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Title: Top ten WV female track athletes
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(Date Posted:23/10/2009 10:57 PM)

Somebody on runwv needs a history lesson. Margaret Blake at #18? You're outta your minds. First female track athlete of the year, three time winner in the mile, two mile, and helped West Fairmont win many relays. She was always the anchor, because she delivered, whoever "fixed" these rankings needs their head examined.

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RE:Top ten WV female track athletes
(Date Posted:04/11/2009 7:19 PM)

The methodology for the lists is plainly explained on the pages.  This isn’t some list that we sat down and said “gee, I think this athlete was better than this one.”  This is a purely statistical analysis of their State Meet performances.  The bottom line is that though Margaret may have been dominant in the early ‘80’s, girls track has come a long way since then.  At this point, she doesn’t have one of the top 10 State Meet performances in the 1600 or the 3200.  Her cross country exploits are irrelevant to this list as it is a Track & Field list based solely on State Meet Performances.  Being named State Track Athlete of the Year is also irrelevant to this list.  That is something that is voted on and is purely subjective.  I prefer an objective method.  That way there is no "fixing" of the rankings. 

No doubt Margaret Blake was a tremendous athlete, but her times have not stood up to the test of time.  The comparison among athletes for these lists isn’t relative to their competition.  They’re relative to each other.  A 5:04 mile is better than a 5:11 mile no matter what decade the 5:11 occurred. 

Regarding your other comment regarding Steve Taylor in the e-mail (I tried to reply but it got rejected), he's # 1 in the A-AA list.  To find A-AA runners, you have to look at the A-AA list.
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