JAVMAN83
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Every day I check the current rankings, both boys & girls, for any changes that might affect the all-time databases that I'm working on. In wind affected events, I even log wind-aided times & those without wind data that are significant from a historical perspective. However, I do come across marks that are clearly WRONG or of questionable validity, but have been uploaded into MileSplit & AthleticNet databases without anyone questioning the validity of said performance.
Just came across one this morning:
Rakim Deaver (Bucyrus) - 100m - 10.12 "PR" at the Bucyrus MS/HS Combined on 26 April 2022 (https://oh.milesplit.com/meets/480403-bucyrus-mshs-combined-2022/results/809789#.YmvgJNPMIRD)
This performance would be the fastest ever at 100 meters in Ohio history under all-conditions. However, it is total bull hockey. Just look at the results of the competitors in the 100 meters vs. their other performances and you'll see just how out-of-whack the times in the 100m are. Yet this is what makes it way onto the databases without some type of bad performance filter being applied. Clearly the timing malfunctioned or the race was most likely 80m in length.
Unless spotted by someone of responsibility associated with the individual meet in question, these marks will sit on these databases...sometimes for many years. This misleads casual viewers, parents, coaches, adminstrators, into believing the performance without question.
The old Latin proverb applies aptly, I think. "Caveat emptor" - paraphrased as "let the buyer beware". Don't believe everything you read.
There are a number of others currently still on these sites. Another one is the listing of Anjali Mead (SPIRE Academy) as #3 on the Ohio list of girls' pole vaulters. This girl, while very good at 12' 9 1/2", is NOT an Ohio vaulter. She is a Virginia-based vaulter training/living at SPIRE Academy. I do NOT list her on Ohio all-time lists. There've been a few others over the years in the same situation.
So, beware!
Just came across one this morning:
Rakim Deaver (Bucyrus) - 100m - 10.12 "PR" at the Bucyrus MS/HS Combined on 26 April 2022 (https://oh.milesplit.com/meets/480403-bucyrus-mshs-combined-2022/results/809789#.YmvgJNPMIRD)
This performance would be the fastest ever at 100 meters in Ohio history under all-conditions. However, it is total bull hockey. Just look at the results of the competitors in the 100 meters vs. their other performances and you'll see just how out-of-whack the times in the 100m are. Yet this is what makes it way onto the databases without some type of bad performance filter being applied. Clearly the timing malfunctioned or the race was most likely 80m in length.
Unless spotted by someone of responsibility associated with the individual meet in question, these marks will sit on these databases...sometimes for many years. This misleads casual viewers, parents, coaches, adminstrators, into believing the performance without question.
The old Latin proverb applies aptly, I think. "Caveat emptor" - paraphrased as "let the buyer beware". Don't believe everything you read.
There are a number of others currently still on these sites. Another one is the listing of Anjali Mead (SPIRE Academy) as #3 on the Ohio list of girls' pole vaulters. This girl, while very good at 12' 9 1/2", is NOT an Ohio vaulter. She is a Virginia-based vaulter training/living at SPIRE Academy. I do NOT list her on Ohio all-time lists. There've been a few others over the years in the same situation.
So, beware!