Mark 12 - as at 30th September 2011
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Introduction Hello and a warm welcome to StatPack Mark 12 which updates the last (2010) version to include marks achieved during the 2011 indoor and outdoor seasons. Simon Kilminster compiled the first edition of Statpack over 15 years ago and although a few details and performances from earlier years continue to surface (and hopefully may still continue to do so) almost all the changes in this edition once again come from performances from the current bunch of talented athletes who continue to rewrite these rankings almost as soon as they can be produced! The 2011 season has seen thirteen more outdoor club records fall, but just seven athletes have achieved these. No senior men's records fell again but three senior women's records were improved. Kate Cowley contributed two of these in her first full season back after her maternity break. As well as improving her pole vault record, indoors and out, Kate surprisingly added the triple jump record to continue her stranglehold with five to her name plus a share of the high jump mark. Kike Oniwinde again broke her own senior and U20 women's javelin best and she holds the javelin marks for U15, U17, U20 and seniors. Two names dominate the new male records, each adding three. In the Under 17 men's age group Josh Olawore not only broke his own Octathlon best in winning the English Schools' title, but also added a new U17 long jump best smashing the previous mark by almost half a metre in winning the English title, but also improved the 100m hurdles best. Alex Law similarly dominated the U15 category also breaking the hurdles, long jump and combined events marks. The U15 girls' records continue to be rewritten. After her first season at the pole vault event Mercy Gutteridge improved her club best from 2.30m to 2.73m which also earned her the U17 & U20 marks - the sky's the limit for future years, After improving the U15 hammer mark last year Georgie Taylor further extended the mark and also made the discus record her own. Lydia Hallam also got her name on the U15 record books with a new 3000m best
All-Time Rankings
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As in recent editions the rankings include only performances for athletes who met the age definitions now in use – this means that a few long-standing under 17 boys’ marks no longer qualified as the athlete in question was too old under the current age groups. This happened because before 1964 an athlete’s age group was calculated as at 1 April prior to the start of the track season not as at 31 August, and also the statisticians used a 31 December cut off until 1970. I have only included any changes that I have been able to find but it does not mean that any marks for that athlete the previous season have not been missed. As usual, some observations on the contents, as follows.
I have continued to use the following conversion criteria for historic marks. Ø 100 Yards ‑ 100 Metres 100 Yards time plus 1.0 second Ø 220 Yards ‑ 200 Metres 220 Yards time less 0.1 seconds Ø 440 Yards/440 Yards Hurdles ‑ 400 Metres 440 Yards time less 0.3 seconds Ø 880 Yards ‑ 800 Metres 880 Yards time less 0.7 seconds Ø 120 Yards Hurdles ‑ 110 Metre Hurdles Same as they are the same distance . |
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