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DECATHLON HANDBOOK & MEDIA GUIDE 25th THORPE CUP USA vs GERMANY TEAM DECATHLON Knoxville, Tennessee July 27-28, 2018 by: Frank Zarnowski The Decathlon Association www.decathlonusa.typepad.com [email protected] as of July 25, 2018 TABLE of CONTENTS SECTION #1 BACKGROUND (pp 2-4) Team Rosters: USA, Germany Page 2 Time Schedule 2 Meet History 2 Previous Team and Individual Medalists 3-4 Individual Meet Records 4 SECTION #2 PAST RESULTS (pp 5-8) Past Results 5-8 2017 and 2016 5 2015 and 2014 6 2013 and 2012 7 2011 and 2010 8 SECTION #3 EVENT RECORDS (pp 8-10) Individual Event Records: 9-10 World 8 American 8 Collegiate 9 German 10 Thorpe Cup Meet, 10 SECTION #4 DELEGATIONS (pp 11-21) USA Delegation: 11-20 Markus Ballengee 11 Steven Bastien 12 Charlie Card-Childers 13 Timothy Erhardt 14 Derek Jacobus 15 Solomon Simmons 16 Tim Wunderlich 17-18 Kip Janvrin, Head Coach 19 Petros Kyprianou, Assistant Coach 20 John Green, Team Lead 21 German Delegation: 22-23 Lennard Biere 22 Luca Dieckmann 22 Manuel Eitel 22 Felix Hepperle 22 Tim Nowak 22 Florian Obst 22 Niklas Ransiek 22 Stefan Press, Coach 22 Georg Zwirner, Coach 22 Herrmann Holzfuss, Team Lead 23 SECTION #5 Local Organizing Committee 24 SECTION #6 Personal Best Page 25 Page 1 SECTION 1- BACKGROUND ROSTERS- U S A Name affiliation age hometown PR score seasonal best Ballengee, Markus Liberty U’20 20 Moneta, VA 7722 (’18) 7722 Bastien, Steven Michigan’17 23 Saline, MI 8015 (’17) 6817 Card-Childers, Charlie Rice U’19 23 Houston, TX 7380 (’18) 7380 Erhardt, Timothy Michigan State’18 23 Addison, IL 8044 (’18) 8044 Jacobus, Derek Arkansas’18 23 Palo, IA 7635 (’17) 7555 Simmons, Solomon Eastern Michigan’16 24 Murrieta, CA 8019 (’18) 8019 Wunderlich, Tim Shore AC (Dartmouth’09) 31 Westminster, MD 7636 (’12) 7289 Coaches: Kip Janvrin, University of Central Missouri; Petros Kyprianou, University of Georgia Staff: John Green (Team Leader), Aric Warren (Certified Athletic Trainer), Rosalie Franek (Licensed Massage Therapist), Karl Eagleman (USATF) Terry Lovely (USATF), Ed Gorman (USATF), Travis Geopfert (University of Tennessee, Local Organizing Committee) GERMANY Name affiliation age hometown PR score seasonal best Biere, Lennard 21 7297 (’18) 7297 Dieckmann, Luca 20 7496 (’18) 7496 Eitel, Manuel SSV Ulm 21 Ulm 8121 (’18) 8121 Hepperle, Felix LG Neckar-Enz 27 7699 (’17) 7536 Nowak, Tim 22 8057 (’18) 8057 Obst, Florian 25 8012 (’18) 8012 Ransiek, Niklas 20 7446 (’18) 7446 Coaches: Stefan Press, Georg Zwirner Staff: Hermann Holzfuss (Team Leader) Meet Schedule: Friday- July 27, 20178 Saturday- July 28, 2018 Introduction of teams 100 meters 110m Hurdles Long Jump Discus Shot Put Pole Vault High Jump Javelin 400 meters 1500 meters Thorpe Cup History Now the world’s most important nation vs. nation team decathlon, this meet has been variously called