Queens and Kings of the Beast | ||||
| Who is the Beast of Show? | ||||
So how do you decide who among our pantheon of ferocious dominators qualifies to be the Queen and King of the Beasts. There are probably a lot of ways to choose the regal ones, but the one we settled upon because we have the data readily available is to give the crowns to the Beasts who exceeded their event's average winning margin by the largest ratio (ie. Tuohy's 35.32 margin in the 3000m was more than 4 times the average winning margin) . Of course for the repeat winners, they are in a sense battling with themselves if they laid down two big Beastly performances. But so it goes. Running the numbers, top five standing on the podiums are as follows. Queen of the Beasts 1st. Katelyn Tuohy, 3000m, 4.22 2nd. Katelyn Tuohy, 1500m, 4.03 3rd. Alexis Daniels, Shot Put, 3.86 4th. Lanae-Tava Thomas, Long Jump, 3.35 5th. Kamryn McIntosh, 800m, 2.86 Tuohy's mark in the 3000m as a sophomore would be a lot higher if she hadn't been battling the big chunk of margin time that her junior champ added to the event's average pot. Thomas knocked herself out of the top 5 in her 100m event because of her big junior-year race. Kings of the Beasts 1st. Newburgh, 4x400m, 3.26 2nd. Alex Hatz, 1600m, 3.21 3rd. Eric Favors, Shot Put, 3.06 4th. Jordan Yamoah, Pole Vault, 3.04 5th. Desmond Mobley, Long Jump, 2.88 It is likely true that long distance runners have a greater chance to expand on a Beastly margin, but Zack Warden in the 200m was in a tie with triple jumper Shane Green for the 6th spot. Both posted ratios of 2.76470588235, and it is a bit bizarre that a sprinter's time and a jumper's distance can be run out to the same value at the 11th decimal place. | ||||