{"id":593,"date":"2011-10-10T16:22:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-10T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=593"},"modified":"2011-10-10T16:22:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T23:22:00","slug":"my-2011-1s-rankers-by-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/?p=593","title":{"rendered":"My 2011 #1\u2019s Rankers by Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"<\/a>Time to start wrapping up the season. The Pan American Games are still on tap for the end of the month, but I don\u2019t see them changing anything here \u2013 or with most of the post season awards yet to be distributed. So I will start with event #1\u2019s, move on to Athletes of the Year, give a few of my own special awards, then break down several events. <\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve lamented a few times since Daegu, 2011 was not a great year for U.S. men. As I went through each event, I could only find place for three #1\u2019s among American men \u2013 and none on the track. American women faired slightly better with five #1\u2019s overall \u2013 three on the track and two in the field. <\/p>\n

While many of the decisions were fairly easy, there were some that were a bit more difficult. For those that I felt some may have question, I have provided a brief explanation following each set of #1\u2019s. Feel free to ask about any you may have questions about and I will gladly give you my rationale.<\/p>\n

With that, here are my #1 ranked athletes for the 2011 season.<\/p>\n

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2011 #1\u2019s by Event \u2013 Men <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nAthlete<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\nCountry<\/strong><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100 meters<\/td>\nYohan Blake<\/td>\nJAM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200 meters<\/td>\nUsain Bolt<\/td>\nJAM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400 meters <\/td>\nKirani James<\/td>\nGRN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800 meters<\/td>\nDavid Rudisha<\/td>\nKEN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500 meters<\/td>\nAsbel Kiprop<\/td>\nKEN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3000 steeplechase<\/td>\nEzekiel Kemboi<\/td>\nKEN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5000 meters<\/td>\nMo Farah<\/td>\nGBR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,000 meters<\/td>\nMo Farah<\/td>\nGBR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
110 hurdles<\/td>\nLiu Xiang<\/td>\nCHN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400 hurdles<\/td>\nDavid Greene<\/td>\nGBR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
High Jump<\/td>\nJesse Williams<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pole Vault<\/td>\nRenaud Lavillenie<\/td>\nFRA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Long Jump<\/td>\nMitchell Watt<\/td>\nAUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Triple Jump<\/td>\nChristian Taylor<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shot Put<\/td>\nDylan Armstrong<\/td>\nCAN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Discus<\/td>\nRobert Harting<\/td>\nGER<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hammer<\/td>\nKrisztian Pars<\/td>\nHUN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Javelin<\/td>\nAndreas Thorkildsen<\/td>\nNOR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Decathlon<\/td>\nTre Hardee<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

My Tough decisions:<\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 100 \u2013 Usain Bolt was undefeated, but never competed against World Champion Blake who in addition to the World title put up impressive numbers and only finished 2nd twice during the year. <\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 110 hurdles \u2013 Liu Xiang had the year\u2019s 2nd fastest time, had only 1 loss outside the World championships (2nd to Oliver at Pre) and wins in Daegu if not for the impediment. <\/p>\n

Men\u2019s 400 hurdles \u2013 David Greene was never worse than 3rd and won the World title in Deagu. In a year where every major hurdler had major hiccups and losses, Greene gets my nod. <\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Triple Jump \u2013 Christian Taylor just won all year. He was the NCAA champion, US champion, and World champion. He had the best mark in the world and became #5 all time. He won major meets in London and Budapest and only had one hiccup all year (in Monaco). Most didn\u2019t know who he was prior to Daegu \u2013 now they know. Reminiscent of Sergey Bubka\u2019s debut in 1983. <\/p>\n

Men\u2019s Hammer \u2013 Koji Murofushi won Worlds and had only one loss \u2013 but he only had three meets with two of those at home. Meanwhile Krisztian Pars competed in 23 meets, winning 20 of them and was never worse than 2nd including his silver in Daegu. <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

2011 #1\u2019s by Event \u2013 Women <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Event<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nAthlete<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nCountry<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\n <\/td>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100 meters<\/td>\nCarmelita Jeter<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200 meters<\/td>\nVeronica Campbell Brown<\/td>\nJAM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400 meters <\/td>\nAmantle Montsho<\/td>\nBOT<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800 meters<\/td>\nMariya Savinova<\/td>\nRUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1500 meters<\/td>\nMorgan Uceny<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3000 steeplechase<\/td>\nYuliya Zaripova<\/td>\nRUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
5000 meters<\/td>\nVivian Cheruiyot<\/td>\nKEN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10,000 meters<\/td>\nVivian Cheruiyot<\/td>\nKEN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100 hurdles<\/td>\nSally Pearson <\/td>\nAUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400 hurdles<\/td>\nLashinda Demus<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
High Jump<\/td>\nAnna Chicherova<\/td>\nRUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pole Vault<\/td>\nJenn Suhr<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Long Jump<\/td>\nBrittney Reese<\/td>\nUSA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Triple Jump<\/td>\nOlha Saladuha<\/td>\nUKR<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Shot Put<\/td>\nValerie Adams<\/td>\nNZL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Discus<\/td>\nLi Yanfeng<\/td>\nCHN<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hammer<\/td>\nBetty Heidler<\/td>\nGER<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Javelin<\/td>\nChristina Obergfoll<\/td>\nGER<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Heptathlon<\/td>\nTatyana Chernova<\/td>\nRUS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

My tough decisions:<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s 1500 \u2013 Morgan Uceny won the most big races (Brussels, Birmingham, Lausanne) was 2nd in NY, 3rd at Pre & Monaco, and was the world leader on the clock. Her fall in Daegu was her only major blemish, and she was tripped in that race.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Pole Vault \u2013 Jenn Suhr was only 4th in Daegu but she was the yearly leader, defeated gold medalist Murer in London, Stockholm & Zurich, and easily had the best overall record.<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s Javelin \u2013 Christina Obergfoll was only bronze in Daegu but never less than 2nd the rest of the year. She had the best overall seasonal record including wins over the gold\/silver medalists from Daegu. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Time to start wrapping up the season. The Pan American Games are still on tap for the end of the month, but I don\u2019t see them changing anything here \u2013 or with most of the post season awards yet to be distributed. So I will start with event #1\u2019s, move on to Athletes of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-593","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa3DCY-9z","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/593\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/trackchill.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}