FOFCs Greatest Athlete

[JAG]

I'd suggest that if you haven't heard fromt them by now (or over 24 hrs or some amount of time in the future) that you just put them on autopilot until they return and have them choose a sensible course of action. I think it'll keep your dynasty moving along more smoothly and when they return, they probably won't object to your providing some guidance in their absence. I would still wait for those who continue to get back to you in a decent amount of time though.

[JeeberD]

Wasn't Eckberg supposed to start at 6'7" as well?

[SirFozzie]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP - Status Update

I have completed this event with:

Pflaggstettler
Mello
Babson
Gunner
Cat
Yellope (I finished him using the instructions listed in the post above - picking up the jumps at 6' 9" and jumping at every new height until maxed out, reaching 8 jumps, or 3 misses whichever came first)

and am scheduled to finish with Gonzalez this morning.

We are now on 6' 8" and I'll need instructions from:

Kappe
Soldier
Palmer

before I can continue. Unfortunately, Kappe and Soldier are 2 that haven't gotten instructions in for a while - so I expect I'll have to wait until tomorrow to continue the event. (I'm open for suggestions. If you see them online maybe PM to them that we need instructions before we can move on.)

If anyone active wants to complete the event through PM I'm still open to that option.

Just get them going with basic strategy until you hear back from em.

[albionmoonlight]

I concur re: noshows. Do a basic/conservative gameplan with them.

[ntndeacon]

Palmer will go both 6'8" and 6'9". If he gets both jumps in 4 jumps or less he will try 6'10. If not he will be done.

[Breeze]

OK the majority of participants would prefer I starting moving on with the players who haven't been as active. Therefore, if I haven't received input from Kappe or Soldier by tomorrow I will continue jumping there players every inch until the have 7 jumps, 3 misses, or have maxed out.

I'll give Mighty the opportunity to get his instruction in, because he's been good about keeping in touch.

I have now finished the event with:

Pflaggstettler
Yellope
Palmer
Mello
Babson
Ivanov
Eckberg
Gunner
Cat

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP - Status Update

Gonzalez is now finished with this event.

Since I'm going to finish up the event for Soldier and Kappe tomorrow if they don't contact me (and I don't expect they will), if Lesgettham, Mighty and Elli can be prepared to go as well, we'll finish the event before the weekend. Then I'll see if I have time to get the 400 in as well (since it required no interaction on your part). I do have several meetings tomorrow so no promises, but we'll see.

[vex]

I was personally kind of hoping to use some strategy in my jumps, but if the other two decide to do all their jumps, I will too.

[Breeze]

I was personally kind of hoping to use some strategy in my jumps, but if the other two decide to do all their jumps, I will too.


Vex,

You can. I'm not asking you to do it through PM, just to be available to annouce your decisions. With most people finished, the rest of the event will move quickly as long as you and Mighty are available. (note:Lesgettham sent me some pretty detailed instructions through PM last night).

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP

6' 8"
-----------------------------------

Mello announces he will pass this height

Kappe annouces he will attempt this height

Ivanov annouces he will attempt this height

Elli annouces he will attempt this height

Palmer annouces he will attempt this height

Yellope passes this height

Soldier annouces he will attempt this height

Pflaggstettler annouces he will attempt this height

Mighty annouces he will attempt this height

Gonzalez annouces he will attempt this height

Babson annouces he will attempt this height

Nights annouces he will attempt this height


Kappe misses his first attempt(4th overall)

Ivanov misses his first attempt

Soldier misses on his first attempt

Elli misses on his first attempt

WOW - this a bad start at this height

Nights clears his first attempt

Pflaggstettler clears on his first attempt

Palmer clears on his first attempt (3rd overall)

Mighty clears on his first attempt

Gonzalez sails over the bar - easily clearing it - probably would have cleared 7' with that jump

Babson clears on his first attempt

Kappe clears on his 2nd attempt (5th overall)

Ivanov misses on his second attempt (4th overall)

Soldier clears on his 2nd attempt (3rd overall)

Elli easily clears on his second attempt (3rd overall)

Ivanov on his last attempt clips the bar with his hip and fails to clear.



Ivanov finishes with a height of 6' 6"

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP - Status Update

We are starting 6' 9" and all I need is instructions from:

Elli
Mighty
Nights

As soon as I get them - I'll post the results.

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP - Status Update

Vex Elli has completed the event...now we are just waiting on Nights and Mighty.

[JeffNights]

i'll jump here.

[thealmighty]

skip

[SirFozzie]

bump :)

[vex]

I think he takes the weekends off.

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP

6' 9"
-----------------------------------

Mello announces he will attempt this height

Kappe annouces he will attempt this height

Elli annouces he will attempt this height

Palmer annouces he will attempt this height

Yellope annouces he will attempt this height

Soldier annouces he will attempt this height

Pflaggstettler annouces he will attempt this height

Mighty passes this height

Gonzalez passes this height

Babson annouces he will attempt this height

Nights annouces he will attempt this height

Lesgettham annouces he will attempt this height

Eckberg annouces he will attempt this height



Mello misses his first attempt(6th overall)

Kappe clears on his first attempt (6th overall)

Soldier clears on his first attempt (4th overall)

Elli's steps are off and he ends up walking into the bar. (4th overall)

Nights clears his first attempt

Pflaggstettler like Elli walks into the bar for a foul

Palmer fouls on the first attempt (4th overall)

Yellope clears on his first attempt

Babson clears on his first attempt

Lesgettham easily clears on his opening jump

Eckberg starts the event with a foul on his opening height

Mello fouls on his 2nd attempt (7th overall)

Elli fails to clear with his second attempt at this height (5th overall)

Pflaggstettler clears on his 2nd attempt (3rd overall)

Palmer fails to clear with his second attempt at this height (5th overall)

Eckberg sails over the bar on his second attempt at this height

Mello annouces he is finished with the event

Elli clears on his 3rd attempt (6th overall)

Palmer clears on his 3rd attempt (6th overall)

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Mello finishes with a height of 6' 7"

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP - Status Update

We are on 6' 10".

I need instructions from Nights and Mighty.

[vex]

Man, that was a scary round for Elli and Palmer.

[SirFozzie]

What happened to me at 6'9".. I assume I cleared, didn't see my jump

[ntndeacon]

At least Palmer won't be at the very bottom of the pack in this event.

[Breeze]

What happened to me at 6'9".. I assume I cleared, didn't see my jump


Sorry Foz, missed that. I've entered the results above - but to save you time - you cleared on the first attempt.

[thealmighty]

jump

[JeffNights]

nights will pass

[Breeze]

Nights going to jump at 6' 11"?

[JeffNights]

Hell yes!

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP

6' 10"
-----------------------------------

Kappe annouces he will attempt this height

Elli annouces he will attempt this height

Palmer annouces he will attempt this height

Yellope annouces he will attempt this height

Soldier annouces he will attempt this height

Pflaggstettler annouces he will attempt this height

Mighty annouces he will attempt this height

Gonzalez annouces he will attempt this height

Babson annouces he will attempt this height

Nights annouces he will pass this height

Lesgettham annouces he will attempt this height

Eckberg annouces he will attempt this height

--------------------------------------

Kappe clears on his first attempt (7th overall)

Elli's clears on his first attempt (7th overall)[/color]

Palmer fouls on his first attempt (7th overall)

Yellope fouls on his first attempt (3rd overall)

Soldier clears on his first attempt

Pflaggstettler clears on his first attempt

Mighty fouls on his first attempt

Gonzalez fouls on the first attempt (3rd overall)

Babson fouls on his first attempt (3rd overall)

Lesgettham fouls on his first attempt

Eckberg fouls on his first attempt

Palmer annouces he has finished jumping

Yellope clears on his second attempt (4th overall)

Mighty doesn't event come close to clearing on his second attempt (3rd overall)

Gonzalez clears on his 2nd attempt (3rd overall)

Babson clears on his 2nd attempt (4th overall)

Lesgettham clears on his 2nd attempt (3rd overall)

Eckberg clears on his second attempt (4th overall)

Mighty clears the bar on his third attempt (4th overall)

------------------------------------------------------------------

Palmer finished jumping and records a height of 6' 9"

Elli annouces he has finished jumping and records a height of 6' 10"

Kappe annouces he has finished jumping and records a height of 6' 10"

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP - Status Update

We are on 6' 11" and I'm only waiting on Mighty, who I think is going to try and complete the event through PM later this morning.

I already know Nights is jumping at 6' 11". Jeff if you can get with me and let me know your intentions moving forward, I can complete the entire event and we can move on to the 400 Meters.

[StanGunner]

Longest high jump event in history. .....;-;.....

[Breeze]

Longest high jump event in history. .....;-;.....


I know... :rolleyes:

- sorry, I'm trying to keep it fair and still move it along.

[PilotMan]

Thanks for reminding me how bad Ivonov did in this even. Every day that it goes on hurts more and more. [sniff]

[kingfc22]

Guys - doing this event over PM takes like 5 minutes.

[albionmoonlight]

I know... :rolleyes:

- sorry, I'm trying to keep it fair and still move it along.
You are doing great. You are really going out of your way to keep it moving. I'm enjoying it so far.

[Chas in Cinti]

You are doing great. You are really going out of your way to keep it moving. I'm enjoying it so far.

Me too... I'm loving this... GO PFLAGSTETTLER!!!

[vex]

Go Elli!!!....next year:)

There will be a next year, right? I mean, I need to defend my loserdom.

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP - Status Update

Mighty is finished - he actually would have finished yesterday, but I was unavailable.

Just waiting on Nights to answer 1 question - then I can wrap up.

