multi-events

[d pickup]

Will Jesicca Ennis win W PEN in Paris (EUR in)? - only 6 weeks away!
Will Dobrynska have the motivation to very closely challenge again for gold in Paris & Daegu?
Who besides will be the best bet for a podium slot in Daegu HEP: Fountain, Oeser, Chernova?
Will Skujyte's (LTU, WR W DEC 8358 '05, HEP PB 6435 '04) return & be a threat to the top HEP athletes?
Will JE beat the W PEN in WR?
Will JE find an extra 9pts to beat the GBR NR HEP?
Will cover-page, CG Champ Louise Hazel move up a notch in Paris/Daegu?
Will GBR's DEC men continue to go to new heights in '11?
Will Ashton Eaton top his M HEP in WR of 6499?
Will USA's Clay, Eaton, Arnold & CUB's Garcia/Suarez be a match for EUR stars Barraas, Sintnicolaas, Kasyanov in Daegu world champs?

JE
JE has suggested that she is feeling a bit the pressure on her as a Ldn '12 gold prospect.
Hopefully she and her coach can just steadily nudge away at her performances in each of the 7 events, so that her overall excellence sees a better total HEP score look after itself.
It would be nice if things occasionally come together and she can for instance:
- make her '07 200 of 23.15 an '11/'12 PB
- make her '07 HJ of 1.95 an '11/'12 PB
- keep nudging up her LJ, SP & JT PBs in '11 & '12
Already in '11 (in) JE has a PB SP (in) of 14.11 (pres PB in 14.01; PB SP out: 14.25)
JE, don't get injured.

What a season before us to see unfold.

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'The Netherlands’ 2010 European Athletics Championships decathlon silver medalist Eelco Sintnicolaas is the latest name to be added to Estonia’s top indoor meeting, the International Indoor Combined Events meeting in Tallinn on February 5-6.'

see
www.european-athletics.org/general-news ... eting.html

[d pickup]

'Princeton Relays To Showcase Ashton Eaton'

'Ashton Eaton — the indoor heptathlon world recordholder — will compete in the 60-meter hurdles, pole vault and 800-meter run'

'Eaton — the NCAA decathlon championship the last three years for the Oregon Ducks — is training in Princeton in advance of the Millrose Games Triathlon on Jan. 28. At the Millrose in Madison Square Garden he will battle Bryan Clay and Trey Hardee in a three-event challenge (hurdles, high jump and shot put).'

see
http://hepstrack.com/2011/01/20/princet ... ton-eaton/

[d pickup]

Jessica Ennis did a personal best (PB) in the SP this weekend:
14.61in = 835 points
beating her previous PB (in):
14.11in = 801points
and her PB (out):
14.25out = 811 points

i.e. 24pts in the bag

Ennis's PBs (in)
60h ... HJ .. LJ .... SP .... 800 .....PEN
7.95, 1.94, 6.44, 14.61, 2.12.55, 4937
Note (out):
....... 1.95, 6.51, 14.25, 2.09.88

see
www.athleticsweekly.com/news/enniss-ind ... ghborough/

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'Ennis searches her mind for an edge over her Olympic rivals'

see
www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/olympics/arti ... z1BqJjZoaB

[d pickup]

Jessica Ennis did SP-well at the weekend, adding 1/2-meter to her SP personal best (PB)

Ashton Eaton Men's HEP (in) WR-holder, meanwhile, over the water at the Princeton Relays, did quite well too!:
- his birthday (born 21jan88)
- added over 1-meter to his SP PB doing 14.18 (prev PB in 13.12, PB out 13.11)
- improved his 60mH from 7.77 to 7.68
- improved his 800 PB from ?? to 1.55.90
- missed his PV (in) PB by just 5cm doing 5.10 (PBin 5.15, PB out 5.26)

Ashton's WR HEP (in) of 6499 might just top 6500 before the 2011 (in) season is over.

[d pickup]

Multi-events: list-toppers

world leader '11 hep (in) M
1 5735 Gaël Querin FRA 26 Jun 87 182/76 1 Liévin 16 Jan
7.26 7.17 12.23 1.98 8.22 4.70 2:34.25

world leader '11 pen (in) W
1 3984 Bárbara Hernando ESP 12 Aug 88 1 Valencia 18 Dec
8.86 1.67 12.10 5.51 2:17.66

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european leaders
see above

new National Records (NRs) 2011
nil

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UK: list-toppers
MEN
UK HEP '10
1 5783 i 5783i PB Daniel Awde U23 22.06.88 Greg Richards Woodford Green Essex Ladies Bompas, FRA 7 Mar 10
2 5686 i 5749i Kevin Sempers 24.11.85 Ian Grant Trafford Apeldoorn, NED 31 Jan 10
7.03 6.95 12.92 2.03 8.13 4.60 2:48.62
3 5629 i 5629i PB Richard Reeks 06.12.85 Ian Grant Crawley Sheffield 10 Jan 10
( 7.05 -7.04 - 12.61 - 1.99 / 8.09 - 4.60 - 2:51.02 )
4 5510 i 5722i Edward Dunford 15.09.84 Edward Dunford Birchfield H Apeldoorn, NED 31 Jan 10
( 7.08 - 6.84 - 14.70 - 1.88 / 8.16 - 4.30 - 2:49.63 )
5 5301 i 5301i PB Martin Brockman 13.11.87 Christopher Bowman Medway & Maidstone Sheffield 10 Jan 10
6 5260 i 5419i Ben Hazell 01.10.84 Bill Jewers Basingstoke & Mid Hants Apeldoorn, NED 31 Jan 10

