>From: "Conway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Since we're ranking sprinters and a lot of listers place mucho >importance >on > > winning gold medals at OG and WC where does Merlene Ottey fit into >the >woman's side of the greatest ever debate? She certainly should >be >considered but has always ended up with a "lessor" medal. Since no one else >has responded I will give it a try .. If I were going to >do the same type of ranking for women it would be: > >1. Evelyn Ashford >2. Gail Devers >3. Merlene Ottey >4. Marlies Gohr >5. Renate Stecher >Hasn't been as much change over the years at the top as with the men >Merlene rates ranking not simply because of her longevity but because >she >has been a force the entire time .. Unfortunately for her for the >20 years >she has competed Ashford and Devers have pretty much >dominated the event >Conway Hill >[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd probably rank something like the following: 1) Gohr 2) Ottey 3) Ashford 4)Tyus (two golds and 3 WR) 5) Devers (3 golds Oly/WC) - Stecher (gold/silver and 8 WR's) The women's 100m is tough to seperate Ashford-Ottey-Gohr-Devers group. 0Gohr has an Oly Silver an WC gold and a top ten average of 10.86. She also set thr WR's . Plus her T&FN rankings were 77 - 1, 78 - 1, 79 - 1, 80 - 1, 81 - 2, 82 - 2, 83 - 1, 84 - 4, 85 - 1, 86 - 3 for a ten year average of 1.7 Ashford has Oly gold & silver but no WC medals. Ashford also averaged a 1.7 T&FN ranking from 1978 to 1988. (She had two 5's and two 6's from 89-92 as well). She set two Wr 10.76 and 10.79. Her top ten average is 10.86. Ottey has four # 1 rankings and five #2 T&FN rankings. Her top ten average is 10.80. Her top twenty average is **10.83** She two Oly medals and four WC medals (two silvers, two bronzes). Devers is tough becuase of the 100H. Repeating at the olympics has to out her up there. Plus she has a WC Win in 93. I'd still put her behind the other four, however. I couldn't say Devers dominated, but... if you ask me tomorrow I might change the order of the top five. I kinda think Ashford and Ottey should flip spots some moments. Kebba Tolbert ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ================= Men's and Women's Jumps & Multis Coach Syracuse University Track & Field _________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
