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A look at the final 5 qualifiers

Men’s race

29. Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Qualifying time: 02:32.12
Time ahead of 34th place: 1.3 seconds
Stat of note: This is SAE’s second Little 500 since 2001, when it finished 20th.

30. Wright Cycling
Qualifying time: 02:32.24
Time ahead of 34th place: 1.18 seconds
Stat of note: Wright Cycling has had one top-10 finish in its history — a seventh-place effort in 2008.

31. Amalgam
Qualifying time: 02:32.34
Time ahead of 34th place: 1.08 seconds
Stat of note: This is Amalgam’s first Little 500.

32. Kappa Sigma
Qualifying time: 02:32.61
Time ahead of 34th place: 0.81 seconds
Stat of note: During the 1970s, Kappa Sigma finished in the top two on four occasions, including its lone Little 500 crown in 1972.

33. Phi Kappa Psi
Qualifying time: 02:32.84
Time ahead of 34th place: 0.58 seconds
Stat of note: Phi Psi is the only team to have qualified for every Little 500. This year is its 62nd time in the annual race.

Women’s race

29. Zeta Tau Alpha
Qualifying time: 03:08.35
Time behind 1st place: 25.4 seconds
Stat of note: ZTA has had two top-10 finishes in its Little 500 history — an eighth-place finish in 1995 and a 10th-place effort in 1991.

30. Alpha Phi
Qualifying time: 03:10.62
Time behind 1st place: 27.67 seconds
Stat of note: Alpha Phi has participated in every Little 500 in its history. This is its 25th year.

31. Anchors away
Qualifying time: 03:15.19
Time behind 1st place: 32.24 seconds
Stat of note: Anchors Away is the all-rookie team of the Delta Gamma sorority.

32. Theta Phi Alpha
Qualifying time: 03:25.89
Time behind 1st place: 42.94 seconds
Stat of note: This is Theta Phi Alpha’s first Little 500 and its first year on campus as an IU sorority.

33. Alpha Delta Pi
Qualifying time: 04:06.07
Time behind 1st place: 1:23.12 minutes
Stat of note: ADPi qualified on its fourth attempt after three faults on botched exchanges. Because there was no 34th team, ADPi automatically qualified for the race.

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