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP

6' 11"
-----------------------------------

Yellope annouces he will attempt this height

Soldier annouces he will attempt this height

Pflaggstettler annouces he will attempt this height

Mighty annouces he will attempt this height

Gonzalez annouces he will pass this height

Babson annouces he will attempt this height

Nights annouces he will pass this height

Lesgettham annouces he will attempt this height

Eckberg annouces he will attempt this height

Gunner annouces he will attempt this height



Yellope fouls on his first attempt (5th overall)

Soldier fouls on his first attempt (6th overall)

Pflaggstettler clears on his first attempt (5th overall)

Mighty clears on his first attempt (5th overall)

Babson clears on his first attempt (5th overall)

Nights sails over the bar on his first attempt (3rd overall)

Lesgettham fouls on his first attempt (4th overall)

Eckberg fouls on his first attempt (5th overall)

Gunner clears on his initial jump

Yellope misses on his 2nd jump (6th overall)

Soldier misses on his 2nd attempt (7th overall)

Lesgettham misses on his 2nd jump (5th overall)

Eckberg jumps on his second attempt and hits the bar. He leaves the pit with a grimace on his face - and I think I detect a slight limp (6th overall)

Yellope misses on his 3rd and final jump (7th overall)

Soldier announces he is finished jumping

Eckberg attempts a 3rd jump at this height, but his effort is obviously affected by what is apparently a foot injury)

Lesgettham annouces he will pass this height and attempt 7'

------------------------------------------------------------------



Yellope is finished recording a height of 6' 10"

Eckberg is finished recording a height of 6' 10"

Soldier is finished recording a height of 6' 10"

Pflaggstettler annouces he is finished jumping and recordes a height of 6' 11"

Babson annouces he is finished jumping and recordes a height of 6' 11"

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP

6' 11"
-----------------------------------

Yellope annouces he will attempt this height

Soldier annouces he will attempt this height

Pflaggstettler annouces he will attempt this height

Mighty annouces he will attempt this height

Gonzalez annouces he will pass this height

Babson annouces he will attempt this height

Nights annouces he will pass this height

Lesgettham annouces he will attempt this height

Eckberg annouces he will attempt this height

Gunner annouces he will attempt this height



Yellope fouls on his first attempt (5th overall)

Soldier fouls on his first attempt (6th overall)

Pflaggstettler clears on his first attempt (5th overall)

Mighty clears on his first attempt (5th overall)

Babson clears on his first attempt (5th overall)

Nights sails over the bar on his first attempt (3rd overall)

Lesgettham fouls on his first attempt (4th overall)

Eckberg fouls on his first attempt (5th overall)

Gunner clears on his initial jump

Yellope misses on his 2nd jump (6th overall)

Soldier misses on his 2nd attempt (7th overall)

Lesgettham misses on his 2nd jump (5th overall)

Eckberg jumps on his second attempt and hits the bar. He leaves the pit with a grimace on his face - and I think I detect a slight limp (6th overall)

Yellope misses on his 3rd and final jump (7th overall)

Soldier announces he is finished jumping

Eckberg attempts a 3rd jump at this height, but his effort is obviously affected by what is apparently a foot injury)

Lesgettham annouces he will pass this height and attempt 7'

------------------------------------------------------------------



Yellope is finished recording a height of 6' 10"

Eckberg is finished recording a height of 6' 10"

Soldier is finished recording a height of 6' 10"

Pflaggstettler annouces he is finished jumping and records a height of 6' 11"

Babson annouces he is finished jumping and records a height of 6' 11"

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP

7' 0"
-----------------------------------

Mighty annouces he will attempt this height

Gonzalez annouces he will attempt this height

Nights announces will pass this height

Lesgettham annouces he will attempt this height (after 2 fouls at 6' 11" - he has 1 jump at this height)

Gunner annouces he will attempt this height

--------------------------------------------

Mighty misses on his first attempt (6th overall)

Gonzalez clears on his first attempt (4th overall)

Lesgettham clears on his first attempt (6th overall)

Gunner clips the bar on the way up

Mighty misses on his 2nd jump (7th overall)

Gunner easily clears on his 2nd jump

Mighy fails to clear on his last attempt at 7'
------------------------------------------------------------------

Mighty is finished recording a height of 6' 11"

Lesgettham annouces he is finished jumping recording a height of 7' 0"

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP

7' 1"
-----------------------------------

Gonzalez annouces he will attempt this height

Nights passes at this height

Gunner passes at this height


-----------------------------------

Gonzalez clears on his first attempt (5th overall)
------------------------------------------------------------------

[Travis]

Wow, didn't think that would end up working, but sweet!

[JAG]

Not as awful as I had feared. But if you want comic relief, watch for Babson in the 400.

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP

7' 2"
-----------------------------------

Gonzalez passes this height

Nights announces he will attempt this height

Gunner announces he will attempt this height

------------------------------------------------------------------
Nights fails to clears on his first attempt (5th overall)

Gunner fails to clear on his first attempt (4th overall)

Nights fails to clear on his 2nd attempt (6th overall)

Gunner easily sails over over the bar with his second attempt - that jump might have cleared 7' 5"

Nights fails to clear on his 3rd attempt
------------------------------------------------------------------

Nights is finished and records a height of 6' 11"

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP

7' 3"
-----------------------------------

Gonzalez passes this height - deciding instead to take a couple shots at his personal best of 7' 4"

Gunner announces he will attempt this height

------------------------------------------------------------------
Gunner fails to clear on his first attempt (6th overall)

Gunner fails to clear on his 2nd attempt (7th overall)

Gunner annouces he is finished with the event
------------------------------------------------------------------

Gunner is finished and records a height of 7' 2"

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP

7' 4"
-----------------------------------

Gonzalez annouces he will attempt this height

------------------------------------------------------------------
Gonzalez fails to clear on his first attempt (6th overall)

Gonzalez fails to clear on his 2nd attempt (7th overall)

Gonzalez annouces he is finished with the event
------------------------------------------------------------------

Gonzalez is finished and records a height of 7' 1"

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP - Final Event Standings



Gunner 7' 2"
Gonzalez 7' 1"
Lesgettham 7' 0"
Mighty 6' 11"
Babson 6' 11"
Pflaggstettler 6' 11"
Nights 6' 11"
Kappe 6' 10"
Eckberg 6' 10"
Soldier 6' 10"
Elli 6' 10"
Yellope 6' 10"
Palmer 6' 9"
Mello 6' 7"
Ivanov 6' 6"
Cat 6' 6"

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP - Event Points



Gunner 982
Gonzalez 953
Lesgettham 925
Mighty 906
Babson 906
Pflaggstettler 906
Nights 906
Kappe 878
Eckberg 878
Soldier 878
Elli 878
Yellope 878
Palmer 859
Mello 813
Ivanov 785
Cat 785

[Breeze]

EVENT 4 - HIGH JUMP - Review

9 of the 16 competitors in this event ended with a height of 6' 11" or 6' 10". However, not all 6' 11"s or 6' 10"s are created equal. 6' 10" for Elli was a good jump, 6' 10" for Eckberg isn't, and to add insult to....um....injury - he got injuried in the process.6' 11" for Babson and Mighty was good, while 6' 11" for Nights was a poor result - as he really had several opportunities to clear 7' on his card. Regardless of the people mentioned above in a negative light - Ivanov probably suffered the most in this event. As noted on the Preview - Ivanov isn't a strong high jumpter, but the only height he cleared was his opening height.


A couple of quick notes on roll information. Gunner who won the event could have easily added another couple inches to his height. In his 7 rolls he hit the 7' 4" column 3 times and had he gone on the 8th roll would have hit it again. Had Nights attempted 7' rather than 7' 2" he would have cleared, but that was the best he was going to do. Had Kappe attempted an 8th jump he would have injured himself. Just some tidbits of information I thought you might like.

[Breeze]

LEADERBOARD AFTER 4 EVENTS



Gunner 3817
Lesgettham 3752
Pflaggstettler 3694
Yellope 3648
Nights 3623
Gonzalez 3609
Babson 3599
Kappe 3581
Eckberg 3539
Mighty 3528
Mello 3518
Ivanov 3497
Elli 3382
Soldier 3309
Cat 3135
Palmer 3104

[Breeze]

A LOOK AT THE LEADERBOARD

When you're in first place going into an event and you finish first in that event, obviously you stay in first. However, Lesgettham and Pflaggstettler did a nice job staying with Gunner. With most of the competitors in this event finishing tightly bunched there wasn't much change in the standings. The only major ones appear to be Gonzalez and Ivanov who basically switched places on the board. The other thing that is becoming obvious are Cat and Palmers' positions. They are even starting to fall off the pace of the 14th place competitor.

[Breeze]

EVENT 5 - 400 METERS - Preview

This is going to be one wild event. Half of the field is horrible in this event, and the other half is evenly split between being good and dominating. This is one event where the standing could change dramatically. Interestingly enough - two of the athletes that aren't good in this event include the overall leader (Gunner) and the guy in second (Lesgettham), so the board will undoubtedly bunch at the top. Babson and Eckberg are poor in this event and the injury is going to add to their times, so expect them to finish 15th and 16th overall.

[Travis]

Darius has been eating his beans. A quick sprint start followed by some extra propulsion will cause the pack to fall back!

[SirFozzie]

Need a good time in the 400 to set me up for day two. 4th place entering it with two weak events gone by is GREAT, now I need to push it here.

[JeeberD]

I hate running... :mad:

[kingfc22]

Glad to see I was able to move up the standings. Just hope I don't trip during this event.

[ntndeacon]

Running is good! let's hope Palmer can actually finish near the top of an event!

[Breeze]

EVENT 5 - 400 METERS - Status Update

This event will be run in two heats:

Heat 1

Pflaggstettler
Lesgettham
Yellope
Palmer
Mighty
Gonzalez
Mello
Babson


Heat 2

Kappe
Ivanov
Eckberg
Soldier
Gunner
Elli
Cat
Nights

[Breeze]

EVENT 5 - 400 METERS - Heat 1

The gun sounds on the first heat and the runners start out in a real conservative pace. No one is applying themselves early in this split. Yellope is out in front and his 1st split time is 11.8, good, but he's capable of better. Gonzalez is a couple strides back with Mighty right on his outside hip. Babson's 13.35 time is a full second behind the 7th place runner at the first split.

In the second split it looked like Yellope was going to open it up, but he immediately slowed down and his stride has shortened significantly, he may have tweaked a hamstring. At the end of the second Pflaggstettler had flown past Yellope and Gonzalez to take the lead. His split time was 11.85 and his time at the halfway point was 24.05. At the split Yellope was on the inside lane with Lesgettham having closed - running stride-for-stride with him in lane 2. The rest of the runners were tightly bunched except for Babson, who was almost 2 seconds back at this point.

At the end of the 3rd split Pflaggstettler was still leading., Followed by Mello who overtook Yellope, who fell to all the way to 7th, and Lesgettham, who's hold on 3rd was precarious.

In the last 100 Meters Pflaggstettler kept his solid pace going and his final split time of 12.10 was good enough to win the heat. An awesome final split time of 11.6 by Palmer allowed him to pass Mello, who was able to hold on to 3rd place. Lesgettham seemed to hit a wall and posted a poor 12.3 time in the final 100 meters, allowing Mighty to sneek in a tie him. Gonzalez, who was only strides ahead of Yellope at the end of split 3, had a horrible 4th 100, posting a time of 12.6, but thankfully for him Yellope's injury became to much and he posted an even worse split of 12.75. Babson, nearly walked across the line.

[Travis]

D'oh, final hundred cost me a chance at a fluke showing. Ah well, going to have to seriously cruise through the hurdles to have a good shot at medalling now.

