We had that same dilemma in drawing up our list of AOY candidates... and in the end the Steeple WR-holder didn't get listed... but then our Australian Athlete of the Year Poll saw Steeple WJR-holder voted no.4...
Andre Sammartino A cog in the wheel of the Bayside machine Come vote in our Athlete-o-the-year polls http://surf.to/bayside Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 12:53:14 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: t-and-f: Women's AOY In a message dated Wed, 3 Oct 2001 6:49:44 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Michael Rohl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Ivanova's record is close to her road time. WIthin >> seconds. Which is the same with the men's walks. >> >I wasn't questioning whether or not Ivanova's track time was any good; i'm saying that the women's 20W record is an irrelevant stat, be it road >(where she also set an all-time best) or track. There just isn't enough data by enough people over enough time to fairly compare the marks to events >with decades of history. >Having said that, Ivanova deserves very good consideration on the AOY ballot, simply because she has an undefeated 5-race season, winning both >WC and Goodwill. >The "is it relevant?" question applies even more strongly to women's steeple times, with the result that there won't be any steeplechasers on the >AOY ballot. >gh
