big dog’s backyard ultra starting hour 25!
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we have leaderboard.
so it is time to start catching up…
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i will start with the currently most volatile situation:
the mid-size competition.
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sometimes things work out exactly as intended.
basically, the small country competition was supposed to play out on day 1.
it worked out exactly that way,
guatemala came from way back to take the win
(not over, but pretty well decided with a 19 yard lead (255)
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still in play is second;
with uruguay and namibia tied at (-19) and two athletes still going.
colombia still has a chance to also come from way back.
colombia has 3 athletes still moving at (-22)
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out of the 14 teams in the small division
5 reached the 24 hour mark.
gold tickets will go to the winners of:
guatemala
namibia
uruguay
colombia
cote d’ivorie
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of course,
if there is a tie there is no winner.
stay tuned for how that turns out!
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the mid-size division was expected to play out during day 2.
and,
as we head into the 25th hour,things are just starting to heat up.
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the first team to take a lead is netherlands (258)
with iceland (-1) and slovakia (-3) in hot pursuit.
all 3 have 14 athletes still standing.
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seemingly these three will fight it out for the title,
with norway (-15), and only 12 athletes, the nearest challenger.
but this is the backyard.
there are too many athletes and too many teams to call this race just yet.
everyone would expect the winner to come out of the top three.
but guatemala wasn’t even in the picture at this stage of the small division race.
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i have to break to go blow some whistles,
when i get back i will update the status of the large class
(which we expect to start getting hot on day 3)
and a list of all the countries with athletes chasing a golden ticket to the individual championships in 2025.
