Twin Cities Track Club members Stephanie Price and Joe Moore are off to Jamaica to compete in the North American, Central American, Caribbean Cross Country Championship on Saturday. The NACAC meet features a senior men's 8k, senior women's 6k and two junior races. This is the second time Price and Moore will represent the United States in a cross country race this month; they previously competed in Edinburgh on January 5th.
The United States have swept the men's and women's senior team titles at the NACAC championship for the last four years. That record will be put to the test this year as Canada is sending defending champ Cam Levins, as well as two-time NCAA cross country champ Simon Bairu.
With this week's question we'll focus on the individual events of our two local runners...
Yes/No: Will Stephanie Price and Joe Moore both finish in the top ten in their respective races at the NACAC championship on Saturday?
For a point of reference, Chris Rombough and Jamie Cheever ran in the 2012 version of the NACAC championships. Rombough finished fourteenth and Cheever was fourth.
Team USA at NACAC consists of five senior men and five senior women. The National rosters are HERE.
Stephanie Price has spent some time training in San Diego in preparation for this meet and the USA Cross Country Championships the week after.
Joe Moore has had a busy winter. He ran USATF National Club Cross Country Championships in December, followed by the race in Edinburgh, then a job pacing an elite group at the Houston Marathon through 16 miles, and now the NACAC race.
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 2:30 P.M. CDT, Saturday, January 26th. Please put your answers in the subject line of the e-mail and make sure your full name appears somewhere in the e-mail. We will offer a bonus for participants making their 2013 debut in Yes/No - a correct answer will be worth two points for anyone who has not played yet this year.
My Answer: Yes
Last week's questions was: Will there be 300 or more finishers in the 5k and 10k races at Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run on Saturday? The answer was yes. The results page on the Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run web site says that 306 runners participated last weekend. There were 201 runners in the 5k and 104 in the 5k. (I know 201 + 104 = 305...I am just reporting what is on the current FYGBR results page.) Twenty-three players answered correctly and we now have a six-way tie for first place with two points. These are the perfect six: Toby Hatlevig, Dimitri Drekonja, Bryan Tolcser, Lori Anne Schwiesow, Mitch VanBruggen and Pat Foley.
For all the results, please visit DtB Fantasy Corner, HERE.
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