A Quiz For Smartypants: The Closest Cross Country Race I Have Ever Seen

Too bad it was in the pouring rain or I would have enjoyed it more!

Daughter the Younger started her college Cross Country career over the weekend at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New York.  I was lucky enough to be able to attend.  Even though it was in a downpour from just before the gun until the last runner finished.

I'm a big fan of all levels of cross country.  There doesn't have to be world class runners involved for it to be exciting and fun to watch. Being in a level with which she is competitive makes it much more enjoyable for Daughter the Younger.

Hartwick College is in the Empire 8 Conference in NCAA Division III  (THAT's Important for the Quiz At The End)

My daughter started a little fast but didn't fade much at all.  She finished 10th in the dual meet, sixth for her team, displacing the fifth-place runner on SUNY Delhi to make the score a 28-28 tie.

The finishers in the race were as follows:

1. Hartwick
2. SUNY Delhi
3. SUNY Delhi
4. Hartwick
5. SUNY Delhi
6. Hartwick
7. SUNY Delhi
8. Hartwick
9. Hartwick
10. Hartwick
11. SUNY Delhi
12. SUNY Delhi
13. SUNY Delhi
14. SUNY Delhi
15. Hartwick

 So the final scoring was:

Hartwick 1+4+6+8+9  = 28

SUNY Delhi  2+3+5+7+11 = 28

So now for the Quiz for Smartypants!  (I know there are numerous PSU Track Alumni (Golfers) who know the correct answer to this question.)

Which team is the winner of the Meet?  And why? No cheating; Coach is watching you!

And an update on our Nittany Lion Campus friends XC Openers:

• PSU Mont Alto with Coach Bill Preston opened their PSUAC season at the Shippensburg Galen Piper Inv.
• Coach Jim McClernand's PSU Abington team started their Div. III season at the Cairn Invitational.