High School Cross Country action is heating up as the big early-season invitationals are in full force. This week the Lakeville North Applejack Invitational is being held on Friday. As usual, there will be many highly ranked individuals and teams from around the state ready to clash. One big difference in the girl's race is that they will crown a new individual champion.
Three-time defending champ and course record holder Maria Hauger has graduated and moved on to the University of Virginia. In addition, two-time runner-up Danielle Anderson is now at the University of Minnesota, which means the race will be wide open for a breakthrough from some young runner in 2013.
The boy's race should be very interesting as well, featuring top-ranked individual Obsa Ali of Richfield. But we will follow the girl's individual race this year at the Applejack Invite.
Take your guess at how fast it will run this year with the question of the week...
Yes/No: Will ten or more girls break 15:00 in the Varsity Girls 4000 Meters at the Lakeville North Applejack Invitational?
Recent results show that ten girls broke 15:00 in 2012 and eleven were under the mark in 2011. Prior to that the numbers were much smaller with only two girls under fifteen minutes in 2010, five in 2009 and 2 again in 2008.
Many ranked Class AA girls teams will square off including #2 East Ridge, #3 Eagan, #6 Edina, #7 Forest Lake, #8 Lakeville South and Prior Lake (unranked this week, but #12 last week).
Top ranked individuals will be there as well. From Class AA: #5 Bailey Ness - East Ridge, #7 Tess Misgen - Shakopee, #11 Anna Van Wyk - Eagan. Also Class A is represented by a duo from Luverne: #2 Madison Schandelmeier and #10 Maykala Hohn.
For more information, consult these sites:
- Lakeville Applejack Invitational
- Current State Coaches Rankings
- 2012 Applejack Results
- 2011 Applejack Results
- 2010 Applejack Results
- 2009 Applejack Results
- 2008 Applejack Results
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 5:30 P.M. CDT, Friday, September 13th. 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: No
The last question was: Will anyone break the men's or women's event records in the Grandma's Marathon Minnesota Mile on Sunday? The answer was yes - with a nice breeze at their backs, many runners broke the course record including winners Ben Blankenship and Gabriele Anderson. Thirteen people answered correctly this week. The top of the leaderboard remained the same led by Lori Anne Schwiesow and Mary Varney tied for first with twenty points. They are followed closely by Pat Foley and Dimitri Drekonja with nineteen points.
For all the results, please visit DtB Fantasy Corner, HERE.
1 comment:
The answer is yes this week. 12 girls broke 15 minutes at the Applejack Invitation led by Eagan's Anna Van Wyk in 14:26.
The boys race was won by Obsa Ali in 14:57 (!)
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