My American AOY's Stuczynski & Merritt

[Gleason]

My American AOYs

I'll go with Clay and Jennski.

Clay's season was short but dominant (moreso than LM's), and the Dec OG title is still #1 in my book.

I agree with Clay, but SBT is my choice for women. OG win equals everything else IMHO & SBT placed well in all other meets ending with WAF.

[AS]

Re: My American AOY's Stuczynski & Merritt

- Has won 5 consecutive U.S. Titles (6-overall)

How is this relevant for Athlete of the Year?

[Marlow]

I'll go with Clay and Jennski.

Clay's season was short but dominant (moreso than LM's), and the Dec OG title is still #1 in my book.

[imaginative]

Re: My American AOY's Stuczynski & Merritt

- She moved to #2 All-Time on world list (highest of all active americans)

Now _that_ is an interesting fact. Even more interesting: If we discount
``new'' events, the situation is similar for the rest of the world.
(With the long distance events as border-line cases for ``new''.)
Men's jumps, throws, and middle-distance are again similar world-wide.

But enough with the off-topic ramblings.

[MTsky]

These are my picks for American AOY's. These are the key stats of my picks!

Stuczynski:
- Only American Women to win an indoor and outdoor (olympics) World Medals this year. Silver indoor, Silver outdoor
- She moved to #2 All-Time on world list (highest of all active americans)
- Has won 5 consecutive U.S. Titles (6-overall)
- She broke the American Record 4x since May 07: 2x this year included AR at Olympic Trials in Eugene
- Behind only Isinbayeva (best all-time) without Isi, Stuczynski is indoor world champ, Olympic champ and would have broken world record 3x's.
- Won Visa Outdoor Championship
- She gets my pick as American AOY

Merritt:

- Won U.S. Olympic trials
- Provides the greatest American rivalry for this season and provides one of the greatest world rivalries this year!
- Comes through and best the favorite (Wariner) on biggest stage (Olympics)
- Also takes a Relay Gold
- He gets my pick as American AOY