UK dec '10
1 7727 7727 PB David Guest U20 08.11.91 Mike Guest Bridgend Bedford 6 Jun 10
2 7712 7712 PB Martin Brockman 13.11.87 Christopher Bowman Medway & Maidstone Delhi, IND 8 Oct 10
3 7676 7726 Ben Hazell 01.10.84 Bill Jewers Basingstoke & Mid Hants Delhi, IND 8 Oct 10
4 7616 7751 Daniel Awde U23 22.06.88 Greg Richards Woodford Green Essex Ladies DesenzanodelGarda,ITA 9 May 10
5 7571 7571 PB Kevin Sempers 24.11.85 Ian Grant Trafford Delhi, IND 8 Oct 10
6 7429 7734 Edward Dunford 15.09.84 Edward Dunford Birchfield H Woodford 16 May 10
7 7412 A 7412A PB Roger Skedd 03.09.82 Greg Richards City of Sheffield Potchefstroom, RSA 17 Apr 10

UK HEP '11
1 5407 i 5490i Francis Baker 22.09.87 Gareth Lease Derby Sheffield 9 Jan 11
7.2h 7.18 12.19 1.95 8.25 4.50 2:50.35
2 5278 i 5629i Richard Reeks 06.12.85 Ian Grant Crawley Sheffield 9 Jan 11
3 5242 i 5242i PB David Feeney 17.10.87 Emily Parker Amber Valley Sheffield 9 Jan 11

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WOMEN
UK pen '10
1 4937 i 4937i PB Jessica Ennis 28.01.86 Antonio Minichiello City of Sheffield Doha, QAT 13 Mar 10 (prev PB 4716 -07)
8.04 1.90 14.01 6.44 2:12.55
2 4146 i 4146i PB Katarina Johnson-Thompson U20 09.01.93 Mike Holmes Liverpool H Bompas, FRA 6 Mar 10
( 8.85 - 1.81 - 9.90 - 6.12 - 2:21.35 )
3 4046 i 4237i Grace Clements 02.05.84 Julie Hollman Dartford H Apeldoorn, NED 31 Jan 10
( 8.77 - 1.78 - 12.40 - 5.18 - 2:19.04 )
4 3982 i 4021i Catherine Holdsworth 03.01.86 Darrell Bunn Colchester H Apeldoorn, NED 31 Jan 10
5 3847 i 3940i Lucy Boggis U23 27.01.89 Julie Hollman Shaftesbury Barnet Sheffield 10 Jan 10
6 3812 i 3812i PB Jessica Taylor U23 27.06.88 Christopher Bartram Sale Harriers Manchester Bompas, FRA 7 Mar 10
7 3806 i 3806i PB Alice Lennox U20 07.01.91 Greg Richards City of Stoke Bompas, FRA 6 Mar 10

UK hep '10
1 6823 6823 PB Jessica Ennis 28.01.86 Antonio Minichiello City of Sheffield Barcelona, ESP 31 Jul 10
2 6156 6156 PB Louise Hazel 06.10.85 Aston Moore Birchfield H Delhi, IND 9 Oct 10
3 5819 5819 PB Grace Clements 02.05.84 Julie Hollman Dartford H Delhi, IND 9 Oct 10
4 5724 5952 Phyllis Agbo 16.12.85 Darrell Bunn Thames Valley Tallinn, EST 27 Jun 10
5 5671 5671 PB Dominique Blaize 03.10.87 Julie Hollman Kingston & Poly Bedford 6 Jun 10
6 5426 5426 PB Jackie Tindal 21.01.79 Sandy Robertson Pitreavie Hexham 4 Jul 10
7 5390 5390 PB Louise Wood 13.05.83 Julie Hollman Chelmsford Stoke 5 Sep 10

UK pen '11
1 3694 i 3752i Lydia Chamberlin 02.10.87 Antonio Minichiello Lincoln Wellington Sheffield 9 Jan 11
2 3674 i 3674i PB Sophie Skinner U23 31.10.89 Colin Bovell Exeter Sheffield 9 Jan 11
3 3649 i 3812i Jessica Taylor 27.06.88 Christopher Bartram Sale Harriers Manchester Sheffield 9 Jan 11

see
Power of 10: www.thepowerof10.info/rankings
use 'Indoor pen' & 'indoor hep', from the 'Extended rankings section', for the indoor events
IAAF: http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/index.html
EUR athletics: www.european-athletics.org/european-season-lists.html
Tilastopaia oy: www.tilastopaja.org/ & click 'free'

[d pickup]

Ashton Eaton, USA, WR-holder men HEP (in) 6499

How does Ashton's 1.55.90 800 run at the weekend, a distance not included in men's HEP (in)/DEC activity, fit in with his HEP/DEC middle-distance running and performance generally in the multi-events?

A look at the all-time HEP (in) list will reveal that his 2.32.67 is the fastest in the list

see
www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout= ... etail.html

In the DEC not many are faster, the fastest being 8436, Dezso Szabo, HUN 4.11.07 '90

see
www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout= ... etail.html

The scoring tables give as follows on his PBs:
800 1.55.90 (915) '11
1km 2,32,67 (957), '10
1.5k 4.20.56 (808), '08

[d pickup]

'U.S. decathletes Clay, Trey winning titles again'

Clay, Hardee & Eaton 'in a three-event competition Friday at the Millrose Games [fri 28jan11] taking on the 60-meter dash, high jump and shot put at the storied indoor meet at Madison Square Garden. '

'Clay is listed at 5-foot-11, 185 pounds. The 23-year-old Eaton is 6-1, 185. Hardee, who's about to turn 27, is 6-5, 210'

see
www.universalsports.com/news/article/newsid=512856.html

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'Millrose to Give a Spotlight to Decathletes'

see
www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/sports/27vecsey.html?_r=1

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2010 HEP form
1 6499 WR Ashton Eaton USA 21 Jan 88 185/86 1 NCAA Fayetteville AR 13 Mar (PB)
6.71 7.73 13.12 2.11 7.77 5.10 2:32.67
5 6204 Bryan Clay USA 3 Jan 80 178/83 1 WC Doha 13 Mar (PB 6371 '08)
6.67 7.27 15.31 2.06 8.00 5.00 2:50.28
6 6184 Trey Hardee USA 7 Feb 84 196/95 2 WC Doha 13 Mar (PB 6208 '06)
6.80 7.28 14.44 2.06 7.79 5.00 2:47.76

