The 28th annual Roy Griak Invitational is scheduled for Saturday, September 28th. The meet, hosted by the University of Minnesota Golden Gopher cross country teams at Les Bolstad Golf Course in Falcon Heights, features a wide variety of spectator-friendly races. These include six collegiate races (one for each sex in Division I, II and III), four High School races and even a kids race. The meet is kicked off with the Maroon Women's III 6k at 9:00 A.M. and ends with the Maroon High School Girls 5k at 4:30 P.M.
The meet features many nationally-ranked teams, including some decorated teams from within Minnesota. We will check out the collegiate races with the Pick Ten Contest.
Pick Ten has a simple concept: predict the finish place for each of ten Minnesota athletes at the Roy Griak Invitational. You will score points for each athlete who scores at or above the finish place you predict for them, following the 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 scoring system.
For example: If you pick Molly Kayfes to place first in the Jack Johnson women's gold race, and she places first, you get 10 points. If you pick Kayfes to place first and she finishes second, you get zero points. If you pick Kayfes to finish third in the event 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, September 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 2013.
Pick 10 ... Roy Griak Invitational:
Molly Kayfes, University of Minnesota (DI):
University of Minnesota Women (DI):
University of Minnesota Men (DI):
Jessica Young, Winona State (DII):
University of Minnesota - Duluth Women (DII):
Devin Allbaugh, Minnesota State, Mankato (DII):
Minnesota State, Mankato Men (DII):
St. Olaf Women (DIII):
Matt Berens, Bethel (DIII):
Bethel Men (DIII):
Here is some information to help you with your picks:
Molly Kayfes finished twelfth at the Griak Meet in 2012. This year she finished second to teammate Laura Docherty at the Oz Memorial Run in early September. The Gophers women are currently ranked 20th in the nation while the men are presently unranked nationally. In 2012, the Gopher women finished third and the Gopher men won their race at the Griak Invitational.
Jessica Young finished eighth in the Griak DII race last year and was the only non-senior in the top ten. The UMD women are ranked #16 in the nation and second in the region. Devin Allbaugh finshed fifth in the 2012 Griak DII race and his team, Minnesota State, Mankato was ranked #22 in the country in the preseason poll. At the 2012 Griak race, UMD women finished seventh and MSU men were second.
Matt Berens finished 20th in the 2012 DIII Griak race and seven of the top ten in that race were seniors. Berens has been on a roll in 2013; he shattered a course record at the Les Duke Invite this year, a record that had stood since 1996. The Bethel men finished eighth in the Griak Meet last year and are currently unranked. The St. Olaf women finished third at this meet in 2012 and are ranked twelfth in the national polls.
There is a lot of good information provided by the Gophers HERE. For last year's results, as well as previous years, check out Apple Raceberry Jam.
Good luck!
Last week there were four question regarding the Milaca Mega Meet for the Yes/No Contest. Here is a summary of the questions and correct answers:
Yes/No#1: Will any of the varsity races (girls and boys, all four classes) course records be broken this weekend at the Milaca Mega Meet? The answer was yes - Jenna Truedson and Isiah Barlow both broke course records.
Yes/No#2: Will any varsity team score fewer than 35 points at the Milaca Mega Meet? The answer was no - Minnehaha Academy was the lowest scorer with 54 points.
Yes/No#3: Will ten or more boys break 16:00 in the Varsity Boys 5000 Meters (adding up all four classes combined) at the Milaca Mega Meet? This was also no - seven boys broke 16:00 minutes.
Yes/No#4: In the varsity races (girls and boys, all four classes) will a runner from a Minnesota take first place individually in all eight races? Minnesotans swept the individual races making the answer yes.
Twelve people answered correctly distributed between the four questions. Mary Varney and Lori Anne Schwiesow are in first place with 21. Dimitri Drekonja is now one point back at twenty points, while Pat Foley has 19.
For full standings of both contests, please visit DtB Fantasy Corner.
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