So says the media of Oregon who voted Galen Rupp as one of the finalists for the pro athlete of the year and omitted Chris Solinsky. Chris beat Galen in every race they matched up in and ran 3 times under 13 and set the AR for christs sakes! To me it just makes awards a joke when such things happen. Probably cuz Galen is the local golden boy but even Galen has to be completely emmarassed by this.
As long as you're going to mention Solinsky, Lagat set two american records (indoor and outdoor 5k), won indoor worlds in the 3k, and beat Solinsky every time they raced.
Organ sucks
Shoulda been, in this order:
Solinsky, Lagat, Rupp
Solinsky because he has performed remarkably well in the 10k and has very good times in the 5k too.
Lagat because he ran that 12:54 5000
Rupp because he's...Rupp...?
The media likes to make golden boys for things they simply just don't understand.
Wouldn't it be more accurately called the Oregon Circle Jerk awards?
Good point. Perhaps its a question of his residence. Its the OREGON sports awards. His bio has him residing in Portland Oregon. But I have it in my mind that he still owns a house in Wisconsin and the he was doing a lot of training in Wisconsin even just last year. Particularly in the winter and leading up to Payton Jordan.
For real? No seriously! wrote:
So says the media of Oregon who voted Galen Rupp as one of the finalists for the pro athlete of the year and omitted Chris Solinsky. Chris beat Galen in every race they matched up in and ran 3 times under 13 and set the AR for christs sakes! To me it just makes awards a joke when such things happen. Probably cuz Galen is the local golden boy but even Galen has to be completely emmarassed by this.
ryan foreman wrote:
Good point. Perhaps its a question of his residence. Its the OREGON sports awards. His bio has him residing in Portland Oregon. But I have it in my mind that he still owns a house in Wisconsin and the he was doing a lot of training in Wisconsin even just last year. Particularly in the winter and leading up to Payton Jordan.
For real? No seriously! wrote:So says the media of Oregon who voted Galen Rupp as one of the finalists for the pro athlete of the year and omitted Chris Solinsky. Chris beat Galen in every race they matched up in and ran 3 times under 13 and set the AR for christs sakes! To me it just makes awards a joke when such things happen. Probably cuz Galen is the local golden boy but even Galen has to be completely emmarassed by this.
If you look at the nominations it mentions the criteria. Must be on a oregon based professional team or from oregon. solinsky was also a nominee, but lost out to rupp.
Ashton Eaton set a WORLD RECORD.
Ryan Bailey ran 9.88.
Rupp got his butt kicked by Solinsky how many times??
Exactly, Rupp did essentially nothing but slightly lower his 5k and 10k PR's behind better efforts from another Oregonian. Guys throwing Lagat into mix, he lives in Arizona. Awards discussion is just for Oregonians.
Solinsky meets the standards for the award which states that its for Oregon residents. Solinsky spent over half the year the past 3 years in Oregon so he qualifies as much as Rupp who spent about an equal amount of time in the state.
Eaton is up for amateur award along with Wheating although both turned pro after end of collegiate season although Ashton never competed as a pro while Wheating did.
Bailey's marks certainly superior to Rupp's IMHO and Nick Symmonds comes to mind as another strong Oregon pro. Sounds like Al was on the selection committee. Awards are at Nike campus if you note.
Some food for thought - Rupp won the 10K at the US championships and was also 5th in the 3000 at world indoors, where as Solinsky didn't compete at either.
Who cares about US Championships in a non WC year? The 5th at world indoors is impressive, but the jog and sprint 10k "championship" is completely meaningless.
I am a Rupp fan, he has a great future ahead of him, but Solinsky was far above him in 2010.
Why are you all crying about Solinsky vs Rupp when we should really be talking about Sally Kipyego's new 10,000 WR! She ran a 14:38.64!!!! Do you realize how fast that is? And she;s not even on the finalist list like Shalane! That's just plain racism. http://oregonsportsawards.com/wp-content/uploads/Female-Nominees-Glickman.pdf
The Angel of Death wrote:
Some food for thought - Rupp won the 10K at the US championships and was also 5th in the 3000 at world indoors, where as Solinsky didn't compete at either.
Solinsky didn't compete at World Indoors because he didn't make the team. He was third behind Lagat and Rupp at US Indoors.
That said, I'd take Solinsky's year over Rupp's, even though Rupp had a pretty good year.
For real? No seriously! wrote:
So says the media of Oregon who voted Galen Rupp as one of the finalists for the pro athlete of the year and omitted Chris Solinsky. Chris beat Galen in every race they matched up in and ran 3 times under 13 and set the AR for christs sakes! To me it just makes awards a joke when such things happen. Probably cuz Galen is the local golden boy but even Galen has to be completely emmarassed by this.
Actually, no, Rupp beat Solinsky off the WC 3000m team at USA, got through the semis at WCs, and was 5th in the final. This was a year where the only important race was WC Indoor. And where was Solinsky? At home because he was beaten when it mattered by Galen Rupp. Obviously, it would be a joke to give the award to Solinsky, not the reverse.
Speaking as a Rupp fan, who DOES think Solinsky had the better year... the logic being used to say Solinsky had a better year than Rupp is the same logic that was being used to defend Rupp when he was running fast times but not showing up at championships in college.
Rupp 2010 > Solinsky 2010 wrote:
Actually, no, Rupp beat Solinsky off the WC 3000m team at USA, got through the semis at WCs, and was 5th in the final. This was a year where the only important race was WC Indoor. And where was Solinsky? At home because he was beaten when it mattered by Galen Rupp. Obviously, it would be a joke to give the award to Solinsky, not the reverse.
Indoors NEVER matters.
Say it slowly. Over and over. Let it sink in.
Indoors NEVER matters.
themanontherun wrote:
Speaking as a Rupp fan, who DOES think Solinsky had the better year... the logic being used to say Solinsky had a better year than Rupp is the same logic that was being used to defend Rupp when he was running fast times but not showing up at championships in college.
Did you watch any of last season?
It's for people FROM Oregon, I think. Because none of the other guys live in Oregon.
It's not just for people who grew up here. Shalane Flanagan is on the women's list and she's newer to the area than Solinsky.
Repeat after me wrote:
Indoors NEVER matters.
Say it slowly. Over and over. Let it sink in.
Indoors NEVER matters.
It does when gold, silver, and bronze medals are being dispensed.
Local races NEVER matter. Say it slowly. Over and over. Let it sink in.
Only championship races matter.