2010 DEC form
1 8483 Bryan Clay USA 3 Jan 80 178/83 1 Hypo Götzis 30 May (PB 8832 '08)
10.35/0.2 7.51/0.4 15.38 2.06 49.66 14.08/0.1 49.85 4.60 66.19 4:56.37
2 8457 Ashton Eaton USA 21 Jan 88 185/86 1 NCAA Eugene OR 11 Jun (PB)
10.37/0.5 7.90/1.1 12.60 2.02 46.28 13.68/1.6 41.71 4.70 52.41 4:21.85

DEC 2009
8790 Trey Hardee USA 7 Feb 84 196/95 1 WC Berlin 20 Aug 2009 (PB)
10.45/0.2 7.83/1.9 15.33 1.99 48.13 13.86/0.3 48.08 5.20 68.00 4:48.91

[d pickup]

To date how active in the 2011 in season are the top multi-event athletes? - besides Ennis and Eaton, already

reported on:

Natalia Dobrynska, UKR
zilch

Tatiana Chenova, RUS
zilch

Jennifer Oester, GER
60 m hurdles (PB 8.56 '09)
8.57i SB 1 Nordrhein Ch Leverkusen 15 Jan
Long jump (PB out 6.68 '10)
6.05i PB 1 Nordrhein Ch Leverkusen 16 Jan

Hyleas Fountain, USA
60 m
7.50i 1 Findlay OH 21 Jan
7.49i SB 1h3 Findlay OH 21 Jan (= PB of '04!)

Bryan Clay, USA
zilch

Romain Barras, FRA
zilch

Eelco Sintnicolaas, NED
zilch

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Let us remind ourselves how:

Jessica Ennis, in March '10, won her women's PEN (in) world title
4937 Jessica Ennis GBR 28/01/1986 1 Doha 13/03/2010
( 8.04 - 1.90 - 14.01 - 6.44 - 2:12.55 )

Ashton Eaton, in March '10, beat the men's HEP (in) WR:
6499 Ashton Eaton USA 21/01/1988 1 Fayetteville, AR 13/03/2010
( 6.71 - 7.73 - 13.12 - 2.11 / 7.77 - 5.10 - 2:32.67 )

[d pickup]

fri 28jan11 Millrose Games

Ashton Eaton does another 2 PBs: SP & 60H, & wins the 3-event contest against 'veterans' Clay & Hardee.

scores via indoor HEP tables
name ............. SP ............ 60H ............. HJ .............. total
Trey Hardee 15.94 (848), 7.83 (1025), 1.96 (767) = 2640
Bryan Clay 15.24 (808), 7.78 (1038), 1.96 (767) = 2613
Ashton Eaton 14.22 (742), 7.64 (1074), 2.05 (850) = 2666

see
www.iaaf.org/WIM11/news/newsid=59160.html

[d pickup]

'Oregon's Brianne Theisen breaks NCAA pentathlon record' (oversized track)

PBs for HJ & SP
8.45 / 1.83 / 12.70 / 6.02 / 2:14.50 = 4,507

see
http://blog.oregonlive.com/behindducksb ... reaks.html

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World/EUR leader '11 M HEP
1 5776 Ilya Shkurenyov RUS 11 Jan 91 1-22 Caucasia Ch Volgograd 16 Jan
7.21 7.27 13.40 2.06 8.40 4.90 2:49.21

World/EUR leader '11 W PEN
1 4308 Inna Ahkozova UKR 16 Sep 84 1 Ukr Cup Zaporizhzhya 28 Jan
8.64 1.74 12.73 6.05 2:18.49

GBR leader '11 M HEP
1 5626 i 5626i PB Francis Baker 22.09.87 Gareth Lease Derby Reims, FRA 30 Jan 11

GBR leader '11 W PEN
3838 i 3838i PB Jessica Taylor 27.06.88 Christopher Bartram Sale Harriers Manchester Reims, FRA 30Jan11

[d pickup]

2 corrections to yesterday's input:

World M HEP leader
1 5903 Miller Moss USA 14 Mar 88 1 JRF Inv Clemson SC 29 Jan
6.93 7.31 13.32 2.01 7.99 4.70 2:46.24

World / EUR W PEN leader
1 4540 Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida FRA 2 Aug 85 175/69 1 v4Nat Reims 29 Jan
8.26 1.77 13.74 6.17 2:18.09

[d pickup]

Here's how the world's top women HEP/PEN are doing early this indoor season

Ennis GBR
60 m
7.44i SB (99) 1h2 Northern Ch Sheffield 15 Jan
60 m hurdles
8.15i 1 Northern Ch Sheffield 15 Jan
8.03i 1r1 Loughborough 22 Jan
7.97i SB (1) 1 Aviva Glasgow 29 Jan
Long jump
6.16i 1 Loughborough 22 Jan
6.38i SB (30) 3 Aviva Glasgow 29 Jan
Shot
14.11i 2 Northern Ch Sheffield 15 Jan
14.61i PB (138) 2 Loughborough 22 Jan (adding 36cm to her prev PB '10)

Dobrynska UKR
zilch

Fountain USA
60 m
7.49i 1h3 Findlay OH 21 Jan
7.50i 1 Findlay OH 21 Jan
7.47i PB (129) 1 Findlay OH 29 Jan (taking off 0.02 from her prev PB '04/'11)
7.52i 1h3 Findlay OH 29 Jan
60 m hurdles
8.22i SB (38) 1 Findlay OH 29 Jan
8.36i 1h3 Findlay OH 29 Jan

Chernova RUS
60 m hurdles
8.61i h1 Governor Krasnodar 29 Jan
8.43i SB (111) 5 Governor Krasnodar 29 Jan
Long jump
6.04i SB (128) 8 Governor Krasnodar 29 Jan

