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Dan
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Location: Salem, OR
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 Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2002 5:33 pm Post subject: crazy stats |
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After 7 of 10 meets, take a look at these numbers. Our current top 10 participants consists of people who ranked the following after week 1:
3
83
18
20
87
85
22
21
88
19
4 of the top 10 were in the 80's after one meet! 5 of the remaining 6 were between 18 and 22 (I think that's called a pelaton  ... although the word doesn't seem to exist in the dictionary, so I'm not sure I spelled it correctly...).
#1 is gaining a little separation, but good battles are developing for 2/3/4/5 and 6/7.
Kudos to Graeme Hill for stopping the slide. 
Mauren Haggi (women's LJ) has to get the award for worst performance/points ratio, with a 1st and 2nd totaling only 206.53 points. Either we really screwed up the benchmark in the women's long jump (2nd place received no performance points in Zurich), or this year's performances have been awful...
And finally, Luke Puckett gets the award for sorest fanny. Of course, Conway's had everyone but Maurice Greene from his team go on strike...
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graeme
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Location: Victoria, BC, Canada
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| Posted: Sat Aug 17, 2002 1:51 pm Post subject: |
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That is kind of odd, but I guess it makes sense that particular people would be irregularily absent or present in the first meet.
| Quote: | | Kudos to Graeme Hill for stopping the slide |
Thank you I was very pleased that I actually moved up for once |
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Conway
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Location: Northen California
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2002 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: crazy stats |
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| Dan wrote: |
And finally, Luke Puckett gets the award for sorest fanny. Of course, Conway's had everyone but Maurice Greene from his team go on strike...
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THAT's putting it mildly ... I don't think I've ever seen so many quality athltes pack in for a whole season ... On the other hand there have beena alarge number of new faces cropping up on the scene !!! Looks like this is going to be (when all is said and done) one of those transition years where major changes take place ... Changing of the guard kind of year ... Which means that nexst years Worlds will probably look a lot different that last years if history lrepeats itself ...
Conway
p.s. -- But has thisbeen a hoot ?????  |
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Dan
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Location: Salem, OR
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| Posted: Sun Aug 18, 2002 9:58 pm Post subject: |
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Good point. We may well be seeing a changing of the guard. Could make Athens in '04 very interesting, as I'm sure most of the current elite will hold on for at least one more year. It would be nice to see some competitive scrapping for spots on the Oly team.
I wonder if it would be worth the effort to pursue contacting IAAF and/or Golden League meet directors/web folk for next year to get a better feel for event criteria in advance? Maybe even try to work a more official tie-in between the events and the Fantasy T&F League? It's a long shot to be sure, but I had a responsive contact in the IAAF's media department at one point...
We definitely don't want another men's long jump face plant next year. 
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