WOW! First it was Appalachian State, now it's 500-student, liberal arts Principia that has upset Mighty Michigan, and all in just one year! We might be a bit too excited, because Michigan still holds the upper hand in this race by about 22 minutes, but in the Neosho-Sioux Falls race our RA VII friends from Elsah topped Michigan by just over 14 minutes, cutting Blue's lead nearly in half. And that was on the most challenging, hilly part of the race!
Right now the overall standings (and times) are as follows:
Michigan 22:15:52
Principia 22:37:15
FH Bochum 25:23:41
Waterloo 27:26:41
Minnesota 28:18:27
MISSOURI S&T 28:32:29
Calgary 30:50:54
Red River 34:01:57
Iowa State 39:28:01
Kentucky 40:11:04
Arizona 42:38:32
No times have been posted for Queen's, Northwestern, Oregon State or Durham University.
While MIchigan left Neosho first and arrived in Sioux Falls the same way, race officials can assess penalties for unsafe driving, SPEEDING, or other rule violations. There are no print-out of traffic fines but rumor has it that Blue was....................oh, never mind, you can guess.
The Miners are doubly excited because they have fixed their air gap adjustment, which is similar to the speed selector on your automatic transmission. If you are stuck in a low gear your fuel consumption goes through the roof, and the same applies if your fuel is solar/battery power.
Matt Bloom is scheduled to start today's sprint into Minnesota, and Andrew Lewis will take over later in the day.
So y'all tell us to beat MI and we pull into the lead for the second stage... works for me =) Best wishes & safe travels!