Nueve and the Milestones

Several things happened this week as per previous year scores being surpassed. Among them, Vanesha Reed, Sophia Ramirez, Gisela Gonzalez, and Jesus Velazquez have beaten their total scores from last year, while we are still two tests away from the total number we took last year (27 to 29). Vanesha destroyed hers by almost 2,000 points. Also, Noemi Beltran, Jovani Alejandro, and myself (last year ranked one, two, and three respectively) have all passed their previous year scores.

However, there are two even bigger milestones to which I'm referring.

One is the fact that all of the top five ranked Decathletes have beaten the Number One score from last year (19,890). Once again, we are still two tests short of last year's total, so this is a great accomplishment.

The other milestone is the 20,000 point mark reached by all of the top three Decathletes this week. Yet again I remind you that we have only taken 27 tests.

A special recognition goes to Noemi Beltran who, by way of two gold medals and one silver on this week's tests has closed the gap between 4th and 5th place from almost 400 points to a mere 20 points (or the equivalent of one question on an actual Acadec test).

And now, my dear Decathletes, your scores.

Overall Individual Scores, Fall 2006, Week Nine