Yes/No: NCAA National Cross Country Meets

As in years past, the final week of 2013 collegiate cross county is also the final week of Yes/No for the year.  We will celebrate these conclusions with three different Yes/No questions -- all worth one point apiece.  All three meets (Division I, II and III) are held on the same day - Saturday, November 23rd.

The overall standings in Yes/No are very close and the long race will be decided with one final flurry.  There are nine players within four points of the lead who all have a shot to at least share the title.  The current standings look like this:

Pat Foley - 24
Lori Anne Schwiesow - 23
Dimitri Drekonja - 23
Chris Lundberg - 22
Bill Miles - 21
Mike Henderson - 21
Daniel Gerber - 21
Mary Varney - 21
Andrew Nussbaum - 20

And the final three questions are... 

Yes/No: Will Trent Lusignan finish in the top forty at the Division I National Cross Country Meet?

Yes/No: Will Jennifer Agnew finish in the top seven at the Division II National Cross Country Meet?

Yes/No: Will Chelsea Johnson finish in the top five at the Division III National Cross Country Meet?

Trent Lusignan is a South Dakota State Junior who ran for Shakopee during his high school career.  Lusignan did not qualify for Nationals in 2012, but finished second in the 2013 Midwest Regional to qualify for Nationals this year.  Lusignan has had a great cross country season, winning two meets and finishing 19th at Pre-Nationals.  If he is able to place in the top forty at the National Meet he will be an All-American in 2013

Jennifer Agnew is a senior from the University of Mary and competed for Onamia during high school.  Her twin sister, Melissa Agnew, has used up her eligibility at the University of Mary, but she capped off her career with a seventh place finish at the 2012 Division II National Cross Country Meet.  Jennifer Agnew looks to be following in her sister's footsteps as she not only qualified for Nationals, but did so with a dominating 19 second victory at the Central Regional meet.  She has won four out of five meets during her 2013 cross country season.

Chelsea Johnson finished fifteenth in the 2012 Division III National Meet, and eight of the women that finished ahead of her have graduated.  Johnson is a senior at St. Scholastica and ran for Chisago Lakes in high school.  Just like Agnew, Chelsea Johnson has won all of her 2013 cross country meets except one, and won the Central Regional by a large margin.

All of the 2013 Regional results are found here:
Division I, Division II, Division III

Information on all of the National Cross Country meets can be found HERE.

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 10:00 A.M. CDT, Saturday, November 23rd.  Please put your answers in the subject line of the e-mail and make sure your full name appears somewhere in the e-mail.

My Answer:  No, No, Yes

Last week's contest was the final Pick Ten:  The winner of the weekly award was Patrick Eastman with 46 points followed closely by Daniel Gerber with 45.  The final standings show a close finish and Mike Henderson emerged victorious with a grand total of 233 points.  There was a tight contest for second place led by Patrick Eastman with  220 points, followed by Daniel Gerber at 217, and Bryan Tolcser and Rich Cowles (both at 216).

In the five year history of the Pick Ten contest, Mike Henderson has never finished worse than second place at the end of the year.  The Princeton University Director of Operations wins the 2013 Pick Ten award to go with his 2010 and 2012 titles.

PHOTO ID
The correct answer to the Photo ID question last week was Van Nelson at the Drake Relays.  Six players got both components of the question correct, while others answered Van Nelson right but did not know the site of the track meet.  The six answers came from Pat Foley, Rich Cowles, Mike Henderson, Jim Glazer, Bill Miles and Chris Lundberg.  As usual, Bill Miles answered correctly first.

This week's photo

I'm a sub-four minute miler.  A three-time All American.  Excelled in both junior college, where I was a national champion, and Division I.  I'm also a member of an select group who have been recognized for my achievements by USATF Minnesota. Who am I?

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