Re: t-and-f: Most Consistent Top Vaulters
As a prediction start for Athens this consistency chart is a non-starter (and not only because Jeff Hartwig did not make it...). Uri Quoting Roger Ruth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The following charts show the number of performances for each vaulter in the top 100 recorded during this outdoor season. The bracketed heights are the highest and lowest in the top 100 for that vaulter: Men's Most Consistent Performers a/o 2 August Toby StevensonUSA 9 (6.00 - 5.71) Jeff Hartwig USA 6 (5.81 - 5.70) Tim Mack USA 5 (5.90 - 5.70) Derek Miles USA 5 (5.81 - 5.70) Dmitri Markov AUS 5 (5.80 - 5.71) Lars BorgelingGER 5 (5.80 - 5.70) Tim Lobinger GER 5 (5.80 - 5.70) Brad Walker USA 4 (5.82 - 5.75) Rens Blom NED 4 (5.81 - 5.70) Romain Mesnil FRA 4 (5.80 - 5.70) Tye HarveyUSA 4 (5.80 - 5.70) Danny Ecker GER 4 (5.72 - 5.70) 100th performance = 5.70m (18'8 1/4) Women's Most Consistent Performers a/o 2 August Stacy Dragila USA 12 (4.83 - 4.50) Anna Rogowska POL 7 (4.71 - 4.60) Svetlana FeofanovaRUS 6 (4.88 - 4.60) Kellie Suttle USA 6 (4.67 - 4.50) Monika Pyrek POL 6 (4.60 - 4.45) Chelsea Johnson USA 6 (4.57 - 4.42) Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 4 (4.90 - 4.65) Carolin HingstGER 4 (4.66 - 4.40) Tracy O'Hara USA 4 (4.58 - 4.45) Anzhela Balakhonova UKR 4 (4.57 - 4.42) 100th performance = 4.40m (14'5) Data are used, with permission, from Mirko Jalava's world lists at tilastopaja.net. When you check this website, you'll find that some lists are available only by subscription; however, a wealth of information--including recent results and thousands of athlete bios with seasonal marks--can be found there for everyone. Have a good look! --RR +++ This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System at the Tel-Aviv University CC. This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
Re: t-and-f: Most Consistent Top Vaulters
I agree with Uri. The count is heavily weighted toward the Americans because the U.S. season starts so much earlier. Probably a better way to express it would be 'percent of meets achieving a top 100 performance, and do it by month for each athlete. And don't even start showing anything until June. An Example might be Athlete X June_July__August 4/5__3/5___0/1 80%_40%__00% Athlete Y June_July__August 1/2__3/5___1/1 50%_60%__100% In the original score Athletes X would score a 7 to Athlete Y's 5, but looking at the trend, it is definitely in Athlete Y s favor. RT -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Aug 3, 2004 12:19 AM To: Roger Ruth [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: t-and-f: Most Consistent Top Vaulters As a prediction start for Athens this consistency chart is a non-starter (and not only because Jeff Hartwig did not make it...). Uri Quoting Roger Ruth [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The following charts show the number of performances for each vaulter in the top 100 recorded during this outdoor season. The bracketed heights are the highest and lowest in the top 100 for that vaulter: Men's Most Consistent Performers a/o 2 August Toby StevensonUSA 9 (6.00 - 5.71) Jeff Hartwig USA 6 (5.81 - 5.70) Tim Mack USA 5 (5.90 - 5.70) Derek Miles USA 5 (5.81 - 5.70) Dmitri Markov AUS 5 (5.80 - 5.71) Lars BorgelingGER 5 (5.80 - 5.70) Tim Lobinger GER 5 (5.80 - 5.70) Brad Walker USA 4 (5.82 - 5.75) Rens Blom NED 4 (5.81 - 5.70) Romain Mesnil FRA 4 (5.80 - 5.70) Tye HarveyUSA 4 (5.80 - 5.70) Danny Ecker GER 4 (5.72 - 5.70) 100th performance = 5.70m (18'8 1/4) Women's Most Consistent Performers a/o 2 August Stacy Dragila USA 12 (4.83 - 4.50) Anna Rogowska POL 7 (4.71 - 4.60) Svetlana FeofanovaRUS 6 (4.88 - 4.60) Kellie Suttle USA 6 (4.67 - 4.50) Monika Pyrek POL 6 (4.60 - 4.45) Chelsea Johnson USA 6 (4.57 - 4.42) Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 4 (4.90 - 4.65) Carolin HingstGER 4 (4.66 - 4.40) Tracy O'Hara USA 4 (4.58 - 4.45) Anzhela Balakhonova UKR 4 (4.57 - 4.42) 100th performance = 4.40m (14'5) Data are used, with permission, from Mirko Jalava's world lists at tilastopaja.net. When you check this website, you'll find that some lists are available only by subscription; however, a wealth of information--including recent results and thousands of athlete bios with seasonal marks--can be found there for everyone. Have a good look! --RR +++ This Mail Was Scanned By Mail-seCure System at the Tel-Aviv University CC. This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
