FOFC's Greatest Athlete III (interactive)

[britrock88]

Originally Posted by Breeze

Hey BritRock - your inbox is out of space

Making room for you. Happy to finish Monday.

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Update


Finished

Babson
Nielsen
Honcho
Ginsberg
Llyw
Path



In Progress

Bafou
Mighty
Schaplowsky
Palmiero
Peltonen


Waiting on

Ketola
Jordan
Rambis
Chilton


I'm in and available...I'd like to finish this up today...

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Update


Finished

Babson
Nielsen
Honcho
Ginsberg
Llyw
Path
Jordan
Schaplowsky
Peltonen


In Progress

Bafou
Mighty
Palmiero



Waiting on

Ketola
Rambis
Chilton

[Breeze]

I will post results tomorrow morning...

[britrock88]

Don't know why I missed your 11:30am post. Sorry--I'll send in some more instructions.

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results

12.1

Nielsen – Easily clears…probably good at 14’

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results

12.5

Nielsen – Pass

Peltonen – sails over the bar with feet to spare

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results

12.9

Nielsen – Pass

Ginsberg – He looks really good with his first attempt…was probably 3 feet above the bar when he cleared.

Peltonen- Pass

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results

13.1

Honcho – Actually goes under the bar his so far off…

Nielsen – Pass

Ginsberg – Pass

Bafou – strains hard to generate leverage…he hits the bar and coming out of the pit, he’s grabbing his lower back. Looks like he might have pulled something.

Peltonen – clears this height with room to spare

Honcho – goes for his second attempt…he’s up, the pole bends…and I don’t mean flexs…it bent…he come crashing down hard on the edge of the cushion…that was ugly and scary. The trainers are tending to him. They help him out of the pit and he’s headed into the locker room…we’ll have to wait and see how bad he’s hurt.

Obviously the wear and tear of this meet is taking its toll as the injuries are starting to pile up.

Honcho – after getting his maximum time allotted for injury treatment Honcho is out to try again…he’s clearly banged up as his speed down the runway is not where it was on his first two attempts – that can’t help. He plants and really strains his muscles to get up – and – OVER! He cleared…

Bafou – on his second attempt he clears the bar, but his back is definitely bothering him…we’ll have to see how much it impacts him performance moving forward.

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results

13.5

Nielsen – Pass

Ginsberg – Pass

Honcho – Pass

Schaplowsky – with his injury, he felt he should get on the board, and he does so easily here…clearing with feet, several actually, to spare.

Bafou – Pass

Peltonen - Pass

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results

13.9

Nielsen – Pass

Ginsberg – Pass

Honcho – Pass

Path – clears it by 2 feet

Schaplowsky – also clears by about 2 feet.

Bafou – Easily clears, injury didn’t bother him much there.

Peltonen – makes it over

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results

14.1

Babson – easily up and over for a good quick start

Nielsen – just like Babson, he’s easily over the bar

Ginsberg – his second effort isn’t nearly as good as his first…but he almost managed to contort himself enough to get over…nice effort but still a miss.

Honcho – gives it a go here…he up…and oooh…just ticks the bar off the stand. If he were 100%, he makes that jump…

Path – Good again, still a whole foot to spare

Schaplowsky – clears is easily yet again…he’s jumping well right now…

Bafou – up and over – no problem

Peltonen - Pass

Ginsberg – third jump is an instant replay of the last one…

Honcho – showing real heart he is going again…he’s up and he fights his way over…

Ginsberg – a third straight jump at this height and a 3rd straight time he just missed. All 3 were probably good from 13’ 9”, might have been good from 14’ but just couldn’t get over that last inch.

Ginsberg clears 12’ 9”

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results


14.5

Babson – Pass

Nielsen – Pass

Path – Misses…a bit sloppy on that attempt.

Llyw – he starts this event off with a hold your breath and really suck in your gut effort to clear

Bafou – still not slowing down in this event as he’s easily over the bar again

Mighty – is over this height by more than a foot…

Schaplowsky – this makes his 4th straight good attempt with no misses so far.

