escott58
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Post by escott58 on Mar 29, 2023 21:58:53 GMT -8
osubeavers.com/news/2023/3/29/womens-track-field-moersdorf-opens-heptathlon-with-three-personal-bestsThe 41-year-old record for the Heptathlon is within her reach when the final 3 events (LJ, 800m, Javelin) are done tomorrow morning. It really comes down to her javelin performance, as that may be her weakest event. Today she did 14.22s in the 100H (PB and #6 OSU), 5'-5" in the HJ, 38'-9.5" in the shot put (PB), and 25.54s in the 200m (PB). Here are the event and her scores from today: | 100H | 14.22s | 947 | | High Jump | 1.65m (38-9.5) | 795 | | Shot Put | 11.82m (5-5) | 649 | | 200m | 25.54s | 838 |
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Post by Henry Skrimshander on Mar 30, 2023 6:07:27 GMT -8
Good to see us getting competitive in that event again. Kara Hallock and Saskia McNairy both scored at Pac-12s in multiple years, I think, with Hallock taking second and McNairy seventh in 2017, at Corvallis.
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Post by TheGlove on Mar 30, 2023 8:59:02 GMT -8
Is there any thoughts in the TF world about making the Decathlon standard for Women’s?
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Post by Werebeaver on Mar 30, 2023 10:06:12 GMT -8
Is there any thoughts in the TF world about making the Decathlon standard for Women’s? It wouldn't be hard to change. It's just a matter of whether the competitors want to go from 7 to 10 events. It's a substantially more challenging 2 days. If you wanted to match it up to the men's decathlon you'd add 100m, Pole Vault and Discus throw. All current women's events. The other question would be whether to extend the end-of-day running events from the current pentathlon 200m and 800m to the men's 400m and 1500m. You'd also have to compile point tables specific to women's performances for the added/adjusted events but that's no obstacle. It'd be interesting to know what the current women's unratified record for decathlon (using men's point tables) is. I'm sure it's been done informally. |
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escott58
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Post by escott58 on Mar 30, 2023 10:21:19 GMT -8
Is there any thoughts in the TF world about making the Decathlon standard for Women’s? I haven't heard about that myself. Heptathlon seems to have a good amount of history. |
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Post by Werebeaver on Mar 30, 2023 10:23:32 GMT -8
Is there any thoughts in the TF world about making the Decathlon standard for Women’s? It wouldn't be hard to change. It's just a matter of whether the competitors want to go from 7 to 10 events. It's a substantially more challenging 2 days. If you wanted to match it up to the men's decathlon you'd add 100m, Pole Vault and Discus throw. All current women's events. The other question would be whether to extend the end-of-day running events from the current pentathlon 200m and 800m to the men's 400m and 1500m. You'd also have to compile point tables specific to women's performances for the added/adjusted events but that's no obstacle. It'd be interesting to know what the current women's unratified record for decathlon (using men's point tables) is. I'm sure it's been done informally. From Wikipedia: Women's Decathlon
At major championships, the women's equivalent of the decathlon is the seven-event heptathlon; before 1981 it was the five-event pentathlon. However, in 2001, the IAAF (now World Athletics) approved scoring tables for a women's decathlon; The current world record holder is Austra Skujytė of Lithuania, with 8,366. Women's disciplines differ from men's in the same way as for standalone events: the shot, discus, and javelin weigh less, and the sprint hurdles use lower hurdles over 100 m rather than 110 m. The points tables used are the same as for the heptathlon in the shared events. The schedule of events differs from the men's decathlon, with the field events switched between day one and day two; this is to avoid scheduling conflicts when men's and women's decathlon competitions take place simultaneously. |
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escott58
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Post by escott58 on Mar 30, 2023 10:57:23 GMT -8
Anneke took 9th place with a score of 5409, which places her 4th in the OSU record books (I think that score is finalized): 1. S. Harrigfeld Crowther 5,592 4/22-23/82 Walnut, Calif. 2. Kara Hallock 5,551 5/6-7/17 Corvallis, Ore. 3. Cindy Greiner 5,420 5/29-30/81 Austin, Texas Anneke Moersdorf 5,4094. Saskia McNairy 5,379 5/4-5/19 Tucson, Ariz. Darn good performance - she'll probably do at least couple more heptathlons before the season ends. There are some amazing athletes ahead of her in the record books, but she has been making some big improvements this year. |
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Post by escott58 on Mar 30, 2023 11:56:12 GMT -8
Not sure how I messed up the link above... Here's another try: relays.texassports.com/Then click on the women's heptathlon. |
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Post by ag87 on Mar 30, 2023 12:42:55 GMT -8
Is there any thoughts in the TF world about making the Decathlon standard for Women’s? I haven't heard about that myself. Heptathlon seems to have a good amount of history. I heard an interview with Brianne Theisen (Bronze in the Rio games) in about 2012. Trying to remember but she said the decathlon is coming for women but she wouldn't be starting to learn how to pole vault. Theisen retired after 2016. That's a very good score for Moersdorf. The throwing events are very difficult to master and it takes years. Her jav was poor - 97.7-feet. If she can make progress there and the shot she will shoot up in the rankings. I don't think her raw speed is high so she will always be limited. But it is good that she is looking like a Pac-12 scorer. Now if Phil Knight would tell Luke Musgrave he'll give him 120% of whatever the NFL offers and in exchange Musgrave will concentrate on the decathlon for six years, that would be interesting. To be clear, I believe there is less than no chance of that happening. |
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Post by ag87 on Mar 30, 2023 12:44:25 GMT -8
Anneke took 9th place with a score of 5409, which places her 4th in the OSU record books (I think that score is finalized): 1. S. Harrigfeld Crowther 5,592 4/22-23/82 Walnut, Calif. 2. Kara Hallock 5,551 5/6-7/17 Corvallis, Ore. 3. Cindy Greiner 5,420 5/29-30/81 Austin, Texas Anneke Moersdorf 5,4094. Saskia McNairy 5,379 5/4-5/19 Tucson, Ariz. Darn good performance - she'll probably do at least couple more heptathlons before the season ends. There are some amazing athletes ahead of her in the record books, but she has been making some big improvements this year. I think Hallock's score qualified her for the US Championships that year. |
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Post by escott58 on Mar 31, 2023 9:22:51 GMT -8
Whoever ran the women's high jump should reconsider the starting height of 5'-7". Only 8 of the 17 competitors cleared opening height - makes for a fast meet - gotta get home to feed the dogs probably. So OSU's lone jumper traveled 2000 miles for that.
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Post by rgeorge on Mar 31, 2023 11:55:56 GMT -8
Whoever ran the women's high jump should reconsider the starting height of 5'-7". Only 8 of the 17 competitors cleared opening height - makes for a fast meet - gotta get home to feed the dogs probably. So OSU's lone jumper traveled 2000 miles for that. Other than poor conditions like in last year's NCAA, 5'7" is pretty much the standard to even be recruited as D1 women's HJ. Mixed meets (DI,DII, DIII, open) can start as low as 5'4"/5" if split into Sections. I take it that it was a bad day... conditions, jumpers, or Sections had varying starting heights?? I didn't look at the schedule or results. |
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