FOFC's Greatest Athlete III (interactive)

[path12]

Path will go average again for his second and hope for better.

[Breeze]

Event 7 – Discus – Current Standings

Babson		190
Honcho		187
Schaplowsky	183
Palmiero	183
Bafou		181
Rambis		181
Path		173
Llyw		164
Jordan		163
Ginsberg	159
Peltonen	152
Mighty		150
Chilton		140
Nielsen		NA
Ketola		NA

[Breeze]

Event 7 - Discus - Player Announcements

Ready for your second effort announcement

[collegesportsfanms]

Not a bad start, let's go average again

[DavidCorperial]

I think I'll have Ginsberg sit pat with the 159 and save energy for later.

[PilotMan]

Honcho, showing a lack of effort, will go average again with his next toss.

[britrock88]

Bafou will sit out the remainder of the discus and save energy for the rest of the day.

[Coffee Warlord]

Sigh. Average again.

[ntndeacon]

palmiero will go all out on the second toss

[cmp]

Average for Ketola

[Breeze]

I plan on posting results at 1 EDT tomorrow, so get your effort announcements in or I'll run them on Ave.

[JAG]

Babson will go average again.

[thealmighty]

All out for Mighty.

[Greyfriars Bobby]

Average for Peltonen.

[BYU 14]

Meh, average for Chilton again and hope I do well enough for all out on the last attempt

[Simbo Klice]

One more average for Rambis jr

[Breeze]

Only waiting on Llyw and Jordan (though I don't expect to hear from Jordan)

[chesapeake]

All out, please. I need to go big.

[Breeze]

Event 7 – Discus – Second Attempt

Schaplowsky – Mike takes his second turn, hoping to improve on his solid start. He spins, tosses, his toe hits the board hard and he falls over. He grabs his ankle…he gets up and limps off, but it looks like he’s got a sprain…not sure how severe or how much it’s going to hinder him moving forward, but that’s unfortunate, as we are right in the middle of his run of strong events.

Babson – during his throw, the release is early and the discus lands just outside of the field boundry.

Llyw – really ups the effort level for this one, but increased effort leads to off balance release which leads to stepping over the toe board and fouling.

Path – This second attempt for Path is much more explosive, creating a stronger angle…this is going to be a huge improvement over his first attempt. The discus lands and the distance is measured at 182 feet. This is much better than the first toss, but he’s got better results on his resume. I still count 11 results better in the average column and 13 in the allout.

Ginsberg – Passes

Bafou – Passes

Palmiero – really goes after his second attempt…but he comes out of his crouch a little early, lifts to much on the throw and ends up about 10’ short of his previous effort. 174’ is the result.

Nielsen – Nielsen, still looking to get on the board…he sends his second discus down the field, this one is carrying well…it’s going to be a good throw. It bounces and the spot is marked. It measures in at 192’. Only 3 results better in ave and half are better in allout (but many of those are low probability rolls).

Ketola – as he takes his second turn, he spins, tosses, hits the toe board, and grabs his side. Not sure what happened there, but he appears to be in some pain…and to add insult to injury – quite literally, he now heads into his final throw without a score on record.

Honcho – Unleashes his second throw…this is going to be a huge improvement…it’s got a chance to get over 200 feet. We’ll have to wait on the official measurement…and it is over 200…it’s 201 to be exact. Six throws better (including two 210s and one 212) in ave, and 13 better in allout.

Mighty – Just barely brushes the toe board, but the white flag was raised, so no result in round 2.

Chilton – Form is sloppy again…I’m not sure this throw is going to be an improvement over his last attempt. The measurement is posted and it is an improvement, this toss was 143 feet. The improvement is so slight from the first attempt that the explanation on where you stand is almost exactly the same.

