Occassional thoughts about orienteering
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 A look at the new (old?) U.S. M21 rankings I spent a few minutes looking at the 2006 M21 rankings for the U.S. The first thing I noticed was that Orienteer Kansas' Mark Everett sits in the number 1 position.The next thing I noticed was that I was on the list - sitting in 20th position. Then I noticed that the top 20 is full of old folks, like me. Boris pointed out "...it's a bit sad that only 7 (I think) of the top 20 ranked blue runners are under 30..." Actually, as of 12/31/06, only 6 of the top 20 are under 30. There are just as many who are over 40. Looking at the ages raised an obvious question, "old compared to what?" So I took a look at the ages of the top 20 ranked orienteers in Sweden in 2006. Nearly half (9) of them are over 30. Only 1 - Thomas Asp - is over 40. Comparing the age distribution for the U.S. and Sweden, I noticed that 3 in the U.S. are under 25 (John Fredrickson, Ross Smith, and Leif Anderson); only 1 Swedish orienteer is under 25 (Anders Holmberg). Back to okansas.blogspot.com. posted by Michael | 7:16 AM 
Comments:
Situation in Finland is a bit different - ranking top 20:
12 under 30 including 4 under 25. Oldest 35. The upcoming of young talents is a good thing. # posted by
 : 4:22 AM
Mike, you slightly misunderstood my Attackpoint post. It was 7 under 30 as of 12/31/06, but it is now 6.
On the positive youth side, the M-20 rankings strike me as very encouraging. Did we ever have such a strong group?
EricW # posted by
: 7:31 PM
No, it was still 7 as of 1/1/07, but it is now 6. Somebody had a birthday... (Although you are technically correct in that your orienteering birthday is always on January 1 in effect.)
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