Discussion: US "Classic" Champs Line

This excludes our Canadian friends. Sorry. Very sorry. I'm just not that much aware of the current shape of Hammer vs. Sudden vs. Nick vs. Mark Adams. I would strongly suspect, though, that top 4 out of 5 M will be Canadian.

For the two day total, men:

1. Scarborough
2. May
3. Platt
4. Hawkins
5. Benetis

Women:

1. Olafsen
2. Brautigam
3. WIlliams

And Bone doesn't even make the list?

(Hard to guess with the men, but I agree on the Women's side.)

Meanwhile, Clint Morse and I will both be striving to finish ahead of five (5) people. We will be counting DNFs.

1. May
2. Scarborough
3. Zhyk
4. Bone
5. Platt
6. Hawkins
7. Velichko
8. Benetis
(using same rules as Vlad: no Canucks)

This is open terrain: fast running, many reentrants. Easy to go fast, easy to lose contact.
1. Hawkins -- raw speed; great time at Intercollegiates last year on nearby map
2. Benetis -- local advantage
3. Bone
4. Scarborough
5. Platt
6. Zhyk -- been on this terrain before?

1. May (he is still a Canuck in my books) ;-)

My predictions:

Men:
1. Scarborough
Duca
Benetis
2. May
Hawkins
Waddington
3. Bone

Women:
James
1. Olafsen
Mahoney
2. Brautigam
3. Williams

Thanks for predicting my win, Ken, but having sprained my ankle in training yesterday I'm now unlikely to run at all. Want to have a go at jinxing someone else? :)

The next one down the list would be Bone.

Man...... William can you undo yesterday ???