the VISA CUP Meet or the JEEP Challenge. And in 2007 officially took the name of The Thorpe Cup in honor of 1912 Olympic Decathlon Champion Jim Thorpe, Carlisle, PA The concept of an annual team match was initially conceived by VISA-USA team coach Harry Marra and Team Zehnkampf coach Claus Marek in 1993. This is the 25th of a series of annual international team decathlons between the USA and Germany. The US teams holds a 14-10 W-L advantage by breaking a 6 year losing streak last year in Fayetteville, AR. Team USA went 1-2-3-4-5 in 2016 led by a terrific Scott Filip/Harrison Williams dual. Team Germany struck back on their home turf in Dusseldorf with a decisive victory by almost the same score differential that almost equaled the USA victory margin in Fayetteville. In the current series, the first meeting was arranged in Aachen, Germany in 1993 where Stefan Schmid of Germany and the VISA USA team were victorious. The American team won 6 of the initial 7 team battles. One, the Page 2 1999 affair, also in Aachen was decided by a mere 5 points. Team USA got back on the winning side in 2002 with a major win in Walnut, CA, led by Tom Pappas and repeated in 2003 in Bernhausen. The 2004 meet, scheduled for Kansas State U, was cancelled by the German federation (DLV) in June of that season. In 1996, with the meet in Edwardsville, IL, the USA squad set a world 5 man team record averaging 8121.4 points per man. Only Kip Janvrin, Mike Maczey and Pappas have won the individual title more than once. See below. In the years before the current series, USA and German decathlon teams met twice. Team USA won both, with Bruce Jenner getting a world leading score in 1974 in Tallinn, Estonia (tri meet: USA/USSR/ Germany). Team USA won again in 1983 in Baton Rouge, LA. So, counting the two earlier team meetings, the Americans hold a historical 16-9 national team advantage. History of Team Series: Year Site team scores won/loss differential date 1993 Aachen, Germany USA 39,353 GER 38.292 W + 1061 8/8-9 1994 San Luis Obispo, Ca USA 37,997 GER 37,580 W + 471 8/6-7 1995 Ratingen, Germany USA 39,725 GER 39,831 L – 106 7/29-30 1996 Edwardsville, IL USA 40,607 GER 39,605 W + 1065 7/17-18 1997 Kreutzal, Germany USA 39,299 GER 39,141 W + 158 7/26-27 1998 Lubbock, Texas USA 39,016 GER 38,667 W + 349 8/8-9 1999 Aachen, Germany USA 38,980 GER 38,975 W + 5 8/7-8 2000 Uniondale, NY USA 38,360 GER 38,832 L – 472 8/12-13 2001 Bernhausen, Germany USA 36,991 GER 39,605 L – 2,614 7/21-22 2002 Walnut, CA USA 39,908 GER 37,817 W +2,091 7/27-28 2003 Bernhausen, Germany USA 37,447 GER 34,962 W +2,475 8/2-3 2004 Manhattan, KS cancelled 2005 Bernhausen, Germany USA 38,548 GER 37,144 W +1,404 7/23-24 2006 Manhattan, KS USA 37,792 GER 37,735 W + 57 8/5-6 2007 Bernhausen, Germany USA 38,084 GER 36,976 W +1,108 8/18-19 2008 Manhattan, KS USA 40,093 GER 38,496 W +1,597 8/2-3 2009 