Rambis – His second attempt is good, but not an improvement – 174’

Jordan – Second attempt comes up just a few feet short of his first – 159’

Peltonen - again, Peltonen’s form looks off…in fact, the toss is very similar to the previous one all the way around, form, release, distance…this one actually measures in a little shorter at 150 feet . OK, so this is the worst possible outcome in the column…

[Coffee Warlord]

Got a good one, we'll rest and save ourselves for next events.

[JAG]

Babson average for the third one.

[Breeze]

Event 7 – Discus – Current Standings After 2 Attempts

Honcho		201
Nielsen		192
Babson		190
Schaplowsky	183
Palmiero	183
Path		182
Bafou		181
Rambis		181
Llyw		164
Jordan		163
Ginsberg	159
Peltonen	152
Mighty		150
Chilton		143
Ketola		NA

[Breeze]

Event 7 - Discus - Player Annoucements

Ready for effort announcements for the 3rd attempt

[ntndeacon]

palmiero passes

[path12]

Path will go all out on third attempt.

[britrock88]

Confirming another pass for Bafou.

[DavidCorperial]

Ginsberg passes again.

[chesapeake]

all out

[collegesportsfanms]

Well crap, Schaplowsky was going to go all-out on his next throw, but seeing as how he now has an injury, and he is sitting pretty well in this event already, he'll just take the safe route and pass on his 3rd throw

[PilotMan]

Avg for Honcho's 3rd

[cmp]

Let's go safe with Ketola. Just looking to get a score on the board.

[Breeze]

Hoping to post results tomorrow morning only waiting on:

Rambis
Chilton
Jordan
Mighty
Peltonen

[thealmighty]

Won't get THAT much better with an energy wasting all out, so Mighty goes avg. and hopes for a miracle top throw.

[Breeze]

Event 7 – Discus – Final Attempt

Schaplowsky – Is still nursing his injury and has elected to pass in order to receive some additional treatment prior to the Pole Vault

Babson – Takes his 3rd attempt, and steps on the toe board for his second straight foul. He’ll finish up with his first 190’ result

Llyw – Almost an instant replay of his previous attempt…touches the toe board and fouls

Path – The third attempt for Path, he’s looking for another improvement and really going after the toss, but as is often the case, the extra effort created a flaw in form and resulted in a foul.

Ginsberg – not surprisingly Ginsberg passes again

Bafou – also passes again

Palmiero – a third straight pass

Nielsen – Following his strong second attempt, Nielsen elects to rest rather than try for a better result, so 4 in a row…

Ketola – the focus on getting something legal on this attempt is obvious, and the mechanical almost robotic form illustrates his desire to insure he’d not leave this event without some points. All in all his final toss of 174 feet is pretty good…considering the injury and his focus on scoring. In fact with a little more effort he probably could have topped 190 even with that approach to the toss.

Honcho – His third attempt is a good one, but it isn’t close to his big throw in the second round. Actually it measures the exact same 187’ mark he posted with his first attempt.

Mighty – Form was really textbook on this attempt, unfortunately he only managed to toss the discus about 139 feet so that isn’t going to help. I have a feeling had he gone all out and really upped his effort while maintaining that form he might have challenged his personal best

Chilton – sloppy form finally resulted in a foul

Rambis – Oh, a good toss from Rambis on his last attempt…not sure if it is going to be better than his 181’ toss in the first round…it’ll be close…ohhhh…this one is 180’…so no improvement but a great effort

Jordan – Nice throw of 171’ on his 3rd throw.

Peltonen - after two pretty pitiful throws…Peltonen unleashes a good on…this one lands out around 175’…that’s a huge improvement over his 150’ efforts previously. The official distance is 175’…Peltonen steps up big when he needed to.

[path12]

Crap. I was hoping to make up some ground in that event.

[chesapeake]

I was just hoping not to lose more ground. Disappointing to foul twice on all-out attempts. I haven't had much luck this time around.