[Breeze]

EVENT 5 - 400 METERS - Heat 1 Official Times



Pflaggstettler 48.20
Palmer 48.40
Mello 48.60
Mighty 48.80
Lesgettham 48.80
Gonzalez 49.40
Yellope 49.85
Babson 52.15

[JAG]

Yes, I got the highest time! Oh wait...

[ntndeacon]

woohoo! a good showing at last!

[Breeze]

EVENT 5 - 400 METERS

The second heat start off much differently than the first. At the gun Ivanov and Cat take off and open up a big lead on the rest of the field. Cat's first 100 split is 11.55 and Ivanov's is 11.65. The rest of the group is pretty slow - Elli managed a split of 12.15, but the rest are 12.4 or worse, with injured runners Eckberg and Soldier bringing up the rear.

At the end of the second split both Ivanov and Cat slowed down in the 2nd hundred, but both still posted sub 12 second times - and Cat held on to his early lead. Elli also has a sub 12 second split. Gunner and Nights began to pull away from the 2 injured runners and Kappe in this split.

In the 3rd 100 meters, Ivanov kicked it into high gear, finishing the distance in 11.55 and taking the lead from Cat - with a total time of 35.15. Cat was .15 back. Elli opened his lead for 3rd place, Nights was 4th, with Gunner a couple strides back. Kappe spot in 6th looks secure because Soldier, who's normally good in this event had a horbile split of 13.75.

In the final 100, Ivanov seemed to run out of gas, with about 20 meters left Cat flew by and took the tape. The race of 3rd, 4th and 5th was non-existant as Ellie finished a good .3 ahead of Gunner who was almost .3 ahead of Nights. The final 3 runners, none of which finished in a sub-50 second time, crossed over a full second later - Kappe, Soldier, Eckberg.

[Breeze]

EVENT 5 - 400 METERS - Heat 2 Official Times



Cat 47.15
Ivanov 47.40
Elli 48.50
Gunner 48.80
Nights 49.05
Kappe 50.30
Soldier 51.35
Eckberg 53.35

[kingfc22]

I run slow!!!

[Breeze]

EVENT 5 - 400 METERS - Event Points



Cat 951
Ivanov 938
Pflaggstettler 899
Palmer 889
Elli 885
Mello 880
Lesgettham 871
Mighty 871
Gunner 871
Nights 859
Gonzalez 842
Yellope 822
Kappe 801
Soldier 749
Babson 718
Eckberg 667

[Breeze]

EVENT 5 - 400 METERS - Review

Gunner and Lesgettham had valiant efforts in this event, and despite being poor performers - they were able to finish in the middle of the pack. By avoiding the huge number, they've positioned themselves well for a run at a medal in day 2. The big loser in this event was Yellope. Yellope was 4th coming into this event, which is one of his strengths. Had he not gotten hurt, he undoubted would have climbed into the top 3. All the injured peformers were losers in this event, as they suffered through the 1 lap event and fell way off the pace.

Some interesting information: If Yellope hadn't gotten hurt he would have won this event - his time of 49.85 includes a 3 second penalty (because he was injured in leg 2 - it applies to that leg and every subsequent leg). Without the penalty he runs a 46.85. Babson, who is a C card runner, rolled his 2 best outcomes in his column and would have posted a 58.15 without the injury.

[Breeze]

LEADERBOARD - END OF DAY 1



Gunner 4688
Lesgettham 4623
Pflaggstettler 4600
Nights 4482
Yellope 4470
Gonzalez 4451
Ivanov 4435
Mighty 4399
Mello 4398
Kappe 4382
Babson 4317
Elli 4267
Eckberg 4206
Cat 4086
Soldier 4054
Palmer 3993

[SirFozzie]

DAMNIT.

Ok, 5th entering day 2, and it's doable.

[JeeberD]

I'm the worstest runner in the history of the world!

[kingfc22]

Going to need a strong day 2, but I know I'm not out of it.

[StanGunner]

OK. I didn't get hurt and finished in the middle of the pack for the run. A good day I must say!

[Breeze]

EVENT 6 - 110 METER HURDLES - Preview

Day 2 starts with an event that requires numerous skills to be successful. In this event, we have a few guys who are very good, including Babson and Soldier, but both of them suffered injuries in day one. Getting the night off allowed them to receive treatment which will help, but they still won't be 100%. Pflaggstettler has to hope for a good run, because Gunner and Lesgettham , who sit above him in the standings, are both better than he is in this event. In fact, Lesgettham, Kappe, Elli, and Cat are probably favorites, with Babson and Soldier being wild cards.

[Breeze]

EVENT 6 - 110 METER HURDLES - Status Update

This event will be run in 2 Heats

Heat 1

Pflaggstettler
Lesgettham
Yellope
Palmer
Mighty
Gonzalez
Mello
Babson


Heat 2

Kappe
Ivanov
Eckberg
Soldier
Gunner
Elli
Cat
Nights

[Breeze]

EVENT 6 - 110 METER HURDLES - Heat 1

The runners take their mark, the gun sounds and their off...

Pflaggstettler has gotten a terrible start out of the blocks, while Lesgettham is the first to the first hurdle.

Lesgettham begins to hit his stride early and is already pulling away from the other runners. Yellope and Mighty are next, but they are so close I can't honestly say who's leading. Gonzalez and Palmer and Babson are a few strides back. Mello, who is extremely fast is having a hard time with his footwork and can't seem to gain any momentum. Pflaggstettler is trailing badly.

At the last hurdle Lesgettham has a big lead...but...he clips the hurdle with his heal and lands awkwardly. He doesn't fall, in fact, he's able to regain control quickly, but that bobble cost him a considerable amount of time...

At the tape Lesgettham is able to hold off Mighty and Yellope who cross at the same time. Babson hits his stride just past the halfway point and easily pulls away from Gonzalez and Palmer, who finish 5 and 6 respectively. Mello crosses ahead of Pflaggstettler.

After the race is over, Lesgettham is observed rubbing his right knee. Looking back at the video it appears he may have twisted it when he stubbled.

[Chas in Cinti]

Errr... that could hurt... finishing 8th?

UGH...

[Breeze]

EVENT 6 - 110 METER HURDLES - Heat 1 Official Times



Lesgettham 14.30
Yellope 14.50
Mighty 14.50
Babson 14.60
Gonzalez 14.75
Palmer 14.90
Mello 15.10
Pflaggstettler 15.30

[Breeze]

EVENT 6 - 110 METER HURDLES - Heat 2

The gun sounds for the second heat and Kappe, Elli, Cat, Ivanov, Gunner and Soldier explode out of the block quickly establishing themselves. Soldier was the first to the hurdles with Kappe right on his heals. Eckberg and Nights are trailing badly.

At the 3rd hurdle one of the event favorites, Elli, fails to clear cleanly and is forced to adjust his steps approaching the 4th hurdle - causing him to lose all his momentum and ruining his technique.

At the half way point Kappe overtakes Soldier and Gunner begins to pull away from Ivanov, Cat.

At the 8th hurdle Ivanov pulls up dramatically - and begins to fade. Also when Eckberg hits the ground after clearing the 8th hurdle he begins hoping. Appearently the foot injury he suffered in the high jump isn't holding up to the pounding in this event.

Kappe pulls away from the others down the stretch and reaches the line first. Soldier is second, Gunner 3rd and Cat 4th. Elli ends up catching up and passing the hobbling Ivanov who finishes 6th and Nights crosses 7th. Eckberg never cleared the 9th hurdle. He ended up sitting on the track, and currently trainers are attending to him.

[Breeze]

EVENT 6 - 110 METER HURDLES - Heat 2 Official Times



Kappe 13.60
Soldier 13.90
Gunner 14.10
Cat 14.35
Elli 14.80
Ivanov 15.20
Nights 15.30
Eckberg WD

[Travis]

D'OH! So close...

[PilotMan]

Now an Fn injury?! There go my chances at anything. I call a do over!

[JeeberD]

Ugh...Brendan's a puss! :mad:

[Breeze]

Ugh...Brendan's a puss! :mad:


Sorry Jeebs.

[Breeze]

EVENT 6 - 110 METER HURDLES - Review

The Decathlon is a grueling event and this one is really starting to take its toll. 6 of the 16 athletes are injured and 1, Eckberg has been forced to withdraw.

Lesgettham was on his way to a great time before his injury, he still managed to finish 4th overall in the event even with the stumble. However, Gunner's inpressive effort allowed him to open his lead, and with Lesgettham's injury it will be almost impossible for him to gain ground and in fact, he'll be hard press to hang on to a medal. Kappe's impressive performance allowed him to jump from 10th to 4th while on the other end of the spectrum Night's terrible run dropped him from 4th to 8th. With Yellope, Ivanov , Babson, and Soldier also injured the door is wide open for those still healthy to move up and contend for a medal.

[vex]

My best event and I screw up. I call for a re-do:)

[Breeze]

EVENT 6 - 110 METER HURDLES - Event Points



Kappe 1027
Soldier 987
Gunner 962
Lesgettham 936
Cat 930
Mighty 911
Yellope 911
Babson 899
Gonzalez 880
Elli 874
Palmer 862
Nights 859
Mello 837
Ivanov 825
Pflaggstettler 814
Eckberg wd

[Breeze]

LEADERBOARD - After 6 events



Gunner 5650
Lesgettham 5559
Pflaggstettler 5414
Kappe 5409
Yellope 5381
Gonzalez 5331
Mighty 5310
Nights 5296
Ivanov 5260
Mello 5235
Babson 5216
Elli 5141
Soldier 5041
Cat 5016
Palmer 4855
Eckberg DNF

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Result Specifics

Chances of Occurance

Conservative
Fouls - 0%
Injuries - 0%

Normal
Fouls - 16.66%
Injuries - 1.38%

Aggressive
Fouls - 41.67%
Injuries - 2.78%

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Preview

Pflaggstettler
Conservative - an excellent conservative column with scores as high as 169' including one on 36 (5.5%). Still has low end results in the 130s
Normal - 23, 24, 27, 37 are over 170' (177' is the highest on a 10 roll)- as are a couple low probability rolls. Most of the rest of the rolls are in the mid 60s
Aggressive - a real poor column here. 173' appear to be tops - occuring 4 times. Other than those rolls there are 2 in the upper 160's and the rest are in the mid 150's

Lesgettham
Conservative - Has the ability to get into the 150' range, if he does though he should feel extremely lucky.
Normal - NA
Aggressive - NA

