Thursday, September 13, 2012

Yes/No: Will St. Olaf sweep their invitational?

After some tune-up cross country meets, the first big collegiate invitational meet will take place this weekend.  The 42nd annual St. Olaf Invitational Cross Country Meet will be run in Northfield on Saturday morning.

Many of the area Division III schools will attend this meet, as well as some Division II squads.  Most of the DIII schools will return to St. Olaf for the Central Regional race on November 10th to determine the qualifiers for the National Meet.

The host school is often in the hunt for the team title and this year will be no different.  Tell us where St. Olaf will finish in their Invitational with this question...

Yes/No: Will St. Olaf Men and Women BOTH win team titles at the St. Olaf Invitational Cross Country Meet on Saturday?

In 2011, St. Olaf women won the invitational handily with 46 points.  Carleton was second with 70, followed by UMD with 87.  On the men's side, St. Olaf finished second to Minnesota State, Mankato.  Mankato scored 36 points with St. Olaf tallying 56.  Central College was third with 86.

In the current Division III National polls, St. Olaf is ranked 12th on the women's side and 16th for the men.  Other ranked women's team include St. Thomas - 18th and Carleton - 25th.  UMD is ranked 18th in the Division II preseason poll.  The Minnesota State, Mankato men were ranked 24th in the preseason Division II poll. The Division III week one poll is HERE.

Check out the St. Olaf Cross Country page for more information.

To play our game, simply type "yes" or "no" into the subject line of an e-mail and send it to us at DtBFantasy [AT] gmail [DOT] com before 10:00 A.M. CDT, Saturday, September 15th.  Please put your answers in the subject line of the e-mail and make sure your full name appears somewhere in the e-mail.

My Answer:  Yes

Last week's Yes/No question was:  Yes/No: Will three or more women run faster than 1:40 at the City of Lakes 25K on Sunday? The answer was  yes - five women broke 1:40.  Twenty-five players answered correctly.  Mike Mason extended his lead and now has twenty-four points.  There are four players with twenty-two points - Ryan AylesworthGloria JansenEvan Roberts and Heather Jelen.  

For all the results, please visit DtB Fantasy Corner, HERE.

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