Jordan – clears his opening height by over a foot

Peltonen – another good attempt

Ketola – gets his opening height and he’s on the board

Path – misses again…and again it isn’t a real good attempt

Path – facing the end of this event following 2 misses...Path is really sprinting down the runway this time, he’s clearly going hard after this 3rd attempt…and it pays off, he just slips over the bar

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results


14.9

Babson – Pass

Nielsen – he brushes the bar as he lets go of the pole just a tad late…it bounces…and stays up…

Llyw – jump looks like the previous one, only this time that isn’t going to be good enough to clear

Path – much better this time, as he’s easily over this height

Bafou- he clears once again…so other than the miss caused by the injury, he’s really been soaring – with 5 straight clears

Schaplowsky – 14.9 is also cleared…

Jordan – misses badly…clips the bar with his toe going up

Peltonen – this time he clips the bar with his knee going over…

Ketola – not able to clear

Mighty – Pass

Honcho - is able to just slip over the bar

Llyw – his next attempt is almost a carbon copy of the last two…and he misses again

Jordan – second chance…he hits the bar with his chest as he’s decending…the bar bounces – and falls

Peltonen – just barely brushes the bar on the way over…it wobbles, but stays up

Ketola – again he doesn’t clear –it’s close but he can’t quite get over the bar, wonder if the injury is holding him back

Llyw – gives it a 3rd try, and this time he’s no where close…

Jordan – again, he’s up, over the bar – brushes it on the way down…it’s bouncing, bouncing and it – Falls…so Jordan is finished

Ketola – misses for the 3rd straight time and Ketola is finished in this event.

Llyw clears 14’ 5”

Jordan clears 14’ 5”

Ketola clears 14’ 5”

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results


15.1

Babson – Pass

Nielsen – Pass

Honcho – gives this height a try as well…he lumbers down the runway, plants the pole he’s up…and - he just rides it back down to the ground. Looks like that one was pretty painful so he packed it in rather than over-exert himself.

Path – just slips over the bar to clear again…

Bafou – just slips over the bar – 6 straight makes…

Schaplowsky – 6 straight with no misses…

Peltonen – a nice job of body control allows Peltonen to contort his way over the bar

Mighty – another solid looking attempt clears the bar

Honcho – waves off his next attempt and he’s finished with the Pole Vault

Honcho clears 14’ 9”

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Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results


15.5

Babson – takes his second turn, and hits the bar with his thigh going over the bar for a miss

Nielsen – Misses…late to get body in position so hits the bar early in the attempt.

Schaplowsky – 7 jumps no misses…as hot as he is - it’ll be interesting to see if he keeps going and risks getting worn out

Rambis – jumps into the event barely clearing 15.5, almost went a little too conservative there.

Peltonen – trys 15.5, but comes up well short…

Chilton – misses his opening attempt

Bafou – he goes for 15’ 5” and comes up well short…in fact he’s under the bar

Mighty –Mighty appears to be on a roll…that’s 3 straight

Path – waves off the rest of his attempts as he retires from the event

Babson – Second try at this height is much better as he’s easily over

Nielsen – miss – second straight miss…this one was close, but couldn’t quite finish the jump.

Chilton – misses his second attempt…now he heads into his 3rd and final attempt with no height on record.

Bafou – again he knows early he isn’t going to get it, so he ducks under the bar for the second straight time

Peltonen – he also retires from the event at this point

Nielsen – Cleared by a hair.

Chilton – just clears the bar

Bafou – is the 3rd competitor to decide to pack it in for this event at this height

Path clears 15’ 1”

Peltonen clears 15’ 1”

Bafou clears 15’ 1”

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Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results


15.9

Babson – Pass

Nielsen – Pass

Schaplowsky – Hard to believe this guy in injured with these results….he clears yet again…

Chilton – misses again…something seems to be off

Mighty – That’s a miss, hits the bar hard with his hip going over

Rambis – over the bar with over a foot to spare, made it look easy

Chilton – misses again – that’s 5 jumps and 4 of them have been misses, unheard of for a such a good pole vaulter

Mighty – second time is much better as he clears with room to spare

Chilton – misses yet again…this was a disaster for the UK athlete…I’m sure based on his location in the standings and the fact this is one of his better events, he was planning to use this event to strengthen his case for a medal, but this effort isn’t going to get that accomplished

Chilton clears 15’ 5”

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Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results

16.1

Babson – Pass

Nielsen – Pass

Palmiero – finally makes his appearance in this event…and it’s not a thing of beauty, but he does get over the bar.

Schaplowsky – he clears this height as well…I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this. 9 jumps and no misses…

Mighty – Another clear for Mighty…

Rambis – another easy effort

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Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results


16.5

Babson – Misses badly

Nielsen - Pass

Palmiero – over again…

Schaplowsky – that was not a good attempt…not sure if he’s getting tired, or just felt off on that approach but he records his first miss.

Mighty – takes an attempt here…and he clips the bar with his hip

Rambis – continues to be hot clearing the bar without any concern

Babson – Just barely knocks the bar off on the way over

Schaplowsky – decides to go again…and again it’s not the same as his previous efforts…he’s short on his lift and he knocks the bar off early.

Mighty – resigns from any further attempts

Babson – 3rd straight miss and Babson’s event is over.

