tafnut NCAA Challenge

[tafnut]

Here are the list leaders for this weekend's meet. Your job is to tell us who will win each event that is NOT a LL. Just list the events and winners that do not appear below. Deadline is Thursday midnight PST. The winner gets the 'Feuer Award', which is a gold-embossed certificate declaring the recipient Indoor Progger of the Year.

Men
60 - Tyson Gay
200 - Wallace Spearmon
400 - Kerron Clement
800 - Joel Williams
Mile - Sean Jefferson
3000 - Nick Willis
5000 - Matt Tegenkamp
60 Hurdles - Antwon Hicks
4x400 Relay - Florida
Distance Medley Relay - Michigan
High Jump - Andra Manson
Pole Vault - Tommy Skipper
Long Jump - Aarik Wilsonn
Triple Jump - Aarik Wilson
Shot Put - Garrett Johnson
Weight Throw - Spyridon Jullien
Heptathlon - Maurice Smith

Women
60 - Fana Ashby
200 - Hazel Ann Regis
400 - Tiandra Ponteen
800 - Nicole Cook
Mile - Lindsey Gallo
3000 - Marina Muncan
5000 - Maureen McCandless
60 Hurdles - Priscilla Lopes
4x400 Relay - LSU
Distance Medley Relay - Villanova
High Jump - Gaelle Niare
Women Pole Vault - Kate Soma
Long Jump - Tianna Madison
Triple Jump - Erica McLain
Shot Put - Kimberli Barrett
Weight Throw - Candice Scott
Pentathlon - Ashley Selig

[silva]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

As you said, events not included means I believe the list leader will take the title

Men
60 D. Blanton, OU
200 X. Carter, LSU
800 K. Hicks, FAMU
Mile S. Ahmed, ARK
5000 C. Solinsky, Wisc
60H A. Merritt, UTenn
LJ Watson, UO

Women
400 H. Regis, LSU
Mile A. Shadle, UN
3000 S. Bei, SU
DMR Michigan
HJ C. Howard, GTech
PV L. Janson, FSU
SP C. Scott, UF
Pent A. Williams, Mia

[slowcoach]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

Here's my entry:

[tafnut]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

>Here's my entry: <

wow - gutsy picks!

[tafnut]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

Here's my first guess:

Men
60 Blanton
800 Brannen
4x4 Ariz St
Hept Kilmartin

Women
3000 Bei
5000 Craig
DMR Stanford
HJ Howard (actually the co-leader at 1.90)

[MJD]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

800-Brannen
Mile-Willis

DMR-women-Michigan

[tafnut]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

here's your cheat-sheet - I may have to reconsider some of my picks

http://www.trackshark.com/articles/2005/7.php

[Jnathletics]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

Let's shake it up a little

Men
400 Barry Auburn
800 Johnson TT
1500 Willis MI
3000 Hall Stanford
4X400 LSU
TJ Curry Fl. St.
Hept. Kilmartin Tx

Women
200 Champion Tenn
400 Hastings S.C.
5000 Craig Stanford
4X400 South Carolina
DM Michigan sweeps the important races 1500 & DM's
HJ Howard GT (is this really a different pick?)
TJ Hill Kansas St.

[Soulja Slim]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

honestly, if he was in D1 i would throw Trell Kimmons in there as the winner in the 60 meter

he ran a 6.55 in juco national championships with no competition. put him in there with tyson gay ,blayton, dix , all those boys and he runs a 6.50 guaranted!!!!!!!!!!!!1

[Tvarish]

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>Here are the list leaders for this weekend's meet. Your job is to tell us who
>will win each event that is NOT a LL. Just list the events and winners that do
>not appear below. Deadline is Thursday midnight PST. The winner gets the 'Feuer
>Award', which is a gold-embossed certificate declaring the recipient Indoor
>Progger of the Year.

Men
60 - Tyson Gay
200 - Wallace Spearmon
400 -
>Kerron Clement
800 - Joel Williams
Mile - Sean Jefferson
3000 - Nick
>Willis
5000 - Matt Tegenkamp
60 Hurdles - Antwon Hicks
4x400 Relay -
>Florida
Distance Medley Relay - Michigan
High Jump - Andra Manson
Pole Vault
>- Tommy Skipper
Long Jump - Aarik Wilsonn
Triple Jump - Aarik Wilson
Shot
>Put - Garrett Johnson
Weight Throw - Spyridon Jullien
Heptathlon - Maurice
>Smith

Women
60 - Fana Ashby
200 - Hazel Ann Regis
400 - Tiandra
>Ponteen
800 - Nicole Cook
Mile - Lindsey Gallo
3000 - Marina Muncan
5000 -
>Maureen McCandless
60 Hurdles - Priscilla Lopes
4x400 Relay - LSU
Distance
>Medley Relay - Villanova
High Jump - Gaelle Niare
Women Pole Vault - Kate
>Soma
Long Jump - Tianna Madison
Triple Jump - Erica McLain
Shot Put -
>Kimberli Barrett
Weight Throw - Candice Scott
Pentathlon - Ashley Selig


M

60 H - Merritt
SP - Lohtse (Sp) CSU
Hept. - Hardee

W
Pent. - Menlove

[tafnut]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

gotta go with my first choices - too late - gotta go to bed.

[tafnut]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

Not many brave souls took this on, esp. considering that it's easier to beat the house when it's list leaders, rather than real favorites. Be that as it may, here are the Day 1 standings:

Jnathletics +2
tafnut +1
MJD even
silva -2
Tvarish -2

[Jon]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

Where is slowcoach among those standings??

;-)

[tafnut]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

>Where is slowcoach among those standings??
;-)

He may do just fine at even - I just blew the Hep (or rather - Kilmartin blew it!)

[tafnut]

Re: tafnut NCAA Challenge

MJD, in a brilliant move of minimalist strategy (only pick distance events and go with the Canadians!) wins the Challenge

MJD +1
tafnut even
Jnathletics even
[slow coach even] !!
silva -1
Tvarish -4

Have there ever been a championships like this, where the list leaders were so often the favorites also?

On a personal note, I'm so glad a spent an hour doping out the meet so I could finish no better than the 'list leaders', and even that was cheating cuz wHJ was really won by a co-list leader, or else I would have been -1!