Yellope
Conservative - Not good in this event = very low scores in the conservative column. The bad news - top end roll is 140', good news - it's on the most probable roll of 35.
Normal - 155' is the high end, but it's on a 15 and 19 roll - which are next to impossible to hit.
Aggressive - NA

Palmer
Conservative - though he's much better in discus than Yellope - this conservative column looks very familiar. If it's better, it's only slightly better.
Normal - Quite a few results over 150' - including high probability rolls of 24, 25, and 36.
Aggressive - Can get 168' or 167' - but most of the column is in the low to mid 140s'

Mighty
Conservative - All has a nice 151' on a 35 in this column. Most of the results are around 131'
Normal - 160' on 33 is a nice result. Has quite a few in the upper 150's
Aggressive - 168' is the top end on 28. Got 1 other result over 160' and few in the 150s, most are mid 140s

Gonzalez
Conservative - 4 results over 150' in the conservative column.
Normal - 20 of 30 results are better than150', with 5 on the high end of 160'
Aggressive - 5 results over 150' with 3 over 160' - high end is 168'

Mello
Conservative - almost everything falls between 132' to 145'
Normal - 13 results over 150' but most fall in the lower probability rolls in the teens.
Aggressive - terrible aggressive column. Only 2 results over 160' and the sit on 10 and 12. Most result are in the mid 140s

Babson
Conservative - A few results are over150', results are widely spread out.
Normal - with 18 of 30 results over 150' he should be able to get a decent score here. Needs to avoid the 4 results under 140'
Aggressive - NA

Kappe
Conservative - Widely spread results - too numerous to mention - probable outcome would be in the low 140s
Normal - only 1 result over 160', quite a few over 150'
Aggressive - 3 results over 160' most in the low to mid 140's

Ivanov
Conservative - best he can hope for is a 152' - pray for a 17.
Normal - NA
Aggressive - NA

Soldier
Conservative - 1 result over 150' - evenly spread with the rest between 130's and 140's
Normal - quite a few in the 150's - most in the low 150's
Aggressive - NA

Gunner
Conservative - Can get into the 160's in the conservative column including a 167' on 33 WOW.
Normal - 12 results over 170'
Aggressive - Has a 183' on 16. It isn't likely he'll get it, but if he does - he could just about wrap this thing up.

Elli
Conservative - a 150' on 32 is nice and another on 30 doesn't hurt. The rest to routeen.
Normal - some over 160' but the most likely are 161' on 30 and 160' on 31.
Aggressive - 3 over 160' Most in the 140's

Cat
Conservative - will be lucky if he gets a 140' roll in this column - if he does it will be because he hits the 149' on 34.
Normal - not a bad column for a low end discus performer. could get over 150', also could end up in 126' range
Aggressive - 1 shot at bettering 150, with a 156' on 24. 156' is the high end for Cat.

Nights
Conservative - '164 on 36 and 156' on 35 is real good for a conservative column.
Normal - only 1 roll is under 150' - 7 are over 170' - 178' is the high
Aggressive - 5 over 170', but 175' is the high in this column.

[Travis]

If the injury percentages truly are more frequent on normal than aggressive, Darius will go aggressive on his first 2 throws. If he fouls both, then he'll go conservative.

[Breeze]

If the injury percentages truly are more frequent on normal than aggressive, Darius will go aggressive on his first 2 throws. If he fouls both, then he'll go conservative.


Fixed!

[ntndeacon]

Let Palmer go aggressive in the first toss. and normal in the second toss...(assuming he doesn't get the 167~168 on the first throw.) If he does get that high on the first toss, then pass his othger two attempts.

[Travis]

Ohhhhh right, injuries, can't go above conservative. Stupid hurdle, it looked shorter :P

[SirFozzie]

Normal (If I get close to Max, sit down)
Normal (If I have a close to max result, sit down)
Normal (if I've fouled twice, Conservative to get a result)

[kingfc22]

Ok, I'm still in this thing and all the injuries put me in a good spot.

Normal on my first throw.

[StanGunner]

1st throw normal please

[JeffNights]

normal

[vex]

Normal on all three for Elli.

[thealmighty]

normal for first

[JAG]

normal for Babson

[albionmoonlight]

MARVIN MELLO:

Throw 1: Normal
Throw 2: Normal
Throw 3: Conservative if he does not have a score. Normal if he does have a score.

If on any throw he reaches the MAX for normal, then he'll sit down.

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Status Update

I have instructions from everyone except:

Kappe
Soldier
Cat

which isn't that surprising, but I'm also lacking instructions from:

Pflaggstettler

Chas if you're out there - get me your instructions

I'm going to post 1st throw results later this morning so if any of the above mentioned want to get me a style of throw before I post, I'll use your request - otherwise all 4 listed above will throw conservative on the first attempt.

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Throw 1

Pflaggstettler - The big New Zealender spins and throws. The spin seems pretty contained, but the throw is long...159'.

Lesgettham - with the injury hampering him - he can only manage 131' on the first try.

Yellope - only gets 138' on the first toss.

Palmer - Over rotates and in an effort to catch his balance clips the toe-board for a foul.

Mighty - A nice first throw of 155'

Gonzalez - his first throw looks very similar to Mighty's. Final measurement = 156'

Mello - A good first effort of 152'

Babson - Brian fouls on the first shot.

Kappe - very conservative effort reaches 146'

Ivanov - another athlete struggling to continue with a fresh injury. 135'

Soldier - another player who decides to get a good first throw in - 143'

Gunner - The leader puts himself in a good spot with his first throw - a solid 151' effort.

Elli -a great first attempt 158'

Cat - a nice toss without much effort 149'

Nights - can't complete a good throw - foul

[ntndeacon]

Palmer goes Normal on the second toss.

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Current Standings



Pflaggstettler 159'
Elli 158'
Gonzalez 156'
Mighty 155'
Mello 152'
Gunner 151'
Cat 149'
Kappe 146'
Soldier 143'
Yellope 138'
Ivanov 135'
Lesgettham 131'
Babson X
Nights X
Palmer X

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Status Update

We will have the 2nd throw tomorrow morning - so get your requests for throw styles in.

I have already completed second throw (based on instructions in a previous post) for:

Ivanov (injured so he doesn't have a choice)
Lesgettham (see above)
Elli
Yellope
Palmer
Mello

[JAG]

Babson - conservative

3rd throw - TBA after 2nd throw.

[Breeze]

I had a thought - Jeebers athlete has withdrawn from the competition, maybe we should give him the ability to take over Soldier or Kappy neither of which has contacted me in a while.

Assuming Jeebs even wants to - Thoughts, suggestions?

Soldier or Kappe feel free to step forward and let me know you're still interested in participating.

[StanGunner]

2nd throw - Normal

[SirFozzie]

Care to tell me privately what I got in my 2nd throw Breeze? :)

[Breeze]

Care to tell me privately what I got in my 2nd throw Breeze? :)


I'd hate to spoil the surprise. :D

[thealmighty]

normal on 2nd

[JeffNights]

Normal again on second...if he scores go agressive on third, if foul again...go conservative on third.

[PilotMan]

I'd at least like to hold a bag of shit to throw on the other athletes while they are attempting their throws.

[kingfc22]

normal again

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Throw 2

Pflaggstettler - another nice toss - but I'm not sure he improved on the first throw - official measurement - 156'

Lesgettham - almost identical throw to the first. - 131'

Yellope - clearly improves on his second toss - distance - 145'

Palmer - coming off a foul, Palmer needs to get a score - his toss is more than just a score - it's long - close to Pflaggstettler's distance - official measurement - 152'

Mighty - a little off balance on the toss - the distance is well short of throw 1. - 140'

Gonzalez - Foul

Mello - another good throw from Mello - 156'

Babson - needs a score coming off the fouled first attempt - the conservative efforts nets him 139'

Kappe - Foul

Ivanov - still hampered by the injury Ivanov gets a better toss with the second effort - 146'

Soldier - another good toss - 152'

Gunner - with a good solid throw under his belt, Gunner explodes out of his pivot and launches the discus. It flys well beyond any other throw so far. Gunner gets a big grin on his face with the loud speaker annouces a distance of...176'

Elli - 144' isn't an improvement over throw 1.

Cat - second toss is short of toss 1 - 143'

Nights - a huge grunt is heard when Nights launches his second throw. This discus is on a similar trajectory to Gunner's. It comes down in the same part of the landing area as well. Official distance - 177'

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Current Standings



Nights 177'
Gunner 176'
Pflaggstettler 159'
Elli 158'
Gonzalez 156'
Mello 156'
Mighty 155'
Soldier 152'
Palmer 152'
Cat 149'
Kappe 146'
Ivanov 146'
Yellope 145'
Babson 139'
Lesgettham 131'

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Status Update

I need to get 3rd throw instructions from everyone. I currently have instructions from:

Lesgettham (injury - no choice)
Yellope
Mello
Ivanov (see Lesgettham)
Elli

If anyone listed above would like to change their instructions for the 3rd throw - feel free to send in new instructions.

Results will be posted tomorrow morning.

[ntndeacon]

aggressive for Palmer in the third throw.

[JAG]

Babson has to go normal here and hope for the best.

[StanGunner]

aggressive on last

[thealmighty]

aggressive

[kingfc22]

normal

[JeffNights]

That was about it as good as it gets for Nights there. He'll pass on his final throw.

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - FINAL THROW

Pflaggstettler - Can't improve on the first throw, in fact, he didn't improve on the second - 150'

Lesgettham - After 2 throws of 131' - Lesgettham needs a better performance to keep pace withe field. The injury badly happered his first two attempt - on the 3rd he gritted his teeth and gutted out a toss of 149' - not great but under the circumstances it's probably about as good as he could have hoped for.

Yellope - Fouls

Palmer - this throw appears to be just over the 150' marker. Probably won't improve on his last throw. Distance = 152'. That matches his 2nd toss.

Mighty - Mighty's 3rd toss clears the 155' marker and appear to have cleared it by a couple of feet. This will probably be his best attempt of the event. Official distance - 158'

Gonzalez - the 3rd toss is at a good trajectory. It appear to land right at the 160' marker, which would improve on David's current score. Official distance = 160'

Mello - the 3rd toss is identical to the second - 156'

Babson - sitting at a sub 140' distance - Babson needs a good toss to keep pace. The throw is good - 153' - that won't put him at the top of the event - but it will keep pace with most of the competitors.

Kappe - 141' - not an improvement over the 1st attempt.

Ivanov - can only mange 139' on the final toss, the injury must be really bothering him at this point.

Soldier - another toss of 152'

Gunner - with a huge throw in his pocket - Gunner gives one aggressive shot and clips the toeboard. Foul

Elli - Foul

Cat - Foul

Nights - smiles knowing he's won the event even without a 3rd attempt. Rather than risk injury - Night's decides 177' is about as good as he can do and he elects to Pass.

