Last year, each Marx-coached team finished its season ranked at a different spot in the top 5 of its respective sport. From the following clues, can you determine each coach's sport, school, ranking, and length of service as coach (one has six years experience)?
The football team ranked 5th (clue 4).
Carmen's track team did not rank 1st or 2nd (clue 3), so it ranked 4th.
Carmen has not coached for 8 (clue 1), 4 (clue 3), 12 (clue 5) or 10 years (clue 6); she has coached for 6 years.
The swimming team did not rank 1st (clue 6); by elimination, it ranked 2nd.
Also by elimination, the 1st-ranked team was the basketball team, of Central High (clue 7).
The 8-year coach is a man (clue 1); by clue 2, the baseball coach has 12 years on the job, Gail 10 years, and the 8-year male coach works at Southwest High. By clue 4, he is the football coach, Carmen works at Northwest High, and Mark is the 4-year coach.
Fred does not coach football (clue 1); he is the 12-year baseball coach.
Josef, by elimination, coaches the football team.
By clue 6, Gail is the 1st-place basketball coach at Central High.
Mark, by elimination, is the swimming coach.
By clue 3, Fred works at Southeast High; by elimination, Mark works at Northeast High.
In summary:
1st: Gail, basketball, 10, Central
2nd: Mark, swimming, 4, Northeast
3rd: Fred, baseball, 12, Southeast
4th: Carmen, track, 6, Northwest
5th: Josef, football, 8, Southwest
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