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Dan · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 12:11 pm Post subject: T&FN AOY rankings

Track & Field News announced its 2002 Athlete of the Year voting:

Conway · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 12:41 pm Post subject:

Dan you beat me to posting this !!! Laughing

... Actually what I found more validating was the fact that Khannouchi got more number 1 votes for AOY than ElG did !!!! Just didn't have the backup votes ... Of course on the top end the Run Down Rankers hit the nail on the head again !!! I'm curious to see how their individual event rankings turn out ....
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Micah Ward · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 1:09 pm Post subject:

Those guys at T&FN must be pretty smart since they agree with the Run-Down Rankers. Cool

BTW Running Times has Radcliffe and Paul Kosgei as top road racers of the year. KK is ranked 6th and Drossin 7th.
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Dan · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 1:24 pm Post subject:

Interesting. That really reflects how the different ranking systems affect certain events rather dramatically. Khannouchi's poor non-marathon performances did not hurt him from T&FN's perspective, as the marathon is the only "Olympic" road race and thus the only one they consider. For overall road race considerations, his other performances obviously dragged his ranking down several notches in the eyes of the Running Times rankers.

Dan

Micah Ward · Posted: Wed Dec 04, 2002 1:47 pm Post subject:

The Running Times rankings are interesting to look at. They use 30 specific races to tabulate the rankings. Kosgei ran 7 of them and won 6. KK on the other hand ran 6 and only won 2 with his other finishes being 3rd, 4th, 13th and 60th.

Geb was ranked 2nd even though he only ran 3 races and finished 1st, 2nd and 3rd in them.

Jackson Koech was ranked 10th based on a 2nd at Peachtree and 2nd at a 10 mile in Holland.

Radcliffe got top ranking even though she only ran 3 of the races. Of course two were her marathons and the other was a 30:43 10K.

Lorna Kiplagat was ranked 2nd after running in 10 of the races and winning 7, with 2 runnerups and 1 DNF.
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Conway · Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 11:27 am Post subject:

Couple of follow ups ... First off TFN is conducting a pole online to see who the public feels should have been #1 KK or ElG ... So far KK leads 60.61% to 39.39% !!!

They have also put the US athlete of the years up ... Of course KK and Marion ... But look at how the rankings went:

Men's Voting Leaders:
1. Khalid Khannouchi (New Balance--marathon) 235
2. Adam Nelson (Nike--shot) 213
3. Tim Montgomery (Nike--100m) 197
4. Jeff Hartwig (Nike--pole vault) 159
5. Savanté Stringfellow (Nike--long jump) 134
6. David Krummenacker (adidas--800m/1500m-Mile) 79
7. Walter Davis (LSU--triple jump) 61
8. Tom Pappas (adidas--decathlon) 60
9. Allen Johnson (Nike--110m Hurdles) 59
10. Maurice Greene (adidas--100m) 44

Women's Voting Leaders:
1. Marion Jones (Nike--100m/200m) 220
2. Gail Devers (Nike--100m Hurdles) 198
3. Nicole Teter (Nike Farm Team--800) 131
4. Jearl Miles Clark (New Balance--400m) 115
5. Sandra Glover (Nike--400m Hurdles) 111
6. Shelia Burrell (Nike--heptathlon) 103
7. Suzy Favor Hamilton (Nike--1500m-Mile) 101
8. Stacy Dragila (Nike--pole vault) 77
9. Deena Drossin (Asics--10,000m) 60
10. Anna Norgren-Mahon (SoBe--hammer) 52

Some interesting places and posistions ... Nelson garnering #2 - deservingly so IMHO ... Greene actually sneaking into the top 10 ... As did Dragila .. Krummenaker ONLY 6th ... Teter way out in front of Hamilton ... Interesting ...
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Distance_Guru · Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 3:33 pm Post subject:

Nelson's high ranking jumped out at me as well. I wonder two things about it. First off, I wonder if he was helped a little by the fact that all his performances (at least of the ones I saw) were on US soil and therefore got pretty good coverage (realatively speaking), but I can't help but wonder about the season that could have been had there been more top level meets with the shot in Europe.
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Conway · Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 3:44 pm Post subject:

I agree with you on both counts ... MOst of what he did was on US soil and was of high caliber ... And I think it is a shame that he and the other putters had few opportunities to shine once in Europe ...
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Dan · Posted: Fri Dec 06, 2002 4:19 pm Post subject:

Ditto on being immediatley surprised by Nelson's ranking. Same for Stringfellow, who had even less noteworthy opportunities. And yes, Krummenacker should have given KK a run for the top spot... The women's rankings look pretty sound to me, though.

Dan

Micah Ward · Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2002 8:44 am Post subject:

K'nacher should have been much higher. How did Stringfellow even get in the top 10. I had him on the fantasy team and he scored ZERO. So what did he do to get that ranking?
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Dan · Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2002 10:34 am Post subject:

Stringfellow did well, it's just that the long jump was not contested in any of the notable meets outside the US. Not a single Fantasy meet, as I recall.

Dan

Conway · Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2002 12:23 pm Post subject:

Yep ... Long jumpers - like shot putters - got screwed on the Euro circuit ....
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