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Final Standings



Nights 177'
Gunner 176'
Gonzalez 160'
Pflaggstettler 159'
Elli 158'
Mighty 158'
Mello 156'
Babson 153'
Soldier 152'
Palmer 152'
Lesgettham 149'
Cat 149'
Kappe 146'
Ivanov 146'
Yellope 145'

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Event Points



Nights 954
Gunner 947
Gonzalez 847
Pflaggstettler 841
Elli 835
Mighty 835
Mello 823
Babson 805
Soldier 799
Palmer 799
Lesgettham 781
Cat 781
Kappe 763
Ivanov 763
Yellope 757

[Breeze]

EVENT 7 - DISCUS - Event Review

Picking the winners in this event is easy, Nights and Gunner! Their tosses were 15' and 100+ points more than the 3rd place athlete. Gunner's toss has given him a commanding lead with only 3 events left, and Night's toss put him right back in medal contention.

The losers are hard to pinpoin - obviously the newly injured athletes, Lesgettham and Ivanov, suffered from having to use the conservative column. The athletes injured in day 1, did reasonably well - except for Yellope.

[Breeze]

LEADERBOARD - After 7 events



Gunner 6597
Lesgettham 6340
Pflaggstettler 6255
Nights 6250
Gonzalez 6178
Kappe 6172
Mighty 6145
Yellope 6138
Mello 6058
Ivanov 6023
Babson 6021
Elli 5976
Soldier 5840
Cat 5797
Palmer 5654
Eckberg DNF

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

The next event is the pole vault, and it is handled like the high jump. You annouce what height you would like to start at and when you want to jump. After 7 jumps fatigue will become a factor in the 1500 Meters. However, unlike the high jump's fatigues hindering the 400 Meters, the Pole Vaults is split into 3 different levels (I believe it's detailed earlier in this thread - when I discussed injuries and affects). I'll try to get the preview out today so we can start jumping ASAP.

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Preview


Pflaggstettler - this card is pretty tightly bunched. The low end is 13' 8", but that should be easily cleared since there is only a 1.85% chance of getting that roll. The high end is 16' 4", but there is only a 5.56% chance of reaching that. The most common rolls appear to be 15' and 15' 4". I only count 7 potential rolls below 15'.

Lesgettham - 14' is the lowest successful jump 9.7% posibility. The high end is 16' 4" - 6.5%. There are 12 rolls below 15', so determining where to start will be difficult. Most common outcome appears to be 15' 4 to 15' 8".

Yellope - this is a widely spread out card. 13' 4" is the low (5.6%). High is 16' 4" - but there is only 1 shot at it - on a roll of 20, which is a 1.85% probability. There is a 16' on 34. Hard to tell what the most probable outcome is based on eyeballing - I would guess it's around 14' 8". There are 11 rolls below 15' - so this is another card where starting height might be crucial.

Palmer - this is a much better card than the Lesgettham and Yellopes. The low is only 14' and even though it's on a higher probability rolls it should be easily cleared. There are only 8 rolls below 15' and very few appear in the 30s and 2 are on the lowest possible rolls of 10 and 19. The most common rolls of 34 and 35 have a 16' and 15' 4" respectively. High end is 16' 4" on 14 and 15 and 32 (11.2%). There are 7 rolls of 16' or better.

Mighty - 13' 8" is the low and 16' 4" is the high. Only 7 rolls under 15' and none in the 30s. Got a 16' 4" on 37 and 10 (5.1%). Most common roll is impossible to determine - appears pretty evently split between 15', 15' 4" and 16'.

Gonzalez - 13' 8" low - 16' 4" high. There are 3 very disturbing 14' 8" rolls on 37, 38, and 39, in addition to a few others spread around the card. The most common roll appears to be 15' 8", but finishing around 15' flat wouldn't surprise me.

Mello - isn't as consistent as the others listed above and his max is 16', but he's lucky in that he has a 7.4% chance of getting it. low end is 13'. There are 6 rolls below 14', 13 rolls from 13' to 14' 8" and only 4 from 15' to 15' 8".

Babson - low end is a 13' 4" roll on a difficult to get 17. There are a 7 rolls below 15' none on extremely high probability rolls. Most of the high probability stuff is right at 15' - with that height listed on 35, 36, and 37. Also has a 16' result on 34. High end is 16' 4" - and I only see one, but it's in a nice spot 24 ( 5.6%).

Kappe - has a 13' 8" on 39 - which isn't bad, what is bad is the 14' 4" results on 35, 36, and 37. There are 11 results under 15' and many in high probability areas - making decision making much more difficult. High end is 16' 4" and it's in a sweet spot of 33. Plus 2 more on difficult rolls of 17 and 12. Total chance of hitting the max - (10.2%)

Ivanov - can only get to 16' 4", but it only appears 1 time on 17 (1.39%), but has a decent shot getting 16' (20%). low end is
13' 8" on (4.2%). the rest of the results are pretty evently split from 14' 4" to 15' 8".

Soldier - 1 roll below 14' and it's on an the difficult to roll 17. 7 rolls under 15' - but a couple are unnerving, including the 14' on 33, a 14' on 35 and another on 37. Combined those 3 rolls are 19.44% likely to occur. High roll is 16' 4" but like the good fortune of only 1 occurance on the low end - there is only 1 on the high end as well.

Gunner - 13' 8" on 39 is the low result - 16' 4" is the high and it appears on 35, 31, 30, 28, and 17. There are 4 other results of 16' even. 1 problem with the car is the 14' 4" result on the high probability roll of 34, and another on 37.

Elli - another 13' 8" low - and again it's on an unlikely roll. However like Gunner there are low result rolls on 35 and 37 plus an additional one on 39. Rolls of 24 or 25 are optimal with a 16' and 16' 4" result respectively. 16' 4" also appears on 34, 33, and 22. Combined those rolls add up to a 24.5% probability. There are a few other results of 16'.

Cat - who seems to have lost interest - won't be pleased with this event. High end is only 15' 8" and they appear on 16 and 17. The rest is spread out from the low of 13' 4" to 15' with the most likely result being 14' 4".

Nights - looking to make another big move after his last event - can do it here. Nights is the only contestent capable of clearing 17' and he has 9 rolls that will do that - including the 17' 8" high end roll on that familiar number 17. Combined his chances of clearing 17' are 30.55%. The low end is 14' 8" on the 30, 24 and 14 (a little more likely that I would be comfortable with). Counting the 3 low end results there are only 6 total that are below 16' - and none are at 15' exactly.

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

I'm ready to go when you are. If you want to send a starting height, we'll wait till everyone's gets in. If you want to PM the event - contact me.

[SirFozzie]

I'll start at 14'4"

[albionmoonlight]

Mello will start at 14'

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

Quick note - sorry, I should have realized you needed to know this. The pole is raised 4" at a time in this event - not 1" like the high jump.

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

Lesgettham has completed the event.

Mello has completed this event

[StanGunner]

I'll start at 14'4"

[vex]

Elli will start at 14'8".

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

Monday, September 12th, and I'm ready to roll. Anyone interested in PMing this event - contact me and we'll get started.

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

The following players are finished with the event:

Lesgettham
Mello
Babson
Kappe
Ivanov
Soldier
Cat

and I'm only waiting on 1 answer from Yellope and Palmer to close out the event for them as well.

Started but waiting on futher instructions from:

Pflaggstettler
Gonzalez
Gunner
Elli

Heard from, but haven't received instructions yet from:

Nights

Haven't heard from - and am waiting on instructions from:

Mighty

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Report

The following are finished with the event:

Pflaggstettler
Lesgettham
Mighty
Mello
Babson
Kappe
Ivanov
Soldier
Cat

Still waiting on answers from Palmer and Yellope

Still open:

Gonzalez
Gunner
Elli
Nights

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

Now we are just waiting on Gonzalez and Nights

[JeffNights]

Nights will start at 15.8

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

13' 8"
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Cat opens the event by announcing he will attempt this height

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Cat clears on his first attempt (1)

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

14' 0 "
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Mello annouces he will attempt this height

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Cat clears on his first attempt (2)

Mello barely squeaks over the bar, but he does clear on his first attempt (1)

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

14' 4"
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Pflaggstettler announces he will attempt this height

Yellope announces he will attempt this height

Gonzalez announces he will attempt this height

Kappe announces he will attempt this height

Soldier announces he will attempt this height

Gunner announces he will attempt this height

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Cat clears on his first attempt (3)

Pflaggstettler misses his opening attempt (1)

Yellope clears on his first attempt (1)

Gonzalez sails over his opening height - he probably would have cleared 16' with that attempt (1)

Mello misses his first attempt (2)

Kappe clears on his first attempt (1)

Soldier clears on his first attempt (1)

Gunner easily clears on his first attempt (1)

Pflaggstettler easily gets over the bar on the second attempt (2)

Mello misses on his second attempt (3)

Mello - with more more shot at this height - barely skims over the bar (4)

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

14' 8"
-----------------------------------

Lesgettham announces he will attempt this height

Yellope announces he will pass this height

Mighty announces he will attempt this height

Mello's poor performance at the previous height has forced him to conserve some energy by rolling the dice and hoping for a big result later.

