Yes/No: How will the Minnesotans fare in the M70 - 1500 Meters at USA Masters?

The 2013 USA Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championships will be held this week in Olathe, Kansas, from July 11th through July 14th.  Minnesota will have strong representation at the event, led by masters world record holder Sherwood Sagedahl.

Sagedahl headlines a trio of Minnesotans looking for gold in the men's M70 1500 meters.  This group is the focus of the question this week...

Yes/No: Will there be two or more Minnesotans that finish in the top three in the M70 1500 meters at the Masters Outdoor Track and Field Championships?

The three Minnesotans in the M70 1500 meters are Sherwood Sagedahl, Thom Weddle and Rick Kleyman.  The M70 age bracket is for athletes who are between 70 and 74 years old.  There are eight runners listed in this race.  Sagedahl has the fastest seed time - 5:45.  The next fastest is Joe Wilcox from Hawaii at 6:20 and Kleyman at 6:28.  The rest of the runners in the race do not have seed times.

Sagedahl is the defending champion in this race.  He appears to be competing in the pentathlon, javelin and 200 meters as well this week.  Sagedahl and Weddle are 74 years old while Kleyman is 73.  In the 2012 USA Masters Outdoor Championships, Sagedahl won with a time of 5:46 and Weddle was third in 6:07.    Kleyman did not run the 1500 at this meet in 2012.

Here is some additional information from the USATF website:
- Schedule
- Entries
- 2012 Results

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