Marburg, Germany USA 39,462 GER 35,927 W +3,535 8/8-9 2010 Marburg, Germany USA 38,255 GER 38,268 L – 13 8/7-8 2011 Chula Vista, CA USA 38,870 GER 38,870 L – 870 8/13-14 2012 Marburg. Germany USA 36,428 GER 38,521 L – 2093 7/21-22 2013 Chula Vista, CA USA 38,841 GER 38,899 L – 58 7/27-28 2014 Marburg, Germany USA 37,438 GER 38.094 L – 684 7/26-27 2015 Bernhausen, Germany USA 35,590 GER 39,066 L – 3,476 8/8- 2016 Fayetteville, AR USA 38,845 GER 37.427 W +1,418 7/29-30 2017 Dusseldorf, Germany USA 37,321 GER 38,642 L -1321 7/29-30 USA leads series 14-10. History of Individual medal Winners: Gold Silver Bronze 1993 Schmid/GER 8061 Janvrin/USA 8052 Blockburger/USA 7888 1994 Long/USA 7996 Barker/USA 7871 Gunter/GER 7741 1995 Barker/USA 8175 Muller/GER 8122 Janvrin/USA 8044 1996 Janvrin/USA 8462 Kohnle/GER 8191 Maczay/GER 8154 1997 Sategna/USA 8107 Rodgers/USA 7986 Otte/GER 7983 1998 Rodgers/USA 8128 Janvrin/USA 8053 Smith/USA 8019 1999 Maczay/GER 8264 Moore/USA 8037 Janvrin/USA 8017 2000 Janvrin/USA 8029 Isekenmeier/GER7912 Schonbeck/GER 7827 2001 Maczey/GER 8139 Goedicke/GER 8036 Mewes/GER 7820 2002 Pappas/USA 8431 Smith/USA 7880 Moore/USA 7878 2003 Lemen/USA 7748 Geisler/USA 7617 Geophert/USA 7575 2005 Harlan/USA 7919 Behrenbruch/GER7842 Kilmartin/USA 7794 2006 Abele/GER 7834 Albert/GER 7824 Boyles/USA 7672 Page 3 2007 Abdur-Rahim/USA 7760 Harlan/USA 7736 Detmer/USA 7616 2008 Müller/GER 8199 Arnold/USA 8191 Abdur-Rahim/USA 8175 2009 Pappas/USA 8569 Detmer/USA 7892 Knoebel/GER 7758 2010 Detmer/USA 8090 Helwick/USA 7799 Freimuth/GER 7789 2011 Hechler/GER 8058 Detmer/USA 7846 Fricke/GER 7845 2012 Kazmirek/GER 8130 Prey/GER 7777 Gilde/GER 7687 2013 Prey/GER 7871 Horn/USA 7865 Spinner/GER 7830 2014 Bray/USA 7862 Brugger/GER 7829 Strauss/GER 7818 2015 Knobel/GER 8045 Brugger/GER 8009 Strauss/GER 7907 2016 Filip/USA 7876 Williams,H/USA 7849 Simmons/USA 7756 2017 Enahoro/GER 8028 Stauss/GER 8009 Hepperle/GER 7699 Individual Event Meet Records: 100m 10.44 Trafton Rodgers/USA Lubbock (+3.3) 08/09/98 LJ 7.71m (25-3 ½) Tom Gorz/GER Ratingen 07/29/95 windy 7.73m (25-4 ½) Chad Smith/USA Lubbock (+4.8) 08/09/98 SP 17.19m (56-4 ¾) Norbert Demmel/GER Ratingen 07/29/95 HJ 2.15m (7- ¾) Tom Pappas/USA Walnut 07/28/02 400m 47.08 Stefan Drewes/GER Bernhausen 07/22/01 110mH 13.92 Darwin Vande Hoef/USA Edwardsville (+2.9) 7/17/96 Disc 54.78m (179-9) Norbert Demmel/GER Ratingen 07/30/95 PV 5.30m (17-4½) Mario Sategna/USA Kreutzal 07/27/97 David Lemen/USA Bernhausen 08/03/03 Jav 69.98m (229-7) Stefan Schmid/GER Aachen 08/08/93 1500m 4:09.07 Kip Janvrin/USA Aachen 08/08/99 1st day 4472 Tom Pappas/USA Marburg 08/08/09 2nd day 4166 Kip Janvrin/USA Aachen 08/08/93 4183w Kip Janvrin/USA Edwardsville 07/18/96 Total 8569 Tom Pappas/USA Marburg 08/08-09/09 Team Score Record: USA 40,607 pts 07/17-18/96 a five man team World Record, averaging 8121.4 points per man.