[Breeze]

Event 7 – Discus – Final Standings

Honcho		201
Nielsen		192
Babson		190
Schaplowsky	183
Palmiero	183
Path		182
Bafou		181
Rambis		181
Peltonen	179
Ketola		174
Jordan		171
Llyw		164
Ginsberg	159
Mighty		150
Chilton		143

[Breeze]

Event 7 - Discus - Event Points

Honcho		1108
Nielsen		1049
Babson		1036
Palmiero	 991
Schalowsky	 991
Path		 985
Rambis Jr	 978
Bafou		 978
Peltonen	 940
Ketola		 934
Jordan		 915
Llyw		 870
Ginsberg	 838
Mighty		 782
Chilton		 738

[Breeze]

Event 7 – Discus – Recap

Winners

Bafou – one of the top results on the card and 2 rounds of rest
Nielsen – only two results better on the whole card
Peltonen – Way above his average for the event

Losers

Ketola – Injury will likely hinder any shot of getting into the medals
Schaplowsky – Injury comes right in the middle of strong events, will likely keep him on the bottom third of the leaderboard

[Breeze]

Current Standings - After 7 Events

Babson		6788
Peltonen	6643
Nielsen		6636
Ketola		6532
Palmiero	6456
Chilton		6444
Path		6443
Jordan		6428
Rambis Jr	6349
Schaplowsky	6281
Llyw		6258
Ginsberg	6238
Bafou		6217
Mighty		6191
Honcho		5395

 

[Breeze]

Standings Overview - After 7 Events

Babson's 3rd place finish in the Discus allowed him to significantly open his overall lead. He's now up by almost 150 points. However, the most significant impact from the last event didn't even change the leaderboard at all - Ketola who was 4th coming into the discus and remains 4th after the event, his injury will most likely prevent him from medalling. It isn't impossible, but the final 3 events aren't his best and the injury will only magnify that fact.

Nielsen's nice throw moved him back into a medal position, but there are still several other contenders, with Chilton, Palmiero, Path, and Jordan all still hanging tough.

With Schaplowsky and Rambis both hurt, it won't suprise me if Llyw, Ginsberg and Bafou don't make a run at them before this is all said and done.

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Preview

Favorites

Rambis Jr
Palmiero


Underdogs

Honcho
Ginsberg

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Event Specifics

Safe
Injury - 0%
Fouls - 0%

Ave
Injury - .94%
Fouls - 5.67%

Allout
Injury - 1.89%
Fouls - 11.28%

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Game Mechanics

The mechanics of this event are similar to the high jump. You jump until you get 3 straight misses (regardless of height) or you elect to stop. You get 7 jumps without any fatigue penalities. If you passed at all in the discus, you may use that turn in the pole vault without penalty. If you were one of the one that rolled over your rest from the first day you may use those extra attempts here without penalty as well.

However, unlike high jump where you enter at a height and the bar increase by 1" each time...here it will start at 12' 1" and increase by 4" each time...

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Card Preview

The important thing to look at in this event write up is the average result for each column vs the top end result…that needs to be weighed against the height trying to be cleared.

Note: Heights are listed in this write up feet.inches rather than feet’ inches”


Ketola
Safe – 12.9 (fair) to 15.8 (rare) – average 14.24
Ave – 13.1 (good) to 16 (fair) – average 14.83
Allout – 13.1 (ave) to 17.4 (rare) – average 14.66
Prediction – 14.9

Babson
Safe – 13.9 (rare) to 16 (excellent) – average 15.13
Ave – 14.1 (excellent) to 17 (ave) – average 15.76
Allout – 14.1 (rare) to 17.8 (rare) – average 15.37
Prediction – 15.8

Nielsen
Safe – 12.5 (fair) to 15.8 (fair) – average 14.23
Ave – 13.1 (fair) to 15.8 (excellent) – average 14.75
Allout – 13.1 (ave) to 17 (good) – average 14.54
Prediction – 14.9

