I believe the scoring is based on the top 4, as is the
worlds. You may have to revise your results. :)
Fred Finke
--- Ryan Grote <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do they still keep "team" scores at US Winter
> Nationals? If so, I was wondering in particular
> about the mens 12k...
>
> -Nike goes 1-3-5-7-12 by my count
> -adidas 2068 goes 2-9-13-30-39 by my count, and what
> is 2068, by the way?
> -Hanson's impressively goes 11-16-17-18-21
> -Farm Team goes 4-31-32-34-35
> -New Balance goes 8-10-14-20-?no 5th man?
> -Top Unattached guys go 6-22-23-27-29
>
> Thus, by my math, if you count the Nike or adidas
> gatherings as a team, the standings look like:
> 1. Nike-- 28
> 2. Hanson's-- 83
> 3. adidas 2068-- 93
> 4. Farm Team-- 136
>
> OR, if Matt Downin, Dan Nelson, Weldon Johnson, Mike
> Mykytok, and Ian Solof would have called themselves
> a team (makes as much sense as the Nike and adidas
> team being called a team) they would have been 4th
> with 107.
>
> So, I still say it would be a lot more fun if teams
> were organized and scored as clubs based upon where
> they live/train instead of who gives them shoes and
> perhaps some contract money. Hanson's and The Farm
> Team do that, as do some other clubs in the meet
> like Wisconsin Runner, Reebok Boston, BAA, Club
> Northwest, Hoys, and so on.
>
> If guys are good enough to get shoe contracts,
> great, let them wear their shoe company garb, but
> score them with a local club. What would hurt Nike
> exposure wise if Meb was counted for SoCal TC or
> something? Or Culpepper for Boulder Harriers or
> something?
>
> No biggy, I suppose, life goes on and the sport
> wallows in anonymity either way.
>
> Grote
> adiRP/MMRD
>
>
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