Ivanov announces he will attempt this height

Gunner announces he will pass this height

Elli announce he will attempt this height

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Cat fails to clears on his first attempt (4)

Pflaggstettler sails over the bar on his opening attempt (3)

Legettham clears on his first attempt (1)

Mighty can't clear his first attempt (1)

Gonzalez sails over the bar again - he probably could have cleared 16' with that attempt as well (2)

Kappe clears on his first attempt (2)

Ivanov is well over the bar on his first attempt (1)

Soldier clears on his first attempt (2)

Elli clears the bar by more than a foot (1)

Cat misses on his second attempt (5)

Mighty easily clears on his second attempt (2)

Cat can't clear his 3rd and final attempt at this height (6)

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Cat finishes the Pole Vault with a height of 14' 4"

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

15'
-----------------------------------

Lesgettham announces he will pass this height

Yellope announces he will attempt this height

Palmer annouces he will attempt this height

Mighty announces he will pass this height

Gonzalez announces he will pass

Mello passes again

Babson announces he will attempt this height

Ivanov announces he will pass this height

Gunner announces he will attempt this height

Elli announce he will pass this height

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Pflaggstettler misses his first attempt (4)

Yellope clears on his first attempt (2)

Palmer clears on his opening attempt (1)

Babson sails over the bar on his opening attempt (1)

Kappe can't clear on his first attempt (3)

Soldier clears on his first attempt (3)

Gunner clears the bar by more than a foot (2)

Pflaggstettler clears the second attempt (5)

Kappe clears on his second attempt (4)
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[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

15' 4"
-----------------------------------

Lesgettham announces he will attempt this height

Mighty announces he will attempt this height

Gonzalez announces he will attempt this height

Mello announces he will pass again

Babson announces he will pass

Ivanov announces he will attempt this height
-----------------------------------

Pflaggstettler hits the bar on the way up (6)

Legettham clears on his first attempt (2)

Yellope can't clear his first attempt (3)

Palmer is good on his first attempt (2)

Mighty sails over the bar (3)

Gonzalez sails over the bar again - he's really found a nice rhythm so far (3)

Kappe clears on his first attempt (5)

Ivanov misses on his first attempt (2)

Soldier clears on his first attempt (3)

Gunner can't clear on the first try (2)

Elli can't clear (2)

Pflaggstettler misses on his second attempt (7)

Yellope is over the bar on his second attempt (4)

Gunner makes the height look easy on his second try (3)

Ivanov gets over the bar on his second attempt (3)

Elli clears on his second try (4)

Pflaggstettler announces he is finished with this event
-----------------------------------

Pflaggstettler finishes the pole vault with a height of 15' 0"

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

15' 8"
-----------------------------------

Mello announces he will pass again

Babson announces he will pass again

Ivanov announces he will pass this height

Nights announces he will open his event at this height
-----------------------------------

Lesgettham misses the height (3)

Yellope can't clear on his first attempt (3)

Palmer can't clear his first attempt (3)

Mighty gets over the bar on his first attempt (4)

Gonzalez's hot streak comes to a screeching halt - he hits the bar on the way up and leaves the pit grabbing his abdominal muscles - it appears he's pulled something.(4)

Kappe clears on his first attempt (6)

Soldier misses on his first attempt (5)

Gunner sails over the bar - the leader is looking tough again (5)

Elli follows Gunner's lead and easily clears the bar (4)

Nights barely clears on his first attempt (1)

Lesgettham misses the height on the second try (4)

Yellope fails to clear on his second attempt (6)

Palmer is over the bar on his second attempt (4)

Gonzalez can't clear his 2nd attempt at this height and the injury seems to be bothering him

Soldier clears on his second try (6)

Lesgettham passes his 3rd attempt at this height

Yellope has a clutch attempt and clears on his final attempt at this height (7)

Gonzalez grits his teeth and clears (6)

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[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Update

I've posted as much as I can to this point. I'm now waiting on follow up instructions from Nights.

[kingfc22]

Crap. Do I even have a chance to clear the next height or is my injury too bad?

[JeffNights]

pm sent breeze

[Breeze]

Crap. Do I even have a chance to clear the next height or is my injury too bad?


King,

You do have a chance to clear, the only limitation this injury will cause is forcing you to quit after 7 attempts - so basically you have 1 more jump.

[Breeze]

King,

You do have a chance to clear, the only limitation this injury will cause is forcing you to quit after 7 attempts - so basically you have 1 more jump.


And I'll need to know you intentions ASAP, because 16' is next and I need to know if you're planning on attempting it. If I don't hear from you this morning, I'll run with the information I've already recorded.

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

16' 0"
-----------------------------------

Lesgettham announces he will pass

Mello announces he will attempt this height

Babson annouces he will attempt this height

Ivanov announces he will attempt this height

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Yellope's attempt is very poor and he actually goes under the bar (8)

Palmer can't clear his first attempt (5)

Mighty cat get over the bar on his first attempt (5)

Gonzalez fails to clear on his jump (7)

Mello who has passed 4 heights fails to clear at 16' (5)

Babson can't clear either (2)

Kappe doesn't clears on his first attempt (7)

Ivanov like those before him fails to clear - however he also appears to tweak the injury he suffered in the hurdles. It will be interesting to see if he can continue. (4)

Soldier misses on his first attempt (6)

Gunner hits the bar on the way up (6)

Elli again follows Gunner's lead, getting to far under the bar and hitting it on the way up (5)

Nights sails over the bar on his first attempt (2)

Yellope - again can't clear the height (9)

Palmer gets over the bar on the second try (6)

Mighty fails to clear on his second attempt (6)

Gonzalez announces he has finished this event

Mello fails to clear (6)

Babson misses on his second try (3)

Kappe announces he has finished this event

Ivanov announces he has finished this event

Soldier announces he has finished this event

Gunner can't clear on his second attempt (7)

Elli gets over the bar with a nice effort on his second attempt (6)

Yellope fails to clear on his 3rd and final attempt (10)

Mighty announces he will pass on his 3rd attempt and try at 16' 4"

Mello's big risk pays off when he clears 16' on his 3rd and final attempt (7)

Babson also clears on his 3rd attempt at this height (4)

Gunner announces he has finished this event

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Ivanov annouces he is finished with a height of 15' 4"

Yellope finishes his event with a height of 15' 8"

Gonzalez annouces he will stop at a height of 15' 8"

Kappe annouces he will stop at a height of 15' 8"

Soldier annouces he will stop at a height of 15' 8"

Gunner annouces he will stop at a height of 15' 8"

Mello annouces he will stop at a height of 16' 0"

[albionmoonlight]

Mello's big risk pays off when he clears 16' on his 3rd and final attempt (7)
Ho Yeah! There's nothing Mello about him! (except his name)

In case I had not made it clear, Mello is finished jumping.

[Breeze]

Ho Yeah! There's nothing Mello about him! (except his name)

In case I had not made it clear, Mello is finished jumping.


Updated the post - thanks for catching that - I forgot to put that in the conclusion section.

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

16' 4"
-----------------------------------

Lesgettham announces he will attempt this height

Mighty annouces he will attempt this height

-----------------------------------

Legettham's strategy to give a shot at his personal best worked out in the hight jump, but it didn't work out here - as he clips the bar on the way up. (7)

Palmer can't clear his first attempt (7)

Mighty cat get over the bar on his first attempt (7)

Babson can't clear on his first attempt (5)

Elli can't clear on his first attempt (7)

Night's easily sails over the bar (3)

Palmer announces he has finished jumping

Babson can't clear on the second attempt (6)

Elli announces hs have finished jumping

Babson fails to clear on his 3rd and final attempt (7)

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Legettham finishes his event with a height of 15' 4"

Mighty finishes the event will a height of 15' 8"

Babson finishes the event with a height of 16' 0"

Elli annouces he will stop at a height of 16' 0"

In a move that isn't overly surprising, Ivanov has consulted with trainers, and it has been determined that continuing the event is not in his best interest - therefore he is withdrawing.

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Status Report

The only athlete left in the competition is Nights. He has already won the event, but the decathlon isn't about winning events it's about maximizing each one - so the higher he goes the more points he'll get to move up the board. I have instructions from him, but the one situation he described that he would want to think about occured - so I'm waiting on new instructions before we continue. Hopefully, I'll have them tomorrow and we can wrap up event 8.

[JeffNights]

Pm sent Breeze.

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT

16' 8"
-----------------------------------

Nights is the only remaining contestant

-----------------------------------

Night's hot streaks of easily clearing ends as he isn't event close to clearing this height on his first attempt. (5)

Nights can't quite clear on his second try. (6)

Night's chest skims the bar on his 3rd attempt and it wiggles off the platform. (7)

-----------------------------------

Nights finishes his event with a height of 16' 4"

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Event Points



Nights 907
Elli 877
Babson 877
Mello 877
Palmer 877
Yellope 846
Mighty 846
Gonzalez 846
Kappe 846
Soldier 846
Gunner 846
Lesgettham 816
Pflaggstettler 787
Cat 728
Ivanov WD

[Breeze]

EVENT 8 - POLE VAULT - Review

The big winner in this event was...

Gunner. He didn't perform great, but he also didn't lose ground to the field. As long as he doesn't fall on his face or get injured, I expect he'll be very satisfied. Mello's risky strategy paid off, but he still has a lot of ground to make up, even to get into the medal contention. Babson also had a good event.

The big losers, not counting Gonzalez, who's injury probably kills his medal hopes and Ivanov, who had to resign was...

Nights. Yeah, he won the event, but he was capable of clearing 17' 8" and anything under 17' is disappointing. Had he cleared even 17' he would have gotten about 100 additional points and may have put himself within striking distance of Gunner. Cat also preformed extremely poorly, in fact, so poorly I believe he'll be in last place when then leaderboard is posted.

[Breeze]

EVENT UPDATE

PilotMan, Sorry about the 2nd injury. I'll offer you the same thing I offered Jeebs...

If you want to take over Soldier or Kappe for the last 2 events feel free to speak up.

[Breeze]

LEADERBOARD - After 8 events



Gunner 7443
Nights 7157
Lesgettham 7156
Pflaggstettler 7042
Gonzalez 7024
Kappe 7018
Mighty 6991
Yellope 6984
Mello 6935
Babson 6898
Elli 6853
Soldier 6686
Palmer 6531
Cat 6525

Ivanov DNF
Eckberg DNF

[Breeze]

A LOOK AT THE LEADERBOARD


Gunner is really in the driver's seat at this point, and things don't get any better for the challengers, because Gunners is very good in the next event.

Nights made a nice jump into second and since he's also good in the Javelin and Lesgettham is injured - he probably is well positioned to at least take home a silver.

Lesgettham's effort has been admirable taking into account the injury he's been dealing with. He'll be hard pressed even with his lead to hold on to 3rd place.

The rest of the field is pretty tightly bunched, the only ones I think definately don't have a shot at a medal are, Cat, Palmer, and Soldier.


The injuries to Lesgettham, Ivanov and Gonzalez probably helped Pflaggstettler more than anyone. He's primed to jump into the medals in the next 2 events and it appears the biggest challenger from behind is going to be Kappe.

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Result Specifics

Chances of Occurance

Conservative
Fouls - 0%
Injuries - 0%

Normal
Fouls - 29.17%
Injuries - 1.38%

Aggressive
Fouls - 41.67%
Injuries - 2.78%

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Preview

Pflaggstettler
Conservative - has a 222' result in this column, but it's on 18. Most results in the 180s to low 190s
Normal - 9 results over 220', including rolls of 25, 26, 30 and 37 which are resonably likely to occur.
Aggressive - 4 results over 220, but 3 are over 230 - 232 on 21 and, 233 on 15, and 238 on 10.