Honcho
Safe – 11.9 (excellent) to 14.5 (ave) – average 13.17
Ave – 12.1 (ave) to 15.1 (fair) – average 13.96
Allout – 11.5 (ave) to 15.8 (ave) – average 13.98
Prediction – 14.1

Jordan
Safe – 13.1 (good) to 15.1 (excellent) – average 14
Ave – 13.1 (fair) to 16.4 (fair) – average 14.94
Allout – 13.1 (ave) to 17.4 (rare) – average 14.54
Prediction – 14.9

Mighty
Safe – 13.9 (ave) to 16 (fair) – average 15.13
Ave - 14.9 (ave) to 16.8 (ave) – average 15.83
Allout – 14.1 (fair) to 17 (excellent) – 15.14
Prediction - 16

Rambis
Safe – 15.1 (fair) to 17.8 (fair) – average 16.54
Ave – 15.8 (ave) to 18.4 (fair) – average 17.16
Allout – 15.8 (ave) to 19 (fair) – average 16.82
Prediction - 17

Schaplowsky
Safe – 13.1 (fair) to 16.4 (fair) – average 15.06
Ave – 13.9 (ave) to 17 (ave) – average 15.76
Allout – 14.1 (fair) to 17.8 (fair) – average 15.21
Prediction – 14.9

Path
Safe – 12.9 (fair) to 15.5 (ave) – average 14.12
Ave – 13.9 (ave) to 16 (fair) – average 14.91
Allout – 13.1 (rare) to 17 (excellent) – average 14.85
Prediction – 15

Palmiero
Safe – 14.5 (fair) to 17 (good) – average 16.4
Ave – 15.8 (fair) to 17.8 (excellent) – average 16.98
Allout – 16 (excellent) to 19 (ave) – average is 17.01
Prediction – 17.4

Ginsberg
Safe – 11.9 (excellent) to 14.1 (excellent) – average 12.94
Ave – 11.9 (ave) to 14.9 (ave) – average 13.82
Allout – 11.5 (rare) to 16 (rare) – average 13.64
Prediction – 14.1

Peltonen
Safe – 12.5 (good) to 15.1 (rare) – average 13.97
Ave – 13.1 (fair) to 15.5 (excellent) – average 14.7
Allout – 13.1 (fair) to 17 (fair) – average 14.44
Prediction – 14.9

Bafou
Safe – 12.5 (rare) to 15.5 (good) – average 14.01
Ave – 13.1 (good) to 15.8 (rare) – average 14.76
Allout – 13.1 (ave) to 17.4 (ave) – average 14.67
Prediction – 14.9

Llyw
Safe – 12.9 (excellent) to 15.5 (rare) – average 14.08
Ave – 13.5 (rare) to 16 (good) – average 14.91
Allout – 13.1 (ave) to 17 (good) – average 14.41
Prediction – 14.9

Chilton
Safe – 13.5 (rare) to 16.4 (ave) – average 15.2
Ave – 14.9 (ave) to 17 (ave) – average 15.81
Allout – 13.9 (ave) to 17.8 (rare) – average 15.41
Prediction – 15.4

[Breeze]

I'll start this tomorrow...I'll post on here when I'm available to start and you can PM me when you are ready...

[Breeze]

I am ready to start taking instructions...

Just so everyone is on the same page...the heights to clear are:

12.1
12.5
12.9
13.1
13.5
13.9
14.1
etc.

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Update


Finished

Babson
Nielsen
Honcho
Ginsberg
Llyw


In Progress

Path


Waiting on

Ketola
Jordan
Mighty
Rambis
Schaplowsky
Palmiero
Peltonen
Bafou
Chilton

[Breeze]

Hey BritRock - your inbox is out of space

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Update

heading home...will pick this up (and hopefully finish it up) Monday


Finished

Babson
Nielsen
Honcho
Ginsberg
Llyw
Path



In Progress

Bafou


Waiting on

Ketola
Jordan
Mighty
Rambis
Schaplowsky
Palmiero
Peltonen
Chilton