Schaplowsky – waives off his next chance

Babson clears 15’ 5”

Schaplowsky clears 16’ 1”

Mighty clears 16’ 1”

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results


16.9

Nielsen – Pass

Palmiero – this wasn’t a particularly good attempt…hit the bar on the way up…

Rabmis – stays hot with his 5th straight height cleared

Palmiero – clears it the second time.

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results


17.1

Nielsen – Going for his personal best height…he’s up…and he’s over, oh…he just clips the bar with his hand on the release knocking it off…so close

Palmiero – On his turn, Palmiero is up and he clears the bar…there was no question about that one…he had a little room to spare. So he’s done 5 jumps, cleared 17.1 and he’s still going.

Rambis – misses for the first time…it was close but just couldn’t quite swim himself over cleanly

Nielsen – miss…this one wasn’t close

Rambis – second miss isn’t as close…

Nielsen – another miss that wasn’t terribly close

Rambis – concerned about fatigue, Rambis waves off his 3rd attempt

Nielsen clears 15’ 5”

Rambis clears 16’ 9”

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results

17.5

Palmiero – he’s up, good form, but not quite the explosiveness needed to get this height

Palmiero – passes

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results


17.9

Palmiero – passes

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Results


18.1

Palmiero – elects to take 1 attempt at this height before packing it in…he approaches, plants the pole, pulls down hard on the pole, he inverts…is up…and OVER….he clears 18’1”…that’s a huge jump for a decathlete…

Palmiero clears 18’ 1”

[Breeze]

Event 8 – Pole Vault – Final Standings

Palmiero	18.1
Rambis		16.9
Mighty		16.1
Schaplowsky	16.1
Babson		15.5
Nielsen		15.5
Clinton		15.5
Bafou		15.1
Peltonen	15.1
Path		15.1
Honcho		14.9
Ketola		14.5
Jordan		14.5
Llyw		14.5
Ginsberg	12.9

[Breeze]

Event 8 – Pole Vault – Event Points

Palmiero	1067
Rambis Jr	 941
Schalowsky	 880
Mighty		 880
Babson		 819
Nielsen		 819
Chilton		 819
Peltonen	 790
Path		 790
Bafou		 790
Honcho		 760
Ketola		 731
Jordan		 731
Llyw		 731
Ginsberg	 590

[Breeze]

Event 8 - Pole Vault - Recap

Winners

Palmiero - yes there were probably other winners, but Palmiero's effort was more than a foot better than every other athlete, and even more importantly was over 2.5 feet better than those around him in the overall standings

Losers

Bafou - while not in the running for a medal, this injury will most likely prevent him from moving any higher in the standings

[Breeze]

Current Standings – After 8 Events

Babson		7607
Palmiero	7523
Nielsen		7455
Peltonen	7433
Rambis Jr	7290
Chilton		7263
Ketola		7263
Path		7233
Schaplowsky	7161
Jordan		7159
Mighty		7071
Bafou		7007
Llyw		6989
Ginsberg	6828
Honcho		6155
 

[collegesportsfanms]

Originally Posted by Breeze

Current Standings – After 8 Events

Babson		7607
Palmiero	7523
Nielsen		7455
Peltonen	7433
Rambis Jr	7290
Chilton		7263
Ketola		7263
Path		7233
Schalowsky	7161
Jordan		7159
Mighty		7071
Bafou		7007
Llyw		6989
Ginsberg	6828
Honcho		6155
 

I may not finish in medal contention, but barring a major collapse, I should be good for a middle of the pack finish. The way Schaplowsky started, he'll take it.

[Simbo Klice]

Considering his injury, Rambis is performing admirably!

[Breeze]

Current Standings Overview

With only 2 events left things are starting to tighten up in several places...

Palmiero's excellent effort in the Pole Vault has catapulted him from 5th to 2nd. Currently, it looks like a 4 way fight between Babson, Palmiero, Nielsen, and Peltonen for the top 3 spots. It will be interesting to see how this plays out knowing that Babson and Palmiero aren't as strong in the last two events as Peltonen and Nielsen are.

Like the top 4, we have a tight bunching of athletes from 5th to 10th. Looking at the remaining events, injuries, stamina, etc., I expect that Ketola will continue to slide down the leaderboard. In fact, with his injury, he may find himself at the bottom of that second group before all is said and done. On the other hand Path looks to be sitting pretty in his group, poised for a strong finish. Will it be strong enough to challenge for 3rd, I'm not sure.

Two competitors, Llyw and Bafou, at the bottom of the standings have a couple of strong events coming up, so they could climb a bit...assuming the injury doesn't hinder Bafou too badly.