Oeser GER
60 m hurdles
8.57i SB (195) 1 Nordrhein Ch Leverkusen 15 Jan
Long jump
6.05i PB (116) 1 Nordrhein Ch Leverkusen 16 Jan (has done 6.68 [out] '10)

[d pickup]

'Eaton named Athlete of the Week'

see
www.usatf.org/News/Eaton-named-Athlete-of-the-Week.aspx

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'Eaton can ‘definitely’ improve world record'

Details of Eaton's excellence and aims for the season (in & out) including Tallinn this weekend, Gotzis's DEC late May, US June Trials for World Champs in August.

see
www.athleticsweekly.com/news/eaton-can- ... ld-record/

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INTERNATIONAL COMBINED EVENTS MEETING
5th-6th of February, 2011 Lasnamäe Indoor Arena, Tallinn, Estonia

Eaton is in the HEP in Tallinn, EST, this weekend 5-6feb11

His WR: 6.71, 7.73, 13.12, 2.11, 7.77, 5.10, 2:32.67 = 6499, 13mar10
............... 60 ... LJ ..... SP ... HJ // 60H . PV ... 1000
His PBs: 6.71, 8.04, 14.22, 2.11, 7.64, 5.26, 2.32.67

His PBs for the other DEC events:
100 10.33/-1.0 10
400 46.28 '10
1.5k 4:20.56 '08
110H 13.54/-1.5 10
DT 43.71 '10
JT 53.93 '08
DEC 8457 '10

Details don't seem to be available of his opponents, though Eelco Sintnicolaas NED, 2nd EUR Champs DEC '10, is entered.

Of the 3 small Baltic states, Estonia has a fine men's HEP/DEC national records ranking via country:

Estonia, Tallinn, 45,228 sq km, 1.340 popn
HEP 6 6374 Erki Nool 1970 07/03/1999 Maebashi
DEC 5 8815 Erki Nool 1970 07/08/2001 Edmonton

Latvia, Riga, 64,589 sq km, 2.217M popn
HEP 36 5787 Edgards Erinš 1986 23/02/2008 Riga
DEC 30 8271 Janis Karlivans 1982 27/05/2007 Götzis

Lithuania, Vilnius, 65,200 sq km, 3.244 popn
HEP 31 5878 Darius Draudvila 1983 02/02/2008 Lincoln
DEC 22 8437 Risardas Malachovskis 1965 02/07/1988 Staiki

World HEP (IN) '10 top 7
1 6499 WR Ashton Eaton USA 21 Jan 88 185/86 1 NCAA Fayetteville AR 13 Mar
6.71 7.73 13.12 2.11 7.77 5.10 2:32.67
2 6300 Aleksey Drozdov RUS 3 Dec 83 191/95 1 NC Penza 3 Feb
7.08 7.55 17.03 2.15 8.35 5.20 2:49.41
3 6254 NR Oleksiy Kasyanov UKR 26 Aug 85 191/82 1 Ukr Cup Zaporizhzhya 30 Jan
6.85 8.04 15.15 2.05 8.18 4.70 2:42.88
4 6206 Andrei Krauchanka BLR 4 Jan 86 191/83 1 Univ Ch Mogilyov 21 Feb
7.09 7.57 13.77 2.11 7.90 5.10 2:43.50
5 6204 Bryan Clay USA 3 Jan 80 178/83 1 WC Doha 13 Mar
6.67 7.27 15.31 2.06 8.00 5.00 2:50.28
6 6184 Trey Hardee USA 7 Feb 84 196/95 2 WC Doha 13 Mar
6.80 7.28 14.44 2.06 7.79 5.00 2:47.76
7 6156 Mikk Pahapill EST 18 Jul 83 197/93 1 NC Tallinn 13 Feb
7.20 7.62 15.10 2.11 8.06 5.05 2:48.38

[d pickup]

'Eaton, Sebrle and Barras set for Tallinn combined events meeting'

Men's HEP Meet on 5-6feb11; we can find no news of the full entry list (& W PEN?)

see
www.european-athletics.org/general-news ... eting.html

[d pickup]

'Sotherton will one day return to the heptathlon'

For now it's 400; she's done 50.35r

“I still need to learn how to run the 400m, the tactics of it, how to pace the race, how to judge the first 200m, whether to run a fast first half, how to judge the bends, how to get the heats right and how to run in one-off races”

'I will end my career with a heptathlon. It doesn’t matter where it is, or what I score – the heptathlon is where my heart is.'

see
www.athleticsweekly.com/news/sotherton- ... eptathlon/

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'It is hard to imagine anyone who weighs 57kg and stands just 5ft 5in tall inspiring too much fear, but that is just one of the goals for Jessica Ennis this year.'

"fear factor" over her opponents, Ennis added: "I think it definitely helps.

see
http://menmedia.co.uk/manchesterevening ... ear_factor

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'Former world champion Roman Šebrle and heptathlon world record holder Ashton Eaton are set for a duel at an international indoor combined events meeting in Tallinn on 5-6 February.'

21 HEP male and 10 PENfemale: from Estonia, Czech Rep, Austria, Latvia, Finland, Turkey, USA

see
www.european-athletics.org/general-news ... llinn.html

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31st EUR (IN) champs 4-6mar11 entries:
Heptathlon 11 athletes:
Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned),
Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukr),
Andrei Krauchanka (Blr),
Mikk Pahapill (Est),
Nadir El Fassi (Fra),
Hans Van Alphen (Bel),
Florian Geffrouais (Fra),
Roland Schwarzl (Aut),
Darius Draudvila (Ltu),
Andres Raja (Est),
Ingmar Vos (Ned).
abs Eur DEC (OUT) champ 2010, Romain Barras, FRA, injury.

