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Friday, June 16, 2006

More Fantasy League Stats

Now I've done some calculating on the women's side. The top ten:

Brigitte Ann FOSTER−HYLTONJAM100mH185.6
Tatyana LEBEDEVARUSLJ, TJ179.4
Lolo JONES USA100m,100mH176.6
Blanka VLAŠIĆ CROHJ176.6
Sanya RICHARDSUSA 400m176.0
Kajsa BERGQVISTSWEHJ175.5
Delloreen ENNIS−LONDONJAM100mH173.4
Danielle CARRUTHERSUSA100mH170.7
Lashinda DEMUS USA 400mH166.2
Tirunesh DIBABA ETH5k, 10k164.7

The top fifty, men and women combined:
Bershawn JACKSONUSA400mH197
Asafa POWELL JAM100m196
Justin GATLIN USA100m,200m195
Virgilijus ALEKNA LTUDT192
Brigitte Ann FOSTER−HYLTONJAM100mH185.6
Alex KIPCHIRCHIRKEN1500m182
Tatyana LEBEDEVARUSLJ, TJ179.4
Jadel GREGÓRIOBRATJ178
Andreas THORKILDSENNORJT178
Irving SALADINOPANLJ178
Lolo JONES USA100m,100mH176.6
Blanka VLAŠIĆ CROHJ176.6
Sanya RICHARDSUSA 400m176.0
Kajsa BERGQVISTSWEHJ175.5
Delloreen ENNIS−LONDONJAM100mH173.4
Danielle CARRUTHERSUSA100mH170.7
Suleiman Kipses SIMOTWOKEN1500m168
Lashinda DEMUS USA 400mH166.2
Gary KIKAYA COD400m166
Wilfred BUNGEI KEN800m166
Tirunesh DIBABA ETH5k, 10k164.7
James CARTER USA400mH165
Kim GEVAERTBEL200m164.6
Isaac Kiprono SONGOKKEN1500m,5000m165
Anna ROGOWSKAPOLPV164.4
Meseret DEFAR ETH5000m164.1
Dwight PHILLIPS USALJ163
Alleyne FRANCIQUEGRN400m163
Cydonie MOTHERSILLCAY200m163.1
Brad WALKER USAPV163
Reese HOFFA USASP163
Stanislavs OLIJARS LAT110mH162
Christian CANTWELLUSASP162
Kenenisa BEKELE ETH5k, 10k161
Eliud KIPCHOGEKEN5k161
L.J. VAN ZYLRSA400mH161
Maurice WIGNALL JAM110mH161
Susanna KALLUR SWE100mH160.2
Adam NELSON USASP160
Bernard LAGAT USA1500m,5000m160
Daniel Kipchirchir KOMENKEN1500m160
Miguel PATE USALJ159
Janet JEPKOSGEIKEN800m159.1
Marc BURNS TRI100m159
Xiang LIU CHN110mH159
Kenia SINCLAIR JAM800m158.2
Kemel THOMPSONJAM400mH158
Jeremy WARINERUSA400m158
Rashid RAMZI BRN800m,1500m158
Wallace SPEARMONUSA200m158

Seeing a name like Jeremy Wariner's near the bottom of the list is not indicative of a poor season so far, just one that hasn't started in earnest yet.

The formula:
*World Ranking points divided by ten
*best point total from any single event on the World Athletics tour
*best finish in any one event at the World Athletics Final or World Cross Country long course (points system similar to that of the WAT, but higher)
*best finish in any one event at either World Cup or World Indoor Championships
It can't be helped, but this system ends up excluding multi-event athletes, racewalkers, and road racers.

If anyone is interested in getting into a fantasy league, post a comment.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I'll play. I have this crazy husband who always watches track and other boring sports like soccer -- I might as well get something out of it.