I would think that out of the twenty slots the odds are high that an OTHER will slip in.I say this but I did not include any in my picks !
question for brojos wrote:
No Belainesh Gebre listed. I had to pick "other" for one of my picks.
When is the contest closing?
The trials on NBC 1:00 ET
I picked other as one of my picks, but only because of Gebre. My hope is she was told to tempo the last half marathon, throwing everyone off.
I actually predicted slow times 2:16:17 I think it was.
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DNF
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13
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10
aint gunna win me much
nor will my ladies ticket
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How many others ended up on the two top 10 lists?
I got two of the top three correct in the men's race.
pretty proud of that.
I got 4 out of the top 6 between both genders however the placements are out of order. lol.
I'm having trouble finding a link to see how I did. Is there one?
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Scott Bauhs who is coordinating the contest ran the race. (30th in 2:23.00 Congratulations !!!) Give him a moment to catch his breath.
Whoa! Isn't that like insider trading?
Yes, How do you find out your scores?
Ok I added it up and I have 172 points (I only did men's picks). Maybe I can at least win an LRC shirt. Although anyone who had Rupp and Meb 1,2 schooled me.
Ritz dropping out messed up my points. Actually FIVE of my 10 picks dropped out, but the other 5 i picked were the top 5 finishers in the race and finished in the order I predicted.
My picks were
1.Rupp
2.(x) Ritz
3. Meb
4. Ward
5. Puskedra
6. (x) Kibet
7. (X) Curtis
8. Pennel
9. (x) Estrada
10. (x) (Chelanga)
results?
I did the math wrong- it's a little confusing...I think I have more like 184 points
bulldog35 wrote:
Yes, How do you find out your scores?
It is a grade it yourself test
here is the answer key.Submit your score on this thread
Full Rules and Scoring: (Note we reserve the right to change the scoring rules before the start of the marathon trials races)
1st place correctly picked – 100 points.
2nd place correctly picked – 50 points
3rd place correctly picked – 30 points
Correctly picking a person in the top 3 but in the wrong position – 25 points
4th place correctly picked – 15 points
Having one of your picks for the top 5 finish in the top 5 in any order – 10 points in addition to the ones above.
Having one of your picks for the top 10 finish in the top 10 in any order – 5 points in addition to the ones above.
(So if you get first dead on, you’ll actually get 115 points (100 + 10 + 5) for that pick.)
-1 point for each spot one of your picks in the top 10 that finishes in the top 10 is off from its actual spot (but you can’t get negative points on a pick). So if you pick someone 2nd and they finish 7th (or worse), you would get 0 points (5 points for a top 10 pick but lose a max of 5 points for them being 7th or worse) for this person. If you pick someone 2nd and they finish 6th you get 1 point on this person (5 points for top 5 – 4 points for them being 6th instead of 2nd = 1 point total). If you pick someone in the top 10 and they finish out of the top 10 you get 0 points for them.
If there is a tie overall, the first tie breaker is who is closest to the men’s or women’s overall winning time. Then we’ll first see who picked the most spots perfectly correctly on either the men’s or women’s side, then we’ll see who had the most runners in the top 10 in the top 10 on both sides of the competition, then we’ll have a drawing between all of the people still tied. If there is a tie in the men’s or women’s competition we’ll do the tiebreaker above but restrict it to the men’s or women’s competition
And here are the results for reference:
MEN
1. Galen Rupp, 2:11:12
2. Meb Keflezighi, 2:12:20
3. Jared Ward, 2:13:00
4. Luke Puskedra, 2:14:12
5. Tyler Pennel, 2:14:57
6. Matthew Llano, 2:15:16
7. Shadrack Biwott, 2:15:23
8. Patrick Smyth, 2:15:26
9. Sean Quigley, 2:15:52
10. Nick Arciniaga, 2:16:25
WOMEN
1. Amy Cragg, 2:28:20
2. Desiree Linden, 2:28:54
3. Shalane Flanagan, 2:29:19
4. Kara Goucher, 2:30:24
5. Janet Bawcom, 2:31:14
6. Kellyn Taylor, 2:32:50
7. Maegan Krifchin, 2:33:28
8. Serena Burla, 2:34:22
9. Katja Goldring, 2:35:21
10. Alia Gray, 2:35:47
My men score is 178.
Just 12 seconds off the finish time.
My woman score is 67.
Almost 3 minutes off the finish time.
The above scores are based on not getting additional points for someone in the top 3 who I picked in the correct position. In other words, I picked Galen and Meb to go 1-2, so I get 150 combined for them. I don't ALSO get 20 points for that (10 points per person [x2] who I picked correctly in the top 5 in any order) because I think it's double dipping, but I'm not totally sure if that's true. If I can double dip, then my men score is actually 198. My woman score would stay the same.
For reference, these were my picks:
1 Rupp in 2:11:24
2 Meb
3 Puskedra
4 Ritz
5 Llano
6 Biwott
7 Ward
8 Eggleston
9 Estrada
10 Arciniaga
1 Desi in 2:25:50
2 Shalane
3 Kara
4 Cragg
5 Bersagel
6 Hall
7 Atkins
8 Nelson
9 Kellyn Taylor
10 Wade
Your Rupp pick is worth 115 and Meb 65- (they give the example in the rules that picking first dead on is worth 115). So I think you are over 200 for sure. I didn't add up all your other picks. I'm thinking Definitely tshirt level, maybe bordering on gift card