Pentathlon 10 athletes
Jessica Ennis, GBR ... 'on a quest for the world record (4991 points by Russian Irina Belova)
Eliska Klucinova (Cze),
Karolina Tyminska (Pol),
Marina Goncharova (Rus),
Yana Panteleyeva (Rus),
Jessica Samuelsson (Swe),
Sara Aerts (Bel),
Ida Marcussen (Nor),
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (Fra),
Remona Fransen (Ned).

see
www.trackandfieldnews.com/index.php/dis ... arId=54293

[d pickup]

'Eaton on world record pace in Tallinn'

'17 points up on his day-one score from his 2010 world record performance.'

see
http://www.athleticsweekly.com/news/eat ... n-tallinn/


........... 60 ... LJ .... SP .. HJ ////////// 60H .. PV ... 1000
His WR: 6.71, 7.73, 13.12, 2.11 ////////// 7.77, 5.10, 2:32.67
points .. 988 . 992 ... 675 . 906 (3561) 1040 . 941.. 945 ........... 6499, 13mar10

prevPBs: 6.71, 8.04, 14.22, 2.11 ///////// 7.64, 5.26, 2.32.67
points ... 988 . 1071. 742 . 906 ///////// 1074 . 991 .. 945

Tallinn .. 6.66, 7.77, 14.45, 2.01 /////////
points . 1007 . 1002 . 756 . 813 (3578)
........... PB ... PBi ... PB . -93 . +17 ...

Day 2
60H: PB 7.64 28jan11 - average his top 10: 7.86s
PV: did 5.10 22jan11 - average his top 10: 5.06m
1000: did 1.55.90 (800) 22jan11; 1000 '08 PB: 2.40.90; '09 PB: 2.39.92; '10 PB: 2.32.67

Looking good. Perhaps the PV, like the HJ day 1, could be the nervy one.

[Sando1993]

Pentathlon 10 athletes
Jessica Ennis, GBR ... 'on a quest for the world record (4991 points by Russian Irina Belova)
Eliska Klucinova (Cze),
Karolina Tyminska (Pol),
Marina Goncharova (Rus),
Yana Panteleyeva (Rus),
Jessica Samuelsson (Swe),
Sara Aerts (Bel),
Ida Marcussen (Nor),
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (Fra),
Remona Fransen (Ned).

see
http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/index. ... arId=54293

I was hoping ennis would at least have some decent competition in the form of chernova or dobrynska, if she is miles ahead of the field, she might not have the motivation to dig out something deep :/

[d pickup]

[quote="Sando1993
I was hoping ennis would at least have some decent competition in the form of chernova or dobrynska, if she is miles ahead of the field, she might not have the motivation to dig out something deep :/[/quote]

Sando1993
You raise an interesting point. Ennis maybe near the record before the final event, the 800m. Will she dig deep to grasp the record. Eaton certainly did for his Men's HEP (IN) WR in Fayetteville, AR last March (& he may have to today in Tallinn), so Perhaps Ennis can in Paris if need be.

Off the top of my head I don't know how good the 10 going to Paris are at 800 ...

I note also, of the top EUR PEN/HEP athletes that there is no Oeser, GER, no Schwarzkopf, GER, no Yosypenko, UKR.

[Sando1993]

[quote="Sando1993
I was hoping ennis would at least have some decent competition in the form of chernova or dobrynska, if she is miles ahead of the field, she might not have the motivation to dig out something deep :/

Sando1993
You raise an interesting point. Ennis maybe near the record before the final event, the 800m. Will she dig deep to grasp the record. Eaton certainly did for his Men's HEP (IN) WR in Fayetteville, AR last March (& he may have to today in Tallinn), so Perhaps Ennis can in Paris if need be.

Off the top of my head I don't know how good the 10 going to Paris are at 800 ...

I note also, of the top EUR PEN/HEP athletes that there is no Oeser, GER, no Schwarzkopf, GER, no Yosypenko, UKR.[/quote]


Tyminska is luckily a v.good 800m runner, 2.05 at best i think , i have a feeling jess could actually win every event in this pentathlon

[d pickup]

[quote="Sando1993]Tyminska is luckily a v.good 800m runner, 2.05 at best i think , i have a feeling jess could actually win every event in this pentathlon[/quote]

Sando1993
Some figures I'd collected for next week, but now the 800s added:

W PEN EUR (IN) CHAMPS Paris 4-6mar11
W Pen 10 athletes (nation), born, PEN SB'10, PEN PB, HEP (out) PB ........ 800 in their best HEP '10
Jessica Ennis, GBR, b.'86 , 4937 (NR), HEP PB 6823 '10 .............................. 2.10.18
'on a quest for WR (4991)Russian Irina Belova'
Eliska Klucinova (Cze), b.'88, 4227 (PB), HEP PB 6268 '10 NR ....................... 2.15.85
Karolina Tyminska (Pol), b.'84, 4685, PB 4769 '08; HEP PB 6428 '08 ................ 2.06.43
Marina Goncharova (Rus), b.'86, 4605 (PB), HEP PB 6319 '08 ....................... 2.13.66
Yana Panteleyeva (Rus), b.'88, 4389, PB 4508 '09, HEP PB 6430 '08 ................ 2.15.11
Jessica Samuelsson (Swe), b.'85, 4476 (PB), HEP PB 6146 '10 ....................... 2.08.25
Sara Aerts (Bel), b.'84, PB 4125 '05; HEP PB 6084 '10 ................................. 2.15.90
Ida Marcussen (Nor), b.'87, (4183 '11); PB 4214 '08 (NR); HEP PB 6226 '07 (NR) .. 2.12.46
Antoinette Nana Djimou Ida (Fra), b.'85, 4633 (PB), (4540 '11); HEP PB 6323 '09 . 2.22.54
Remona Fransen (Ned), b.'85, 4188, PB 4276 '09, HEP PB 5993 '10 ................. 2.15.24

So at least a couple who might be there with Ennis in that vital last 200 of the 800.

