In fact we may never know how many runners fell or slipped or tripped or tweaked an old injury stopping short when some one else stopped short or lost a shoe. The irony is that the deepest team and the one which could have been expected to survive a weather related incident with one of their top 5 was CBA and they didn't even get a trophy to take back to Linwood.
I would almost prefer that they run this one at the same place they run the Border Clash which is Nike headquarters or even the Bowerman Invitational course in Eugene.