It's Official

 

I remember when I first checked out USAT rankings after my first season in 2002.  I think I pulled off an Honorable Mention, but I don'™t remember exactly.  What I do remember is looking at the girls at the top of the list wondering how in the world they got points that high.  The next year, I managed an All American ranking.  One year, I didn't have enough points-scoring races to even get a ranking, because I did mostly races in the NCTS's amateur elite wave.  No points for those races.

 

So this year when I missed Tri Nationals, I didn't expect much from my points. 

 

Actually, I didn't know what to expect with the new scoring system.  I did have a couple of solid performances in May, lost a couple of months to injury and too much work, then that long course race with only a few participants. 

 

In fact, the long course race score was pretty low at first, even though I did great.  I sent an email to USAT to see if they could look at it again.  Lo and behold, the score went from low to really high.  Wow.  What am I gonna do?  Complain?  I don't think so.