Question

In a poem, people with this profession sleep “in the plastering slime” before “the jolly old rain” arrives. One of these people “escapes (10[1])down some profound dull tunnel” to see an “encumbered sleeper” in the poem “Strange Meeting.” (10[4])The speaker of a poem about these people describes “white eyes writhing” on “his hanging face, like a devil’s sick of sin.” (10[1])These (10[1])people (-5[1])“saw sunset glow” before ending up where (10[1])“poppies (10[2])blow.” (10[8]-5[1])A poem (10[2])about (10[2])these (10[2])people (10[4]-5[1])titled for a Horace quote (10[1])describes (10[1])“guttering” (10[1])and “choking” (10[1])after cries (10[2])of “Gas! (10[1])Gas!” (10[11])For (10[1])10 (10[1])points, (10[2])name (10[1])these people (10[1])memorialized in John (-5[1])McCrae’s (10[3])“In Flanders (10[1])Fields” (10[1])and (10[1])Wilfred Owen’s (10[1])“Dulce et (10[1])Decorum Est.” (10[2])■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: WWI soldiers [accept anything involving a member of the military; accept specific ranks like general or captain; accept American, British, or Canadian soldiers; prompt on fighters or warriors or combatants] (The first line is “Counter-Attack” by Siegfried Sassoon.)
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Summary

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2024 ACF Fall at Ohio StatefallY9100%0%11%74.67
2024 ACF Fall at WashingtonfallY7100%0%0%81.71
2024 ACF Fall at GeorgiafallY14100%0%0%83.14
2024 ACF Fall at North CarolinafallY9100%0%11%89.00
2024 ACF Fall at Claremont CollegesfallY1100%0%0%70.00
2024 ACF Fall at RutgersfallY7100%0%14%82.14
2024 ACF Fall at IllinoisfallY9100%0%11%77.89

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Henry BylinowskiAuburn AGeorgia Tech D3710
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