Monday, August 13, 2012

Olympic Track & Field Awards

Now that The Olympics are over I thought I would give out awards for Track & Field for US Sprinters & Distance Runners

Best Idoit & Showboater Award
There is no question that it is BOLT

Best US Runners That Didn't Get A Medal Award
This goes to my Saucony Teammate Duane Bang Solomon & one of my best friends Nick Symmonds in the Men's 800 Finals getting 4-5

Best I Think They are Doping Award
This goes to three people and they are in the Men's & Women's 1500: Taoufik Makhloufi (Men's 1500), Cakir Alptekin Asli & Bulut Gamze (Women's 1500)

Best US Track Performance by a Medalist that was a Gold Medalist Award
This goes to three people and they are all men: Trey Hardee (Decathlon), Galen Rupp (Men's 10K), & Leo Manzano (Men's 1500)

Best New Craze
There are three and one you have seen and two you don't know about, #MoBot what Mo Farah does after his win. The two you don't know about are #Symmondsing what he does after he wins & #Hardeeing what he does after a great field performance in the Decathlon photo below:

#Symmondsing

#Hardeeing


Best US Performance, Sprinting & Distance Runners, & Field Events
Distances- it is a three way tie,: Leo Manzano, Galen Rupp & Nick Symmonds
Sprinting-SRR
Field Events-Trey Hardee (Decathlon)

Best International Distance Running Perfomance
Men- Mo Farah, winning the hardest double 10K & 5K
Women- Diababa Tirunesh, winning the 10K

Best Track & Field Race Award
There is a three way tie: Men's 10K, Men's 5K & Men's 800 Final

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