t-and-f: Olympic costs
Here is a story on the costs of the 2004 Olympics written by a mutual funds guy. - mTp Costs of Hosting The 2004 Olympics From Dustin Woodard, Your Guide to Mutual Funds. Hosting the Olympics Can Be an Economic Burden If you think the Greeks overcommitted, the Chinese have budgeted $23 billion for the 2008 Olympic games seven times more than the Sydney games, and 32 times what Los Angeles spent for the 1984 Games! http://mutualfunds.about.com/od/news/a/2004_olymics.htm
t-and-f: Chicago Marathon reg. at 35,000
Forwarded from: LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon Marathon Registration Rapidly Approaching 40,000 Participant Cap, 35,000 Participants Registered to Date, Must Register Now CHICAGO (August 3, 2004) ? Registration for The 2004 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon hit 35,000 today and is anticipated to reach its 40,000 participant cap in the next few weeks. Once registration reaches 40,000, runners will no longer have an opportunity to participate in this year's Marathon. The Marathon is rapidly reaching its capacity and it will fill up very soon, says Executive Race Director Carey Pinkowski. If you have any thoughts of running this year's race, it is imperative that you register immediately. It is unfortunate to see the number of runners that commit themselves to training and fail to meet the registration deadline. Registration for the Marathon has quadrupled during the past ten years. In 1994, the Marathon had 10,021 registered participants. Now, registration is capped at 40,000 due to the high demand. Registration has been on a steady increase during the past several years. We witnessed an astounding 75 percent increase in participation since 1994, added Pinkowski. We are grateful for the city of Chicago as well as all the people who accommodate these runners and make this tremendous event a reality. Registration for this year's race is available at the Chicago Marathon's official Web site, www.chicagomarathon.com. Registration is open to all runners who can complete the course in six hours or less. Registration is $80 ($90 for International participants) and can be completed either online or by mail. Registration is also available through various charity organizations associated with the marathon. In addition to registration, many of the Marathon's charities offer training programs and/or incentives to help you raise money for local, national and international charities. Charity information can also be found on the event's Web site. For further information, call 1-888-243-3344 (U.S. or Canada) or 312/904-9800. Competitive and Preferred starting positions are also filling fast. In order to qualify for a competitive or Preferred start, which will allow you to begin closer in proximity to the start line; you must have completed a marathon in 3:15:00 or less or a half-marathon in 1:30:00 or less. Qualifying times for the preferred start positions are 3:45:00 in a marathon and 1:45:00 in a half-marathon. In order for times to be valid, the marathon must have occurred on or after Jan. 1, 2002 and proof must be received. Visit www.chicagomarathon.com for further details and instructions. 2004 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon The 2004 LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon takes place Sunday, October 10 starting and finishing in Chicago's Grant Park. The race will be broadcast live on CBS 2 CHICAGO and ESPN 1000. Last year's race attracted the maximum 40,000 participants. Elite athletes will compete for a portion of the $650,000 prize purse, the highest in the sport. ### Sincerely, Marathon Office Staff
