Wednesday, October 27, 2004

How far I've fallen

A true story of heartbreak:

"Week 9 of the MP3 contest saw a close
battle in the top 4 for the lead.  Beck. North.  McMinn.  Galloway.
These players, barring remarkable changes, would decide the battle for the podium.

Week 9, Paris-Tours, is considered the "sprinter's classic"
of the World Cup, and is thus perhaps the most challenging to predict.  Emerging from the chaos of the sprint, Dave Henderson's 1-2 of Freire and Hondo was good for high points on the day.  Indeed, his choice of Hondo was the "dark horse" pick for the week.

Of the podium hunters, Galloway was strongest with his
Freire-O'Grady 1-2.   Beck limped in with 12th best
for the week, but held on to a microscopic 4 point lead over Beck in the final standings.  Tom McMinn came in even
weaker, and North was a DNS."

Dropping from second to sixth:

OVERALL SCORES
#   player               tot
1   Michael Beck        1973
2   Jeff Galloway       1969
3   Tom McMinn          1889
4   Frank Kurzawa       1845
5   Alon G              1795
6   Jake North          1739

No return in the final week and no next year to make it up:

"Thanks to all for playing.  There's no world cup next year, so this contest can no longer exist in its current form.  But I'll come up with something."

The final results:

OVERALL SCORES
#   player               tot
1   Jeff Galloway       2011
2   Tom McMinn          1989
3   Michael Beck        1973
4   Frank Kurzawa       1845
5   Alon G              1795
6   Jake North          1747
7   Julian Humphries    1626  
8   Bill Reams          1591
9   WC2003              1557 
10  Bill Strachan       1532
11  Kenneth D. Lloyd    1510
12  Dan Connelly        1485 
13  Randy Wright        1268
14  Podium2003          1214
15  Lee Rusk            1211
16  WC2004              1171 
17  David Henderson     1133 
18  Richard Whittington 1073
19  Andy White          1045 
20  Jason Rivers         955
21  Steven Mullins       921 
22  Ryan Robinson        734
23  Karen White          606  
24  John Bartle          584
25  David Orr            508
26  Shawn Liberty        500  
27  Dustoyevsky          126  

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