Monday, April 7,2003 1:33 a.m.
It wouldn't be Bloomington without unpredictable weather, and Saturday afternoon was a perfect example. After a week of sunny days, Little 500 riders mounted bikes and braved cold and wind for the second of the Little 500 series events.
"Once again we had bad weather," said Alex Ihnen, IU Student Foundation assistant director and Little 500 coordinator. "There is strategy involved in whether you want to pull into the wind."
Saturday's event marked the second of the Little 500 series events with the final event, Team Pursuit, set to take place Thursday. Miss-N-Out is divided into four rounds with approximately eight riders in the first round heat. Riders take four trips around the track, eliminating a rider at each lap. The final lap of the heat determines the winner and two runners up that will advance to the next round. The second round is made up of six riders from different heats with the same format as the first round but only two advance. The third round features eight riders per heat, and the final six riders of the round advance to the finals.