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USA/RUS/CHN VIRTUAL TRIANGULAR MEET--2004 Women

Last month, a contributor to PoleVaultPower.com invited discussion of the China/Russian agreement on mutual assistance in preparation for the Beijing Olympic Games. If you missed this earlier, Bill Briggs' article can still be read at <http://www.denverpost.com/ci_2811052?rss>. A comment by USATF CEO Craig Masback can be read on the association's website--http://www.usatf.org/news/view.aspx?DUid=USATF_2005_06_25_19_38_20

A suggestion forwarded to PVP was that the USATF should take advantage of the opportunity to challenge Russia and China to a triangular meet. What follows is a compilation of how the results of such a meet might look, based on best performances by athletes of the three countries in the 2004 outdoor season.

When I asked for suggestions on how such a meet should be scored, Randy Treadway responded, on t-and-f darkwing, that IAAF rules say the scoring can be whatever the competing teams agree upon. Randy suggested scoring 7-5-3-1 as that often used in triangular meets. Another reader remembered a university triangular meet that involved two athletes from each team for individual events, the first four places scoring 5-3-2-1 and the relays 5-3-1. I liked that format, since it recognizes the special status of the winner meriting a greater points differential than between the other places and leaves opportunity for a team that doesn't field competitive representatives to be completely shut out of the event scoring. That is the model I've chosen for these posts of men's and women's "virtual" triangular meets.

Most of the data are drawn from Mirko Jalava's world deep lists at <tilastopaja.net>. Fortunately those lists are very deep, since often some of the lower-placing athletes were not included in top-100 rankings. (The top Chinese men in the 1500m rankings weren't in the top 300!) Comments and corrections, as always, are much appreciated. --RR


100 Meters:

1. Lauryn Willians USA 10.96
2. LaTasha Colander USA 10.97
3. Yuliya Tabakova RUS 11.10
4. Irina Khabarova RUS 11.21
Li Xumei CHN 11.32
Liang Yi CHN 11.38

USA 8, RUS 3, CHN 0

100 Meters Hurdles:

1. Johanna Hayes USA 12.37
2. Gail Devers USA 12.50
3. Maiya Koroteyeva RUS 12.60
4. Irina Shevchenko RUS 12.67
Feng Yun CHN 13.01
Su Yiping CHN 13.15

USA 8, RUS 3 CHN 0
(After two events: USA16, RUS 6, CHN 0)


Hammer:

1. Olga Kuzenkov RUS 75.02
2. Yelena Konevtsova RUS 73.68
3. Zhang Wenxiu CHN 72.42
4. Gu Yuan CHN 72.36
Erin Gilreath USA 72.12
Anna Mahon USA 70.88

USA 0, RUS 8, CHN 3
(After three events: USA 16, RUS 14, CHN 3)


400 Meters:

1. Monique Hennagan USA 49.56
2. Natalya Nazarova RUS 49.65
3. Natalya Antyukh RUS 49.85
4. Sanya Richards USA 49.89
Sun Hongfeng CHN 51.87
Tang Xiaoyin CHN 52.63

USA 6, RUS 5, CHN 0
(After four events: USA 22, RUS 19, CHN 3)


Shot Put:

1. Irina Korzhaneko RUS 20.79
2. Svetlana Krivelyova RUS 20.69
3. Li Meiju CHN 18.89
4. Lin Yingfan CHN 18.70
Kristin Heaston USA 18.66
Laura Gerraughty USA 18.54

USA 0, RUS 8, CHN 3
(After five events: USA 22, RUS 27, CHN 6)


10,000 Meters:

1. Xing Huina CHN 30.24.36
2. Sun Yingjie CHN 30.54.37
3. Lidiya Grigoryeva RUS 31:01.15
4. Alla Zhilyayeva RUS 31:07.58
Deena Kastor USA 31:09.65
Kate O'Neill USA 31.34.37

USA 0, RUS 3, CHN 8
(After six events: USA 22, RUS 30, CHN 14)


Pole Vault:

1. Yelena Isinbayeva RUS 4.92
2. Svetlana Feofanova RUS 4.88
3. Stacy Dragila USA 4.83
4. Kellie Suttle USA 4.67
Gao Shuying CHN 4.45
Zhao Yingying CHN 4.40

USA 3, RUS 8, CHN 0
(After seven events: USA 25, RUS38, CHN 14)


Long Jump:

1. Tatyana Lebedeva RUS 7.33
2. Irina Simagina RUS 7.27
3. Marion Jones USA 7.11
4. Grace Upshaw USA 6.84
Guan Yingnan CHN 6.75
Wang Lina CHN 6.72

USA 3, RUS 8, CHN 0
(After eight events: USA 28, RUS 46, CHN 14)


20 Kilometer Walk:

1. Song Hongjuan CHN 1:26:46
2. Olimpiada Ivanova RUS 1:26:54
3. Yelena Nikolayeva RUS 1:27:24
4. Jiang Jing CHN 1:27:34
Michelle Rohl USA 1:34:24
Teresa Vaill USA 1:34:32