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More on Eaton's 1st day in Tallinn

HJ 1.98m 1st attempt, 2.01 1st attempt, 2.04: 3 fails 'problems with his run up.'

“I’m absolutely not satisfied. I was 100 points ahead (of his world record) going into the high jump and now I’m just 17 points ahead of pace. I left a lot of points out there in the long jump too but I’m happy with the way I am running,” said Eaton.

“I don’t know what it is, the calves cramp. It happened in the blocks last week at Millrose Games and it happened again today in the 60m and then again in the high jump.

'Raja [EST] cleared a personal best of 2.10m in high jump to retain second place at the end of the first day with 3444 points while Šebrle went over 2.07m and is third overnight with 3402 points.'

see
www.european-athletics.org/general-news ... llinn.html

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Jessica Ennis made a last-minute decision to skip competing in the high jump this weekend in Sheffield, but rising pole vault star Holly Bleasdale has confirmed her participation for the McCain City Indoor Challenge.

Ennis, whose team stressed that her withdrawal was definitely not injury-related, will next compete at the UK Indoor Trials – also in Sheffield.

Any news on why Ennis didn't compete?

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Ashton Eaton, USA, b.'88, 86kg, 1.85m
........... 60 ... LJ ..... SP ... HJ //// 60H . PV ... 1000
His WR: 6.71, 7.73, 13.12, 2.11 ///// 7.77, 5.10, 2:32.67
points .. 988 . 992 ... 675 . 906 (3561) 1040 . 941.. 945 ..... 6499, 13mar10 WR

prevPBs: 6.71, 8.04, 14.22, 2.11 //// 7.64, 5.26, 2.32.67
points ... 988 . 1071. 742 . 906 //// 1074 . 991 .. 945

Tallinn .. 6.66, 7.77, 14.45, 2.01 //// 7.60, 5.20, 2.34.74
points . 1007 . 1002 . 756 . 813 (3578) 1085 . 972 ... 933 .... 6568, 5-6feb11 WR
........... PB .. PBi ... PB .. -93 . +17 .... PB* . SB .... SB
* HEP 60H world best performance

2nd-6th places
6114 Andres Raja EST b.'82, 80kg, 1.87m, 2 Tallinn (SH) 06/02/2011 (EST NR 6374 Erki Nool b.'70, '99)
( 7.00 - 7.28 - 14.93 - 2.10 / 7.83 - 4.70 - 2:44.36 )
5951 Dominik Distelberger AUT 16/03/1990 3 Tallinn (SH) 06/02/2011
( 6.86 - 7.49 - 12.58 - 1.92 / 7.92 - 4.80 - 2:41.01 )
5888 Tarmo Riitmuru EST 31/01/1986 4 Tallinn (SH) 06/02/2011
( 7.21 - 7.14 - 14.18 - 2.07 / 8.17 - 4.90 - 2:46.18 )
5848 Roman Šebrle CZE 26/11/1974 5 Tallinn (SH) 06/02/2011 (WR holder DEC - Eaton's fruit in the future?)
( 7.18 - 7.40 - 15.25 - 2.07 / 8.30 - 4.50 - 2:48.86 )
5743 Mikk-Mihkel Arro EST 28/03/1984 6 Tallinn (SH) 06/02/2011
( 7.00 - 7.05 - 14.34 - 1.92 / 8.20 - 4.70 - 2:46.35 )

W PEN 1st-3rd places
4422 Grit Šadeiko EST 29/07/1989 1 Tallinn (SH) 06/02/2011 (EST NR 4580 Kaie Kand [2nd here] b.'84, '09)
( 8.30 - 1.77 - 12.37 - 6.14 - 2:18.70 )
4383 Kaie Kand EST 31/03/1984 2 Tallinn (SH) 06/02/2011
( 8.78 - 1.77 - 12.93 - 6.08 - 2:15.28 )
4206 Laura Ikauniece LAT 31/05/1992 3 Tallinn (SH) 06/02/2011 (LAT NR 4463 Aiga Grabuste b.'88, '09)
( 8.72 - 1.77 - 11.19 - 5.89 - 2:16.49 )

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Ashton Eaton has done the business 2011 indoors - another story how he'll do 2011 outdoors for DEC.

And Jessica Ennis 2011 indoors, tipped to claim the PEN WR, in a month's time in Paris, EUR (IN) Champs ...

event ... 60h ... HJ .... SP ...... LJ ..... 800 ...... PEN
Belova 8.22 - 1.93 - 13.25 - 6.67 - 2:10.26 = 4991 Irina Belova EUN b.'68, 61kg, 1.75m Berlin 15/02/92 WR
points 1079 - 1145 - 744 -- 1062 -- 961
IB pbs 8.22 - 1.93 - 14.12 - 6.82 - 2.02.06 ... (HEP PB 6845)
points 1079 - 1145 - 802 - 1112 -- 1084

Ennis . 8.04 - 1.90 - 14.01 - 6.44 - 2:12.55 = 4937 Jessica Ennis GBR b.'86, 57kg, 1.65m, Doha 13/03/10
points 1120 - 1106 - 795 --- 988 ---- 928
JE pbs 7.95 - 1.95 - 14.61 - 6.51 - 2.09.88 ... (HEP PB 6823)
points 1141 - 1171 - 835 -- 1010 --- 966

In HJ 1cm = 13pts, so if in Paris Ennis:
- does 13 points below her pb in each event then 'plan A' below
- does 26 points below her pb in each event then 'plan B' below

plan A 8.01 - 1.94 - 14.42 - 6.47 - 2.10.83 = 5057
pb-13 1127 - 1158 - 822 --- 997 --- 953
plan B 8.07 - 1.93 - 14.22 - 6.42 - 2.11.72 = 4992 - we didn't plan this total, it emerged! adding 55 to her PB
pb-26 1114 - 1145 - 809 -- 984 --- 940

4992 is 1pt above the WR - QED

[SteveK26]

DP
I reckon the indoor heptathlon (men) is a relatively ''soft'' WR.
At the moment I dont rate Eaton as the best decathlete I've ever seen, but he might just develop into one. He is relatively young to be doing what he's doing.

