Yes/No: Three Events with Minnesotan in Top Six at New Balance Nationals?

Last week's Minnesota State Meet crowned our top high school athletes.  A handful of these competitors will continue their season with the New Balance National Outdoors in Greensboro, North Carolina June 14-16.  This meet serves as the High School National Championship and many of the best current US athletes previously competed at this meet.  This list includes superstars such as Sanya Richards-Ross, Amy Acuff, LaShawn Merritt, Ryan Whiting and Dathan Ritzenhein.

Four MN athletes will compete individually in the "Championship" events.  Clare Flanagan, Maria Hauger, and Danielle Anderson are entered in the 2 Mile.  Anderson and Hauger are entered in the 5K.  Maggie Ewen will compete in the Shot Put and Discus and Grant Krieger is in the Pole Vault.

Let us know how Minnesota's best will stack up against the rest of the country...

Yes/No: Will there be three or more individual Championship events where a Minnesota athlete finishes in the top six?

To further explain the question:  If an athlete finishes in the top six in two events it would count for two even though it's the same athlete.  For example if Maria Hauger finishes in the top six in both the 5K and 2 Mile that would count for two events.  Or if Maggie Ewen finishes in the top six in the shot put but not in the discus, it would count for one event.

Here are some links on the New Balance National Outdoors:
- Schedule of Events
- Entry List
- History

And here are some National rankings:
- dyestat
- athletic.net
- milesplit.com


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 7:00 P.M. CDT, Friday, June 14th.  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 question was:  Will six or more All-Time Minnesota State Meet Records be broken at the MSHSL Meet this week?   The answer was yes - seven All-Time State Meet Records went down.  The records all came from the AA side:  Boys 4x200, 400, 3200 and Pole Vault plus the girls 4x100, Pole Vault and Shot Put.   Eighteen people answered correctly this week and Lori Anne Schwiesow and Mary Varney lead with twelve points.  There are three players tied for second place with eleven points each.

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