Lesgettham
Conservative - can get slighty over 200' . Best possible result is a 213' on 11 and 13 - good luck on hitting those numbers.
Normal - NA
Aggressive - NA

Yellope
Conservative - several results over 200' but 223' is the high on 11.
Normal - 8 rolls over 220', and only 2 under 200'. 225' is the high.
Aggressive - NA

Palmer
Conservative - 222' is the high on...you guessed it - 11. Several results over 200'
Normal - 9 over 220' - and 2 over 230' (232' for both) one on 19 and the other on 13. Only 1 under 200'
Aggressive - only 4 over 220' with the high being 237' - couple results under 200'

Mighty
Conservative - 7 results over 200' with 214' as a high. most results in the upper 180's
Normal - 7 results over 220' - the most likely is the 227' on 36. 1 result under 200'
Aggressive - 4 over 230' - 238' is the high. Nothing under 200'

Gonzalez
Conservative - 7 chances to clear 200' - 214' is the best you can do.
Normal - NA
Aggressive - NA

Mello
Conservative - results of over 200' are on both 34 and 35 - not bad.
Normal - 9 results over 220' with some in decent spots like 224' on 36, 225' on 38, and 226' on 31.
Aggressive - terrible column - 1 shot to clear 230 - a 236 on 14. 2 shots to clear 220' with 1 on 19.

Babson
Conservative - 9 chances to clear 200'
Normal - 6 shots to clear 220'. but 1 is on 36 - most of the rest are in the 10s
Aggressive - NA

Kappe
Conservative - Almost everything is in the 180s - except a couple high probability rolls that are over 200' - including a 221' on 35.
Normal - terrible column - only 4 results over 220' with 232' the high on 19.
Aggressive - 3 results over 220' with 233' the high on 20

Soldier
Conservative - 7 rolls over 200' but 3 are on 33, 34 and 35 - very high probibility of hitting one of those.
Normal - only 1 shot at 220' - 9 results under 200'
Aggressive - NA

Gunner
Conservative - 16 shots at bettering 200'. including a 219' on 36.
Normal - 15 shots at beating 220' including a 251' result on 27 - if he hits that - start polishing the gold.
Aggressive - 4 shots at getting better than 230' with 3 better than 240'. High roll is 252' on 29 and 11.

Elli
Conservative - a few shots at bettering 200 - most on extremely high rolls (37, 38, 39) or extremely low rolls (12, 17, 18)
Normal - 7 shots at better than 220' with decent chances on rolls of 36, 37, 38
Aggressive - 3 shots over 220' with 232' the best on a decent chance of 22.

Cat
Conservative - 1 shot over 200' and 1 under 150' - most in the 170s
Normal - nothing over 220' about 2/3rds of successful rolls are over 200'
Aggressive - 1 shot at bettering 220' on 12. 14 rolls over 200'

Nights
Conservative - couple rolls over 200 on 34 and 35. Several others spreadout evently through the column
Normal - 13 over 220, a couple of which are better than 230'. only 1 roll under 200'
Aggressive - 2 rolls in the 250's - nothering else betters 220'

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVENLIN - Status Update

Start sending in orders - maybe we can get this event started tomorrow.

[JeffNights]

1st throw normal if i score then my 2nd and third are to be agressive.

[albionmoonlight]

Mello:

1.) Normal
2.) Normal
3.) Conservative if he has no score. Normal if he does have a score.

If he hits the max for normal after any throw, he wants to stop to avoid injury risk.

[SirFozzie]

Normal all three, not much chance to win, or rest for the 1500, so I'll go for it. of course, near max means sit down.

[kingfc22]

Ummm. I guess I'll go conservative

[StanGunner]

1,2 normal,if no mark conservative else aggressive

[ntndeacon]

1st two throws normal
3rd we will wait and see

[Chas in Cinti]

Pflaggstettler:

1st: Normal
2nd: Normal (unless max reached, then aggressive)
3rd: Aggressive (unless max reached, then pass)

[PilotMan]

OK Breeze, I will take over Kappe, let me have a look and I will get you some info.

[vex]

Normal on all three for Elli.

[JAG]

Normal on 1. and 2. (unless at or near max, then sit)
If no score by the 3rd throw, then conservative, otherwise normal again.

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Status Update

I'm still waiting on instructions from a few people - and I'll begin posting results as soon as I receive them.

I also have a few people who have already sent in instructions for all 3 attempts - that because of the results might want to reconsider their instructions. So when the results of throw 1 are posted read them carefully and make sure you let me know if you wish to modify your original instructions.

[thealmighty]

1) normal

2) aggressive (if throw 1 resulted in no foul)

3) we will see

[PilotMan]

kappe will start conservative, and then I think that we might go aggressive for the second throw, I'll let you know for the third.

[StanGunner]

Now for a Zelezny!!

[Breeze]

Sorry guys - Friday the board wouldn't load for me and today I'm home with a sick kid.

I'll post the first throw tomorrow.

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Throw 1

Pflaggstettler - a nice starting throw of 211'.

Lesgettham - 198' for the first effort - not bad considering he's still dealing with the injury he sustained in the hurdles.

Yellope - 214' get's David a number to build on.

Palmer - strides towards the line - tosses the javelin and in an effort to stay behind the line he twists awkwardly. The throw is a foul and he appears to have twisted a knee.

Mighty - Foul

Gonzalez - Another competitor dealing with an injury - 180' is the best he can do on throw one.

Mello - A good first effort of 213'

Babson - Brian's first throw looks like a carbon copy of Mello's - same trajectory - same basic speed and the result....the same 213'.

Kappe - clears 200' with a conservative approach - 208'

Soldier - 194'

Gunner - The leader - as has been the case throughout this meet - he puts himself in a good spot with his first throw - a great 229' effort - it might be good enough to win the event.

Elli -a huge throw - as it sails down the field it becomes obvious that Gunner's toss won't win the event outright. The official measurement...232'

Cat - a short 170' effort

Nights - has a score but he'll need to do better to stay in 2nd place - 189'

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Current Standings



Elli 232'
Gunner 229'
Yellope 214'
Mello 213'
Babson 213'
Pflaggstettler 211'
Kappe 208'
Lesgettham 198'
Soldier 194'
Nights 189'
Gonzalez 180'
Cat 170'
Mighty X
Palmer X

[PilotMan]

Kappe will be aggressive for his next throw.

[vex]

Elli will pass on throws 2 & 3.

[Chas in Cinti]

Pflaggstettler will go Normal on throw 2.

Regards,
Chas

[ntndeacon]

great just what I need. I think that qualifies as adding insult to injury....or is that adding injury to insult.. lol

[albionmoonlight]

FYI-the header of some of the javelin results are listed as discus results.

[kingfc22]

:(

I don't like being injured.

[JeffNights]

Nights will be agressive on both his final two attempts

[Breeze]

FYI-the header of some of the javelin results are listed as discus results.


Sorry cut and paste error - it's fixed. Thanks for the heads up.

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Throw 2

Pflaggstettler - he crosses the line on the toss and fouls.

Lesgettham - second toss looks very similar to the first - but it actually measures out several feet shorter - 191'.

Yellope - does exactly what you are supposed to do - build on a good first throw - the second toss is very good - travelling a distance of 224'

Palmer - with his knee tightly wrapped he steps up to the line and begins his stride for his toss - with the pain of the injury plainly visable on his face - he gruts as he launches his 2nd throw. The toss is very good and it comes down just short of where Yellopes was measured. The official measurement is - 222'

Mighty - A big second throw easily overcomes the initial foul on this event - 225'

Gonzalez - improves slightly - 182'

Mello - can't better throw 1 - 207'

Babson - foul.

Kappe - foul

Soldier - foul

Gunner - Leadin the event with a good throw already in his pocket - he over strides trying to get as close to the line as possible and his toe crosses - foul

Elli -Happy with his initial 232' effor - Elli passes

Cat - a big improvement - still towards the bottom of the event standings, but a toss of 204' will bring significantly more points that a 170' effort

Nights - also gets into the 200' range - 209'

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Current Standings



Elli 232'
Gunner 229'
Mighty 225'
Yellope 224'
Palmer 222'
Mello 213'
Babson 213'
Pflaggstettler 211'
Nights 209'
Kappe 208'
Lesgettham 198'
Cat 204'
Soldier 194'
Gonzalez 182'

[PilotMan]

Kappe again will be aggressive

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Status Update

If anyone wants to change their previous instructions they can, but if not...

I'm only waiting on decissions from Mighty and Yellope.

[ntndeacon]

Palmer will pass

[Breeze]

Palmer will pass


I actually had you passing anyway. I think you maxed out with that last throw.

[SirFozzie]

Pass. I won't gain much by going 224, and this way I avoid injury.

Just hope this gives me a shot at the medals in the 1500.

[StanGunner]

Change to Normal for 3rd.

[thealmighty]

aggressive

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Throw 3

Pflaggstettler - once again his toe crosses the line - foul

Lesgettham - 3rd toss is very similar to the other 2. This one is also going to be short of his 1st throw - 193'.

Yellope - Pass

Palmer - Pass

Mighty - Looking to build on his last big toss - Mighty launches another one - this one is real long - long enough to win the event outright??? The official measurement - 238'

Gonzalez - can't better the last throw - 179'

Mello - Goes for it one last time and is paid off for the effort - 225'

Babson - hoping to follow in Mello's footsteps like he did on the first throw - but his toss is well short of Mello's199'.

Kappe - foul

Soldier - foul

Gunner - still can't better his first throw - 203'

Elli - passes

Cat - foul

Nights - overexerts himself attempting his final toss and pulls a muscle in his back - adding insult to the injury - the long throw comes to naught as the white foul flag is raised.


wow - I've played this game a bunch and I've never had so many injuries. Over half the field is dealing with or retired from some sort of injury

[albionmoonlight]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Throw 3

Mello - Goes for it one last time and is paid off for the effort - 2225'
No takebacks.

[SirFozzie]

Wow. nearly 10 times better then 2nd place.

STERRROOIIDDS :D

[albionmoonlight]

Wow. nearly 10 times better then 2nd place.

STERRROOIIDDS :D

Ummmmm . . . . no man. It's just all the . . . soda he's been drinking. Yeah . . . that's it. Soda. Definitely soda. Lots of sugar in soda, you know.

[Breeze]

No takebacks.


Ooooooppppps. :D :rolleyes:

It's Fixed.

I had to change it the scoring table doesn't go that high. :rolleyes:

[kingfc22]

I'll give it one last try.

Can we have a medal for the highest injured score?!

