Do you think that Lalang's 3k/mile (with two meet records) win yesterday was better than Rupp's 5k/DMR/3k win from 2009? It's gotta be close, but from what I remember, Rupp anchored that DMR in sub 4 less than an hour after his 5k victory. That's some impressive stuff, but so is running 3:54/7:45 on the same day.
I'm just not sure, it's really close. I guess I'll give the nod to Lalang because he also had to run sub 4 in his prelim the night before.
I would be inclined to say Rupp; though Lawi's 3:54 was more impressive than any one of Rupp's individual races.
Lalangs and not even close.
Rupp and not even close.
I used IAAF Scoring Table to compare the results based on the three races each of them ran and it comes out pretty damn close:
Lawi-3370
Galen-3285
Some things to keep in mind though:
-Rupp ran the DMR approx. one hour after the 5k and still went 3:58 high.
-Rupp won by 6 seconds in the 3k.
-Lawi rand the mile/3k double with a little under 2 hours rest
-Lawi had close competition in both races.
Fun fact: Who did Rupp out kick to win the DMR that year.....Dorian Ulrey of Arkansas
NOOOOOOB wrote:
Fun fact: Who did Rupp out kick to win the DMR that year.....Dorian Ulrey of Arkansas
The same guy that paced Rupp to his 3:50 mile!
that was a heartbreaker for ulrey.
the dmr really is one of the crappiest events. it's almost a bad thing to get the baton with a 3 second lead.
Anyone have a link to a video of any of Rupp's races from 2009? thanks
UPDATE: according to a flotrack dmr article...rupp's split in the 09' dmr was 3:57.09...which would virtually make the points a tie as i used 3:58.6 as rupp's dmr time for the points table.
That's it. I'm changing my answer to Rupp. Absolutely dominant.
bangalangadanga wrote:
that was a heartbreaker for ulrey.
the dmr really is one of the crappiest events. it's almost a bad thing to get the baton with a 3 second lead.
I love the dmr at the high school level, but you're absolutely right. Getting the baton right behind the leaders is better than being in front, especially in a championship race where it's all about the kick
The competition was higher for Lalang, his times were better, and he still dominated.
bangalangadanga wrote:
it's almost a bad thing to get the baton with a 3 second lead.
For the mentally weak.
winning 3 events>winning 2 events.
20 team points versus 30 team points. I rest my case.
steve red wrote:
20 team points versus 30 team points. I rest my case.
That's not a fair comparison because Rupp didn't win the 10 points all by himself, just like Lawi couldn't have put together a winning DMR by pulling three walk-ons from the U of A to run the other legs.
In a similar vein, how many of Michael Phelps' medals were relays? They all shouldn't count the same...
Fair enough.
20 team points versus 22.5 team points.
I now rest my case.
steve red wrote:
Fair enough.
20 team points versus 22.5 team points.
I now rest my case.
yay.