Jess most definately rates as one of the top three heptathletes of all-time IMO, alongside Miss Kluft (brilliant) and Miss Joyner(dodgy?). If her HJ remains in the 1-90's she will likely break the world indoor record.I don't subscibe to the view I've read on this forum that her long jump is disappointing. I'm very sure that she will get it right one day soon and leap 6-60+

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DP
I reckon the indoor heptathlon (men) is a relatively ''soft'' WR.
At the moment I dont rate Eaton as the best decathlete I've ever seen, but he might just develop into one. He is relatively young to be doing what he's doing.

Jess most definately rates as one of the top three heptathletes of all-time IMO, alongside Miss Kluft (brilliant) and Miss Joyner(dodgy?). If her HJ remains in the 1-90's she will likely break the world indoor record.I don't subscibe to the view I've read on this forum that her long jump is disappointing. I'm very sure that she will get it right one day soon and leap 6-60+

SteveK26
Ashton Eaton, Yes I agree that the indoor HEP(men) WR is 'soft', and your reflection prompts me to think how high should it go to = the DEC WR (tables looking time!). It will be very interesting to see how much Eaton reduces the gap between his DEC best of 8457 & the WR 9026 - adding 57 points per event on average. The way he is improving his PBs we might see something startling in the next year or two.

Jessica will get up to 6.60 in the next 2 seasons I feel. Watching her progress in the next year or two will be interesting too.

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'Eaton sets new World record in Tallinn with 6568 points'

more info:
- '[Eaton] had a good 40-50cm push-off reserve in the Long Jump'

- 'Prominent Estonian athletes include Aleksander Klumberg-Kolmpere, the world’s first world record owner in decathlon (7485.61 points in 1922), and Erki Nool, decathlon Olympic winner in Sydney.'

www.iaaf.org/news/kind=100/newsid=59234.html
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ALSO re Eaton:
- ' "I made some bars in the pole vault on the third attempt when I really needed them." ' - we put the PV as the main potential downfall event for day 2 - this man Eaton appears to be good mentally.

"I had a bad high jump," he said. "I took off way behind the board in the long jump. I could have run better in the 1000, and although the (shot) was a big personal best, I know I can keep getting better."

see
www.oregonlive.com/trackandfield/index. ... n_how.html

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M PEN (IN) WR progress
6568 Ashton Eaton USA 21/01/1988 1 Tallinn (SH) 06/02/2011
( 6.66 - 7.77 - 14.45 - 2.01 - / 7.60 - 5.20 - 2:34.74 )
6499 Ashton Eaton 1 Fayetteville, AR 13/03/2010
( 6.71 - 7.73 - 13.12 - 2.11 / 7.77 - 5.10 - 2:32.67 )
6476 Dan O'Brien USA 18/07/1966 1 Toronto (SD) 14/03/1993
( 6.67 - 7.84 - 16.02 - 2.13 / 7.85 - 5.20 - 2:57.96 )
6418 Christian Plaziat FRA 28/10/1963 1 Genova 29/02/1992
( 6.83 - 7.58 - 14.53 - 2.13 / 7.97 - 5.20 - 2:40.17 )
6289 Christian Plaziat 1 Nogent-sur-Oise 02/02/1992
( 6.98 - 7.61 - 14.27 - 2.13 / 7.91 - 4.90 - 2:39.14 )
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And the best by other top multi-event athletes?:
6438 Roman Šebrle CZE 26/11/1974 1 Budapest (SA) 07/03/2004
( 6.97 - 7.96 - 16.28 - 2.11 / 7.95 - 4.80 - 2:39.67 )
6424 Tomáš Dvorák CZE 11/05/1972 1 Gent 26/02/2000
( 6.92 - 7.81 - 16.82 - 2.04 / 7.78 - 5.00 - 2:45.68 )
6208 A Trey Hardee USA 07/02/1984 1 Albuquerque, NM 27/01/2006
( 6.73 - 7.73 - 14.31 - 1.95 / 7.87 - 5.30 - 2:55.16 )

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Other multi-event activity this year: new NRs:
M HEP 6568 Ashton Eaton USA 21 Jan 88 185/86 1 Tallinn 6 Feb
M HEP 5901 Thomas Van Der Plaetsen 1990 BEL 06/02/2011 Gent
M HEP 5867 Mihail Dudaš SRB 15 Nov 89 183/79 1 NC Budapest 6 Feb
M HEP 5669 Kurt Felix 1988 GRN 29/01/2011 Nampa
W PEN 3887 Makeba Alcide 1990 LCA 28/01/2011 Fayetteville

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'I reckon the indoor heptathlon (men) is a relatively ''soft'' WR.' SteveK26, Mon Feb 07, 2011 3:58 am

We agree.

Roman Sebrle, WR holder of the far-less 'soft' DEC (out) WR, might give us a guide as to what might constitute a less-soft HEP (IN) WR, though he has done the HEP (IN) every year since 1998, but perhaps he's treated indoor winter-spring activity as minor-peak activity? His PB of 6438 does however rank him 3rd on the all time list.

Sebrle HEP event pbs
60 6.91 ..... 915
LJ 8.11 .... 1089
SP 16.47 ... 880
HJ 2.15 ..... 994
60H 7.84 ... 1022
PV 5.20 ..... 972
1k 2.37.86 .. 897
total ........... 6769

Eaton's HEP event pbs
60 6.66 .... 1007
LJ 8.04 .... 1071
SP 14.45 ... 756
HJ 2.11 ..... 906
60H 7.60 .. 1085
PV 5.26 ..... 991
1k 2.32.67 . 957
total ........ 6773 ie 4pts more

We wondered how often Sebrle ran 60m, 60mH & 1k ???
- 60: at least once every year 1998-2011
- 1k: at least once every year 1999-2011 except 2010
- 60H: at least once every year 1997-2011

Perhaps it is that the HEP (IN) is not contested so often as the DEC (OUT) and doesn't have an OLY status, so the record is just indeed a bit 'soft'.

