other races, you will pick their overall place in the event.
For example: If you pick Heather Kampf to place first in the 1500 meter race, and she places first, you get 10 points. If you pick Kampf to place first and she finishes second, you get zero points. If you pick Kampf to finish third in the race and she places first, second or third, you get 6 points by the scoring system above, since she placed at least as high as you predicted.
To play Pick Ten, cut and paste the list of names/events below into an e-mail and add your place predictions -- 1st or 2nd or 3rd...8th. Send your predictions by 9:00 A.M. CST on Saturday, April 28th to DtBFantasy [AT] gmail [DOT] com. Make sure your full name is in the e-mail. As with our Yes/No contests, we don't offer any prizes, so no one needs to fear running afoul of NCAA or other anti-gambling regulations.
We'll announce the winner of this week's contest and compile results of all of the year's Pick Ten contests to name a grand champion for 2012.
Pick 10 ... Drake Relays/Payton Jordan/Get in Gear:
Gabriele Anderson - Drake Relays - 1500 Meters - Special:
Heather Kampf - Drake Relays - 1500 Meters - Special:
U of M Men - Drake Sprint Medley - University Division:
U of M Men - Drake Distance Medley Relay - University Division:
U of M Men - Drake 4 x 400 Meter Relay - University Division:
Emily Brown - Get in Gear:
Jenna Boren - Get in Gear:
Matt Gabrielson - Get in Gear:
Katie McGregor - Payton Jordan Invitational - 10000 Meters:
Hassan Mead - Payton Jordan Invitational - 10000 Meters:
Drake Relays list its heat sheets HERE. For schedules, results and other information on Drake, click on the main Drake Relays page.
The Payton Jordan Invitational show entries HERE.
The University of Minnesota feature a preview of the weekends event on their site.
Dan Greeno finished third at Get in Gear in 2011. Jenna Boren was second at the race last year while Emily Brown was second in 2010. DtB posted a preview of the race yesterday.
Good luck!
Last week's question was: Yes/No: Will two or more Gopher throwers eclipse 200 feet in the men's hammer throw at the Musco Twilight Meet at the University of Iowa on Saturday? The answer was no. Quentin Mege won the meet and was well over 200 feet, but he was the only Gopher that reached that mark. There were only three people that answered correctly last week: Chad Austin, Jesse Schoen, and Rachel Karel.
The current leaders in the Pick Ten contest are Mike Henderson with 53 points and Chris Marshall at 52
For full standings of both contests, please visit DtB Fantasy Corner.
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