[Breeze]

Event 9 - Javelin - Preview

Favorites

Path
Ginsberg
Llyw


Underdogs

Ketola
Mighty
Rambis

[Breeze]

Event 9 - Javelin - Result Specifics

Safe
Injury - 0%
Foul - 0%

Ave
Injury - 1.4%
Foul - 29.37%

Allout
Injury - 2.8%
Foul - 58.75%

[path12]

Average for Path on his first attempt.

[Simbo Klice]

Rambis will go average here

[chesapeake]

Average for Llyw. It'll be a miracle if he doesn't accidentally impale himself.

[Breeze]

Event 9 - Javelin – Card Preview

Note: no predictions due to wide spread in results

Ketola
Safe – 148 (ave) to 185 (fair) – average 168.25
Ave – 166 (fair) to 200 (ave) – average 188.64
Allout – 166 (ave) to 223 (extremely rare) – average 203.28

Babson
Safe – 144 (ave) to 206 (extremely rare) – average 182.43
Ave – 180 (fair) to 226 (fair) – average 201.96
Allout – 183 (fair) to 240 (rare) – average 214.89

Nielsen
Safe – 157 (ave) to 218 (rare) – average 193.23
Ave –175 (excellent) to 235 (extremely rare) – average 210.44
Allout – 190 (ave) to 264 (rare) – average 227.78

Honcho
Safe – 174 (ave) to 220 (fair) – average 197.64
Ave – 190 (ave) to 236 (ave) – average 213.84
Allout – 204 (fair) to 263 (rare) – average 230.78

Jordan
Safe – 157 (ave) to 197 (ave) – average 182.67
Ave – 180 (good) to 212 (ave) – average 196.92
Allout – 175 (ave) to 233 (rare) – average 215.06

Mighty
Safe – 152 (good) to 189 (rare) – average 168.63
Ave – 167 (ave) to 204 (extremely rare) – average 188.20
Allout – 168 (ave) to 219 (rare) – average 200.67

Rambis
Safe – 148 (ave) to 187 (rare) – average 167.23
Ave – 173 (fair) to 200 (rare) – average 188.32
Allout – 166 (ave) to 220 (extremely rare) – average 198.5

Schaplowsky
Safe – 175 (good) to 218 (rare) – average 195.17
Ave – 191 (excellent) to 234 (ave) – average 211.68
Allout – 184 (ave) to 263 (rare) – average 230.56

Path
Safe – 193 (ave) to 266 (rare) – average 219.60
Ave – 213 (rare) to 275 (rare) – average 232.68
Allout – 206 (ave) to 293 (rare) – average 248.50

Palmiero
Safe – 148 (excellent) to 215 (rare) – average 182.63
Ave – 169 (good) to 231 (extremely rare) – average 197.64
Allout – 169 (ave) to 237 (rare) – average 215.44

Ginsberg
Safe – 190 (ave) to 249 (fair) – average 215.37
Ave – 204 (excellent) to 262 (Extremely rare) – average 225.88
Allout – 215 (ave) to 291 (rare) – average 246.39

Peltonen
Safe – 159 (ave) to 208 (rare) – average 195.03
Ave – 179 (extremely rare) to 235 (ave) – average 212.36
Allout – 193 (fair) to 261 (rare) – average 232.67

Bafou
Safe – 167 (ave) to 216 (fair) – average 196.5
Ave – 186 (rare) to 248 (fair) – average 216.6
Allout – 197 (ave) to 263 (rare) – average 229.61

Llyw
Safe – 186 (fair) to 265 (fair) – average 217.43
Ave – 211 (rare) to 266 (rare) – average 232.4
Allout – 206 (ave) to 282 (rare) – average 249.44

Chilton
Safe – 165 (ave) to 201 (rare) – average 181.6
Ave – 171 (fair) to 230 (fair) – average 198.36
Allout – 180 (fair) to 242 (rare) – average 214.72



Keep in mind...it takes 3 effort points to get 1 segment of the 1500 to be run allout.

[Breeze]

Event 9 - Javelin - Player Announcements

Ready for players to announce their effort levels...

[collegesportsfanms]

Average for Schaplowsky

[Coffee Warlord]

Average for Nielsen.

[Greyfriars Bobby]

Average for Peltonen.

[Breeze]

I am planning to post first attempt results at 5 EDT, tomorrow

[DavidCorperial]

Average for Ginsberg.

[thealmighty]

Avg. for Al.

[BYU 14]

All out for Chilton

[ntndeacon]

All out for palmiero

[Julio Riddols]

I hate that I keep missing this.

[JAG]

Average for Babson

[PilotMan]

Honcho avg

[Breeze]

Only waiting on:

Bafou
Ketola
Jordan