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Final Standings



Mighty 238'
Elli 232'
Gunner 229'
Mello 225'
Yellope 224'
Palmer 222'
Babson 213'
Pflaggstettler 211'
Nights 209'
Kappe 208'
Cat 204'
Lesgettham 198'
Soldier 194'
Gonzalez 182'

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Event Points



Mighty 929
Elli 901
Gunner 887
Mello 869
Yellope 864
Palmer 854
Babson 813
Pflaggstettler 804
Nights 794
Kappe 789
Cat 771
Lesgettham 744
Soldier 726
Gonzalez 669

[Breeze]

LEADERBOARD - After 9 Events



Gunner 8330
Nights 7951
Mighty 7920
Lesgettham 7900
Yellope 7848
Pflaggstettler 7846
Kappe 7807
Mello 7804
Elli 7754
Babson 7711
Gonzalez 7693
Soldier 7412
Palmer 7385
Cat 7296

Ivanov DNF
Eckberg DNF

[Breeze]

EVENT 9 - JAVELIN - Review

Gunner continues to peform at a top level. He finishes this event in 3rd place and just opens up his lead on the competition. Mighty's impressive final throw made a huge impact on the leaderboard as he jumps from 7th to 3rd and he only trails Nights, who peformed poorly in this event and is also dealing with an injury heading into the 1500, by 31 points.

Next to Nights, Gonzalez was probably hurt the most in this event. His injury hampered him to the point that he fell from a legitimate medal contender to 11th.

[Breeze]

EVENT 10 - 1500 METER - Preview

This event was one that was going to produce a wide spread in results. There are 4 athletes that are really good in this event, 2 that are average and 10 that are poor. However, a lot has changed since this event started.

Of the 4 contestants that are good in the 1500:

- Yellope was injured in the last event of day 1 - the 400 Meters
- Palmer was injured in the last event
- Soldier was injured way back in the long jump.
- That leaves Cat - as the lone 1500 Meter specialist not dealing with an injury.

Of the 2 average 1500 meter runners - 1, Ivanov, has had to resign completely from the competition, making Elli one of the other favorites in the event.

All this bodes well for Gunner, who isn't good in this event, but neither are any of the people remotely close to him on the leaderboard.

This is going to be a very interesting finish. Gunner pretty much as the goal locked up - barring a major injury in this event, I think he'll pretty much win it going away. However, the rest of the leaderboard could change significantly.

Currently, Nights is in 2nd place, but being a poor 1500 Meter runner and dealing with an injury will cause his time to be EXTREMELY SLOW. Mighty may be perfectly positioned to take the silver. He's uninjured and easily within striking distance of Nights - but he isn't good in this event. Lesgettham, who's peformance has been admirable - battling through injuries all of the 2nd day to stay in medal contention - he's not good in this event and his injuries are really going to hamper his efforts. Yellope is also injured, but he is good in this event, and he was able to receive treatment at the end of day 1, so his injury may not bother him as bad as someone injured in the second day. Pflaggstettler is 6th, but he's also uninjured. The key for him will probably be finding a way to beat Yellope. If he can beat Yellope he will pass him in the standings and might find himself on the Silver or Bronze platform at the end of the day. It will be very interesting to see if an uninjured, but poor 1500 Meter runner can beat a good, but injured 1500 Meter athelte.

Mello and Kappe are also uninjured, but both, like Pflaggstettler will need good runs, and probably will have the same benchmark of beating Yellope as the key to possibly getting a medal.

One last wildcard...Cat is certainly too far back to be a factor (though he will undoubtely get himself out of last place and Palmer will probably finish there), but Elli - even though he's way down the leaderboard - he's uninjured and a pretty good runner in this event. With all the poor and injured runners in front of him, if he posts a great time, he might just slip into the medals.

Should be interesting...

[ntndeacon]

The one event Palmer was good at... And he gets injured right before it!

[Travis]

Here's hoping Darius can pull one out here, grit those teeth and run boy!

[Breeze]

WOW!!! ;)

[Breeze]

EVENT 10 - 1500 METERS

The runners line up at the starting line, and it is a sight to see. Braces, bandages and wraps appear predominantly on many competitors. Knowing how much they are hurting, I'll be surprised if we don't get at least 1 athlete that decides he's had enough.

The gun sounds and the mass of arms and legs begins its first lap. As expected Cat jumps out to an early lead. Elli, who knows Cat is the man to beat, strategically positioned himself right on Cat's heals and he'll probably attempt to stay with the 1500 Meter specialist the rest of the way. If he can do it, it might mean a place on the medal platform. Gunner and Soldier round out the runners who were quick off the line. The rest are pretty tightly bunched, except for Lesgettham and Nights who trail the big back by a few strides.

Elli and Cat continue to run stride for stride out in front, with Gunner, Soldier and now Pflaggstettler and Palmer are in the next group. Gonzalez has fallen off the pace and he now finds himself only strides ahead of Lesgettham who is still in the back of the pack. An interesting development, Babson who was surprisingly out of the gate in good time and hanging towards the front of the main pack, walked off the track when he crossed the finish line the first time. Apparently the injury is too much and he's had enough.

Palmer despite his injury is barely hanging on to the tales of Solider and Gunner. Pflaggstettler's pace slowed significantly and he now finds himself much closer to 7th place Yellope than to Palmer. Elli has sort of lost contact with Cat, but he's still ahead of the next group by a wide margin. Lesgettham and Gonzalez are in the back. In the main pack - Yellope leads, followed by Mighty and Kappe a few strides back. Mello, who was hanging in the group with Mighty and Kappe has dropped back and is now running stride for stride with Nights.

Cat and Elli are keeping their pace and are closing in on the finish line. The space between Soldier, Gunner and Palmer has tightened up quite a bit. Pflaggstettler has so far been able to hold off Yellope. Kappe has tried to close on Yellope, but he's been unsuccessful. Mighty, who was fighting in that group appears to be cramping up and his speed has dropped way off. In fact he's been passed by Mello and Lesgettham, Gonzalez and Nights are closing rapidly. That cramp may have killed any hopes Mighty had of a medal.

Cat is the first to cross the finish line with a time of 4:16

A few seconds later Elli, who put in a monsterous effort crosses at 4:22.

The next group of 3 runners, Palmer, Gunner, and Soldier are very tightly bunched. They approach the finish line and cross:

Gunner(4:34), Soldier (4:35) and Palmer (4:36).

Pflaggstettler is able to hold off Yellope and he finishes with a time of 4:48. Yellope holds off Kappe with a time of 4:58. Kappe crosses at 5:04.

Gonzalez was attempting to pull away from the rest of his group and he was actually rapidly closing in on Kappe, when he pulled up lame and limped off the track.

Mighty who has been hop-running do to his cramp, has been passed by everyone and now finds himself in last.

The next group to cross the line, crosses simultaneously: Lesgettham, Mello, Nights (5:14).

Mighty comes hopping over the line at 5:24.

[Breeze]

EVENT 10- - 1500 METER - Event Points



Cat 839
Elli 798
Gunner 719
Soldier 712
Palmer 706
Pflaggstettler 631
Yellope 571
Kappe 537
Nights 482
Mello 482
Lesgettham 482
Mighty 429


Babson wd
Gonzalez wd

[Breeze]

FINAL STANDINGS




Nights 8433
Yellope 8419
Lesgettham 8382
Mighty 8349
Kappe 8344
Mello 8286
Cat 8135
Soldier 8124
Palmer 8091

Ivanov DNF
Eckberg DNF
Babson DNF
Gonzalez DNF

[Breeze]

FOFC DECATHLON - MEDAL PRESENTATIONS

BRONZE MEDAL - Persimmon Pflaggstettler (8477 points) - hung in and avoided injury to stand here.

SILVER MEDAL - Vex Elli (8552 points) - struggled all day, but rode an amazing effort in the 1500 to take Silver, jumping from 7th to 2nd.

GOLD MEDAL - Stan Gunner (9049 points) - dominated the entire meet. Lead from event 3 till the end.

[vex]

Wow, how'd I manage that?! woooooooo!

[ntndeacon]

That was a hoot. Thanks for running it Breeze!

[vex]

Yes, thanks a lot, I sure hope there's a second annual meet.

[Travis]

Thanks a bunch Breeze, awesome read!

[StanGunner]

Hey I can run too! Thanks for a great read Breeze. Awesome job of keeping everything straight and following through to the end.

[albionmoonlight]

Thanks, Breeze.

[PilotMan]

I agree, that was fun. Thanks for running it. Remember, the Russians are our friends now. ;)

[Breeze]

INTERESTING OBSERVATIONS

Thanks for the kind words guys. Glad you enjoyed it - I enjoyed doing it. Now on to the observations.

The medal winnners all avoided injury while the next 4 in the standings all finished within 150 points of 3rd and all had an injury to deal with.

The most interesting of those 4 were Nights and Mighty. Nights suffered his injury on the last throw in the javelin, so it hadn't affected any of his other scores, and Mighty got his while running the 1500 so his only affected that one event as well.

Had Nights not taken his last throw in the javelin and suffered his injury he would have gotten an additional 55 points, which would have given him the bronze medal. Mighty suffered an injury late in the event, without that injury he would have gotten another 53 points, only good enough to jump Lesgettham.

Lesgettham and Yellope both did real well, extremely impressive for both because they suffered penalties in 5 and 6 events respectively.

Gunner was extremely dominating. Decathlon isn't really about where you finish, but how well you do in each event - however, finishing at the top of each event will certainly guarantee you a high place on the leaderboard. Gunner's meet when like this:
- Tied for 6th
- Tied for 4th
- 2nd
- 1st
- Tied for 7th
- 3rd
- 2nd
- Tied for 6th
- 3rd
- 3rd

Not bad. In case you were wondering Gunner's card checked the following tables:
- C
- A
- A
- A
- C
- B
- A
- B
- A
- C

[kingfc22]

Well done Breeze. I hope this becomes an annual or semi-annual event.

Day 2 took a toll and I wasn't even able to finish. :(

[Breeze]

We'll do this again at some point in the future if the interest is there to justify it. I'm going to try and add some more skills into the equation to create more separation within the competitors and I'll probably add another 1 or 2 columns to the creation phase for the same reason.

Thanks again to the 13 that were active throughout the entire dynasty.

[JAG]

Thanks Breeze, it was a fun ride. Next time I'll find a trainer with better injury avoidance.

[Chas in Cinti]

Breeze.

Loved it... and finishing 3rd is probably about the Max I could hope for with my non-athletic, but willful competitor.

Thanks again!

Regards,
Chas

[thealmighty]

Get a cramp...lose a medal.

Jag, wanna go halvsies on the trainer?

[Breeze]

Get a cramp...lose a medal.

Jag, wanna go halvsies on the trainer?

Hey Mighty - but it was a REAL bad crap. :D

sign up for the baseball dynasty - i think it's going to be fun, and not much for you to do but role play and read.