vote for Wariner

[Jnathletics]

USAToday is having a poll for the 75th Sullivan Award, best amateur athlete in the USA. There is to be three phases of voting. One is through the USAToday poll. I found the poll on USAToday's sports front page.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/front.htm

[dukehjsteve]

Re: vote for Wariner

Everbody vote ! ( Assuming it's for Wariner ) I just did !!

[Daisy]

Re: vote for Wariner

That Phelps guy did pretty well too.

[EPelle]

Re: vote for Wariner

>That Phelps guy did pretty well too.

Wariner:

:: 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist - 400 Meters
:: 2004 Olympic Gold Medalist - 4x400-Meter Relay
:: 2004 NCAA Outdoor Champion - 400 Meters
:: 2004 NCAA Outdoor Champion - 4x400-Meter Relay
:: 2004 NCAA Indoor Champion - 400 Meters
:: 2004 NCAA Indoor Champion - 4x400-Meter Relay
:: 2004 Midwest Regional Champion - 400 Meters
:: 2004 Midwest Regional Champion - 4x400-Meter Relay
:: 2004 Big 12 Outdoor Champion - 4x400-Meter Relay
:: 2004 Big 12 Indoor Champion - 400 Meters
:: 2004 Big 12 Indoor Champion - 4x400-Meter Relay

Phelps:

:: Won six gold medals and two bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympic games, becoming the first Olympian since 1980 to win eight medals in a single year.
:: 13-time World record holder
:: Three-time Olympic record holder
:: 18-time American record holder
:: Five-time World Champion
:: Owns 20 US National Titles
:: 2001 & 2003 USA Swimmer of the Year
:: Named the 2003 World Championships "Swimmer of the Meet" after capturing six medals and breaking five world records.
:: Named 2004 Outstanding Athlete of the Year by the United States Sports Academy
:: Tied Mark Spitz's record of four individual gold medals at the 2004 Athens games
:: First American male to qualify for six individual Olympic events
:: Only swimmer in history to set five individual world records in one international meet
:: First male swimmer to break two world records in separate events in the same day
:: Only male swimmer to win five individual events in a single Nationals meet
:: Became the youngest male Olympian (age 15) since 1934 at the 2000 games
:: Youngest (15) male world record-holder in modern-day history
:: Gave up his collegiate eligibility at 16 to turn professional as a member of Team Speedo, becoming the youngest American male ever to turn pro


Aha, the difference is that NCAA thingy you guys keep talking about: Phelps doesn:t seem to own one of those!

[Kevin]

Re: vote for Wariner

Okay, I just voted. I bet Jeremy would have a lot more of those gold medals if they held 350m and 450m races, 400m from a standing start, 400m starting with the right foot forward.....

Swimmers just don't differ that much from one race to the next, certainly over similar distances. Now if Phelps had won both sprints and say, the 1500m freestyle, I might have had to reconsidr my vote.

[Daisy]

Re: vote for Wariner

>Okay, I just voted. I bet Jeremy would have a lot more of those gold medals if
>they held 350m and 450m races, 400m from a standing start, 400m starting with
>the right foot forward.....


I understand the argument is quality over quantity. But Phelps is high up there on the quality scales too.

Needless to say, I voted for Wariner since we need some positive PR.

[Kevin]

Re: vote for Wariner

You are right about Phelps' quality. No point in me denegrating swimming just because I have a preference for athletics. Even a Kentucky boy knows there are other sports out there.....like basketball.

I know tafnut, I saw the game yesterday. That David Lee has become every bit of the player I thought he would.