Someone please explain this scoring to me. Why does it seem like sprinters always win?
Someone please explain this scoring to me. Why does it seem like sprinters always win?
In general, American sprinters are better on a world stage than most of our other athletes.
The scoring is based on IAAF scoring tables. So you're basically scoring yourself against the rest of the world, not the rest of the USA.
That said, the women's pole vault scoring tables I think still are a bit screwy since it's a (relatively) newer event compared to most others. The talent level is obviously skewed a bit, so that the top athletes (Stucz and Isi) are clearly head and shoulders above most others.
I agree that Stuczynski's AR is more impressive than Lolo's hurdle time or whatever the other candidates' performances were, but in GENERAL, the sprinters in the USA are much closer to being "at the top of the world" in their event than most of our other athletes. Unfortunately, in this situation I think the tables got it wrong.
On the men's side, Trammell definitely deserved it, coming within 0.01 of a formidable AR.
;alkjdsfa;slkfj wrote:
In general, American sprinters are better on a world stage than most of our other athletes.
The scoring is based on IAAF scoring tables. So you're basically scoring yourself against the rest of the world, not the rest of the USA.
That said, the women's pole vault scoring tables I think still are a bit screwy since it's a (relatively) newer event compared to most others. The talent level is obviously skewed a bit, so that the top athletes (Stucz and Isi) are clearly head and shoulders above most others.
I agree that Stuczynski's AR is more impressive than Lolo's hurdle time or whatever the other candidates' performances were, but in GENERAL, the sprinters in the USA are much closer to being "at the top of the world" in their event than most of our other athletes. Unfortunately, in this situation I think the tables got it wrong.
On the men's side, Trammell definitely deserved it, coming within 0.01 of a formidable AR.
say what? wrote:
;alkjdsfa;slkfj wrote:In general, American sprinters are better on a world stage than most of our other athletes.
The scoring is based on IAAF scoring tables. So you're basically scoring yourself against the rest of the world, not the rest of the USA.
That said, the women's pole vault scoring tables I think still are a bit screwy since it's a (relatively) newer event compared to most others. The talent level is obviously skewed a bit, so that the top athletes (Stucz and Isi) are clearly head and shoulders above most others.
I agree that Stuczynski's AR is more impressive than Lolo's hurdle time or whatever the other candidates' performances were, but in GENERAL, the sprinters in the USA are much closer to being "at the top of the world" in their event than most of our other athletes. Unfortunately, in this situation I think the tables got it wrong.
On the men's side, Trammell definitely deserved it, coming within 0.01 of a formidable AR.
Do we even have a USAT&F scoring table to use/
Is Malmos buddy Former USA National Championship meet record holder in the steeplechase James Munyala running this thing?
Jenn S reached a height that only one other woman in the world can achieve in the PV. Seems like she should have won. Isn't it also a little odd for Lolo to be judged the winner of a "Series" when this is the only U.S. indoor meet she did this winter?
Likes Lolo Anyway wrote:
Isn't it also a little odd for Lolo to be judged the winner of a "Series" when this is the only U.S. indoor meet she did this winter?
I find Visa's term "Grand Prix" for USATF indoor and outdoor track to be somewhat disingenuous. Certainly, Visa is to be thanked for putting up the money to get the big names to compete. But to me a Grand Prix measures performances over a series of races, while's the USATF's version uses only an athlete's best performance in the entire series. It took me a time to realize that, as it is not really spelled out by the TV announcers. I think it would be better if athletes were scored on their best two or three performances of the four race indoor series, and a proportional number for outdoor.
Grand Prix means Grand Prize in english. The term is not a trademark and can be used freele.
flanagan and hoffa won last year
Only 4 women entered the PV, and one NH, Joke.
Whatever LoLo wants, LoLo gets...
...though Jenn would be a close second for those of you scoring at home.