USA 0, RUS 5, CHN 6
(After nine events: USA 28, RUS 51, CHN 20)

4 x 100m Relay:

1. United States
Lauryn Williams 10.96
LaTasha Colander 10.97
Marion Jones 11.04
Inger Miller 11.05

2. Russia
Yuliya Tabakova 11.10
Irina Khabarova 11.21
Larisa Kruglova 11.23
Olga Fyodorova 11.27

3. China
Li Xuemei 11:32
Liang Yi 11.38
Niu Nana 11:39
Zhu Juanhong 11:48

USA 5, RUS 3, CHN 1
(After ten events: USA 33, RUS 54, CHN 21)

--End of Day One--

Score at end of Day One: USA 33, RUS 54, CHN 21

200 Meters:
1. Allyson Felix USA 22.18
2. Tonette Dyer USA 22.34
3. Irina Khabarova RUS 22.34
4. Yuliya Tabakova RUS 22.51
Ni Xiaoli CHN 23.12
Li Xuemei CHN 23.14

USA 8, RUS 3, CHN 0
(After eleven events: USA 41, RUS 57, CHN 21)


800 Meters:

1. Tatyana Andrianova RUS 1:56.23
2. Natalya Kruschchelyova RUS 1:56.59
3. Jearl Miles-Clark USA 1:57.27
4. Nicole Teter USA 1:58.52
Liu Quing CHN 2:03.22
Liu Xiaoping CHN 2:03.44

USA 3, RUS 8, CHN 0
(After twelve events: USA 44, RUS 65, CHN 21)


400 Meters Hurdles

1. Sheena Johnson USA 52.95
2. Yuliya Pechonkina RUS 53.31
3. Brenda Taylor USA 53.36
4. Yekaterina Bickert RUS 53.72
Huang Xiaoxiao CHN 54.83
Yao Yuehua CHN 55.63

USA 7, RUS 4, CHN 0
(After thirteen events: USA 51, RUS 69, CHN 21)


Discus:

1. Natalya Sadova RUS 68.63
2. Aretha Hill USA 65.86
3. Olga Chernyavskaya RUS 65.09
4. Song Aimin CHN 64.90
Huang Qun CHN 64.42
Suzy Powell USA 63.58

USA 3, RUS 7, CHN 1
(After fourteen events: USA 54, RUS 76, CHN 22)


High Jump:

1. Yelena Slesarenko RUS 2.06
2. Amy Acuff USA 2.00
3. Victoriya Seryogina RUS 2.00
4. Tisha Waller RUS 1.98
Jing Xuezhu CHN 1.94
Jiang Haiyan CHN 1.94

USA 4, RUS 7, CHN 0
(After fifteen events: USA 58, RUS 83, CHN 22)


1500 Meters:

1. Natalya Yevdokimova RUS 3:59.05
2. Olga Yegorova RUS 4:01.15
3. Carrie Tollefson USA 4:06.13
4. Shayne Culpepper USA 4:06.33
Xie Sainan CHN 4:10.29
Lin Qing CHN 4:10.51

USA 3, RUS 8, CHN 0
(After sixteen events: USA 61, RUS 91, CHN 22)


Triple Jump:

1. Tatyana Lebedeva RUS 15.34
2. Anna Pyatykh RUS 14.85
3. Tiombe Hurd USA 14.45
4. Huang Quiyan CHN 16.66
Vanitta Kinard USA 14.13
Lin Baohua CHN 14.11

USA 2, RUS 8, CHN 1
(After seventeen events: USA 63, RUS 99, CHN 23)


3,000 Meters Steeplechase:

1. Gulnara Samitova RUS 9:01.59
2. Lyubov Ivanova RUS 9:28.02
3. Briana Shook USA 9:29.32
4. Ann Gaffigan USA 9:39.35
Li Zhenzhu CHN 9:58.67
Chen Xiaofang CHN 10:07.78

USA 3, RUS 8, CHN 0
(After eighteen events: USA 66, RUS 107, CHN 23)


Javelin:
1. Valeriya Zabruskova RUS 63.84
2. Yekaterina Ivakina RUS 61.34
3. Xue Juan CHN 60.90
4. Ma Ning CHN 60.73
Kim Kreiner USA 58.68
Serene Ross USA 57.25

USA 0, RUS 8, CHN 3
(After nineteen events: USA 66, RUS 115, CHN 26)


4 x 400m Relay:

1. United States
Monique Hennagan 49.56
Sanya Richards 49.89
Dee Dee Trotter 50.00
Michelle Collins 50.02

2. Russia
Natalya Nazarova 49.65
Natalya Antyukh 49.85
Tatyana Firova 50.44
Olesya Zykina 50.44

3. China
Sun Hongfeng 51.87
Tang Xaoyin 52.63
Huang Xiaxio 52.76
Bu Fanfang 52.99

USA 5, RUS 3, CHN 1

FINAL SCORES: USA 71, RUS 118, CHN 27

Thank you Roger! This is really neat.