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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Superfan Rankings

Last year I started experimenting with an event-by-event rankings system. This year I'm going forward with it. I'll give regular updates as the season goes along.

Right now, the only events that really have enough going on to do any kind of meaningful rankings are field events--specifically, the shot, high jump, and pole vault (and even then I can't go more than five deep). I've got men's standings updated, and I may be able to get to the women by the end of the day.

Note that the number of meets I refer to is not necessarily the number of times the athlete has competed this year, but the number of meets where the athlete has scored points (a major invitational, an inportant national/international meet, or a minor meet with a big mark).

Men's Shot Put
1. Christian Cantwell (USA) 55 pts / 6 meets
2. Adam Nelson (USA) 46 pts / 5 meets
3. Reese Hoffa (USA) 37 pts / 5 meets
4. Scott Martin (Australia) 14 pts / 1 meet
5. Peter Sack (Germany) 12 pts / 2 meets

Men's High Jump
1. Ivan Ukhov (Russia) 67 pts / 7 meets
2. Stefan Holm (Sweden) 66 pts / 7 meets
3. Andrey Silnov (Russia) 60.5 pts / 6 meets
4. Yaroslav Rybakov (Russia) 44 pts / 4 meets
5. Linus Thörnblad (Sweden) 35 pts / 5 meets

Men's Pole Vault
1. Yevgeniy Lukyanenko (Russia) 44.5 pts / 6 meets
2. Tim Lobinger (Germany) 37 pts / 6 meets
3. Derek Miles (USA) 23.5 pts / 4 meets
4. Sergey Kucheryanu (Russia) 21 pts / 5 meets
5. Igor Pavlov (Russia) 18 pts / 3 meets

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