t-and-f: Track and Field News Tour tickets
Everyone, With regrets, I have three Track and Field News Tour tickets for sale. I am willing to let them go for less than what we paid for them. Please contact me by e mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, John Lunn
Re: t-and-f: Most Consistent Top Vaulters
Earlier today, Uri and Randy posted their exceptions to my lists of most consistent vaulters. Uri's was on the list's validity as a predictor of performance in Athens. Randy's objected to the greater number of competition opportunities of USA vaulters than others at this point in the season. I didn't state or intend the lists as predictors of Olympic success. If I had, I probably would have included Alexandr Averbukh, because of his current high world ranking, although he didn't make the list of those with four or more top-100 performances. I certainly wouldn't have included Jeff Hartwig, since he had been eliminated from Olympic contention in the USATF trials. My interest was solely that of identifying the vaulters who have, to date, the greatest number of top-100 performances in this outdoor season. If that favors the Americans, it at least correctly reflects their world rankings. Half of the top ten men's vaulters are Americans. #1-ranked Toby Stevenson, who topped the list of most consistent with 9 top-100 performances, has had 13 outdoor meets this season, as has #2-ranked Tim Mack. #3-ranked Averbukh (ISR) has competed 9 times, but only three of those were top-100 performances. Of the other non-Americans with greatest name recognition, #10 Dmitri Markov (AUS) has had 7 outdoor meets in Australia and 14 elsewhere; #13 Romain Mesnil (FRA), 11 outdoor opportunities; and #15 Tim Lobinger (GER), 16. My observation from these data would be that while American vaulters do, indeed, have more and earlier competitive opportunities than most of the world's vaulters, these differences are not overwhelming when the comparison is with the best of other competitors. I like Randy's suggestion of month-to-month percentage of top-100 performances as a predictor of success in later meets of the season. Maybe he'll follow up on it. Again, if you're interested in seasonal performances in the vault or other events, I'll remind you that you'll find the links for individual athletes on the homepage of Mirko Jalava's website tilastopaja.net. Men's Most Consistent Performers a/o 2 August Toby Stevenson USA 9 (6.00 - 5.71) Jeff Hartwig USA 6 (5.81 - 5.70) Tim Mack USA 5 (5.90 - 5.70) Derek MilesUSA 5 (5.81 - 5.70) Dmitri Markov AUS 5 (5.80 - 5.71) Lars Borgeling GER 5 (5.80 - 5.70) Tim Lobinger GER 5 (5.80 - 5.70) Brad WalkerUSA 4 (5.82 - 5.75) Rens Blom NED 4 (5.81 - 5.70) Romain Mesnil FRA 4 (5.80 - 5.70) Tye Harvey USA 4 (5.80 - 5.70) Danny EckerGER 4 (5.72 - 5.70) 100th performance = 5.70m (18'8 1/4)
Re: t-and-f: Most Consistent Top Vaulters
Keep the various lists coming, Rog. Our observations are intended as commentary, not criticism. RT
t-and-f: NACAC video added
http://www.cox-internet.com/coachmcdonagh/ I just uploaded the Nacac video. This was Erics 1st chance to throw in the red white and blue, and it meant alot to him. He had a great time with his teamates. 73m11 1st throw and a 70m or so 2nd throw. Its a big file but better quality so you can play it big without much distortion. I am amazed how bad the round 2 throw looks and it still went 70m. We will improve that tecnique even more next year. If you see how nice he stays up on the 70m warm up, do that with some speed and agression and you have a big throw. Thanks to James Hatch for taping the throws on my camera. Andrew McDonagh 73.39m Wal-Mart Store 0054 Volunteer Throws Coach http://www.cox-internet.com/coachmcdonagh/ _ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/