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Re Eaton's DEC (OUT) prospects: the other events, not in the HEP, but included in the DEC, their pbs:
Sebrle 100: 10.37; 400: 47.76; 1.5k: 4.21.98; 110H: 13.79; DT: 49.46; JT: 71.18
................ 1006 ........ 921 ............ 798 .............. 1002 ........... 859 .......... 907 ...... = 5493

Eaton 100: 10.33; 400: 46.28; 1.5k: 4.20.56; 110H: 13.54; DT: 43.71; JT: 53.93
................ 1016 ........ 994 ............ 808 .............. 1035 ........... 740 .......... 647 ...... = 5240 ie 253pts less

Sebrle's DEC pbs
100 10.37 ... 1006
LJ 8.11 ....... 1089
SP 16.47 ....... 880
HJ 2.15 ......... 994
400 47.76 ..... 921
110H 13.79 . 1002
DT 49.46 ...... 859
PV 5.20 ........ 972
JT 71.18 ....... 907 (these CZE athletes know how to do JT!; world all-time 2nd ranked DEC, Dvorak, CZE 72,32 JT)
1.5k 4.21.98 . 798
total ............. 9428
PB / total pbs = 95.74%

Eaton's DEC pbs
100 . 10.33 . 1016
LJ ... 8.04 . 1071
SP .. 14.45 .. 756
HJ .... 2.11 .. 906
400 . 46.28 . 994
110H 13.54 1035
DT . 43.71 . 740
PV ... 5.26 . 991
JT ... 53.93 . 647
1.5k 4.20.56 808
total ........... 8964 ie 464pts less
PB / total pbs = 94.12%

Many athletes have a PB/total pbs of 96%-98% (eg Jessica Ennis: 4937/5123 = 96.36%)
Eaton will, we are sure, go about pulling in some of the slack.

Sebrle's (WR) & Eaton's (ranked 57th) DEC PBs:
1 9026 Roman Šebrle CZE 26/11/1974, 88kg, 1.86m, 1 Götzis 27/05/2001
( 10.64/0.0 - 8.11/1.9 - 15.33 - 2.12 - 47.79 / 13.92/-0.2 - 47.92 - 4.80 - 70.16 - 4:21.98 )
57 8457 Ashton Eaton USA 21/01/1988, 86kg, 1.85m, 1 Eugene, OR 11/06/2010
( 10.37/0.5 - 7.90/1.1 - 12.60 - 2.02 - 46.28 / 13.68/1.6 - 41.71 - 4.70 - 54.07 - 4:21.85 )

So which ever way you look at things, and however much you play with the figures Eaton has a long way to go on the DEC (out) front, though he may surprise us with how quickly he progresses to the top/to near the top in '11 / '12.

Eaton has peaked now in February. Can he produce another peak in June-August time for US Trials/World Champs? Now out of College he certainly doesn't have to run his heart out in the College system.

Eaton's 2011 possible DEC score? - try 8700

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31st EUR (IN) champs 4-6mar, 11 entries:

M Hep 11 athletes (nation), born, SB'10, HEP PB, DEC PB
Eelco Sintnicolaas (Ned), b.'87, 5882, PB 6036 '09; DEC PB 8436 '10
Oleksiy Kasyanov (Ukr), b.'85, 6254 (NR); DEC PB 8479 '09
Andrei Krauchanka (Blr), b.'83, 6206, PB 6234 '08 (NR), DEC PB 8617 '07
Mikk Pahapill (Est), b.'83, 6156, PB 6363 '09; DEC PB 8298 '10
Nadir El Fassi (Fra), b.'83, 5883, PB 5899 '06; DEC PB 8123w '08
Hans Van Alphen (Bel), b.'82, 5711 (PB), DEC PB 8091 '10
Florian Geffrouais (Fra), b.'88, (5742 '11 PB) DEC PB 8057 '10
Roland Schwarzl (Aut), b.'80, 6065 (NR), DEC PB 8102 '04
Darius Draudvila (Ltu), b.'83, HEP PB 5878 '08, DEC PB 8032 '10
Andres Raja (Est), b.'82, 5908 (PB), DEC PB 8029 '10
Ingmar Vos (Ned), b.'86, HEP PB 5660 '07, DEC PB 8009 '09
abs Eur DEC (OUT) champ 2010, Romain Barras, FRA, injury.

We note also no Drozdov, RUS, no Behrenbruch, GER, no Schrader, GER

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'Eaton named Athlete of the Week'

see
http://content.usatf.org/he/vo.aspx?Fil ... D=15362124

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Some PEN (W) back ground info

W PEN (IN) WR progression
4991 Irina Belova EUN 27/03/1968 1 Berlin 15/02/1992
( 8.22 - 1.93 - 13.25 - 6.67 - 2:10.26 )
('4 year drug suspension after she won non-championship pentathlon
at WCh 1993, but was disqualified for a positive drugs test.')

4768 Sabine John GDR 16/10/1957 1 Moskva 15/02/1985
( 8.16 - 1.74 - 14.76 - 6.61 - 2:15.63 )

2nd on the all time list:
4948 Carolina Klüft SWE 02/02/1983 1 Madrid 04/03/2005
( 8.19 - 1.93 - 13.29 - 6.65 - 2:13.47 )

3rd & 4th, at the moment:
4937 Jessica Ennis GBR 28/01/1986 1 Doha 13/03/2010
( 8.04 - 1.90 - 14.01 - 6.44 - 2:12.55 )
4927 Kelly Sotherton GBR 13/11/1976 2 Birmingham, GBR 02/03/2007
( 8.23 - 1.88 - 14.57 - 6.51 - 2:12.54 )