t-and-f: Re: National Depth--Marathon

Ryan Lamppa advises me that the U.S. men now have three top-100 marathoners. As of late October, Mbarak Hussein, shown at #13 on the world list for Kenya, has American citizenship and joins # 24 Khalid Khannoucihi and #54 Meb Keflezighi in representing USA. Cheers, Roger

t-and-f: National Depth--Pole Vault

The charts summarize the number of athletes each country placed in the world top-100 outdoor rankings for 2004 (plus ties) and the highest-ranked of these. Since one or two placings may represent only exceptional individuals, rather than national program strength, I've listed only countries with

t-and-f: Women's Pole Vault, again

Horrors! Checking my return copy of the vault stats, I found I had left CANADA off the chart. With three reps led by national record holder Dana Ellis, they rank just below Spain. WOMEN'S POLE VAULT 2004 Country Top 104 Highest United States 24 3 Russia10 1 Germany