Dominators 2015 Update

[Ralph Earle]

It’s time once again to update the list of The Dominators: those who have finished the season ranked #1 in at least five of the ten* events in their gender/weight/age group since the rankings began in 2000.

By virtue of setting six world records as a heavyweight, at 500m, 1K, 2K, 30 minutes, 10K and 60 minutes, and eight world records as a lightweight, all but the half-marathon and marathon, pride of place goes to Robert Spenger (M-H/L 90+), the first “Double Dominator.” Let us pause and let that sink in!

Next we have a tie between Anne Bourlioux (F-H, 50-59) and Steve Roedde (M-L, 60-69). Both earned nine #1s and both set two world records; hers were for 30 minutes and the half-marathon, his were for the half-marathon and marathon. . Steve is the seventh person to capture nine; this is the second time Anne has.

Three ergers captured seven #1s: Tiina Kapten (F-H, 40-49), who set five world records, at 1K, 6K, 10K, half-marathon and marathon; Marjorie Roome (F-H, 60-69); and, Justine Reston (F-L, 40-49), who set seven world records, at 5K, 6K, 30 minutes,10K, 60 minutes, half-marathon and marathon. Since 2000, 24 people have finished the season with seven #1s.

Next with six #1s were Terry Dargan (M-L, 70-79), who set world records at 6K, 10K and 60 minutes, and Mari Friend (F-L, 70-79). They are the 27th and 28th ergers to earn six #1s.

The 2015 list finishes with Arwed Egger (M-L, 50-59), TJ Oesterling (M-H, 60-69), Emily Delleman (F-H, 13-18), who set a world record at 5K, and Joanna Allsebrook (F-L, 50-59), each of whom had the five #1s within a single age/weight group needed to become a Dominator. TJ Oesterling’s seventh consecutive year as a Dominator ties him with Luanne Mills. Emily Delleman is the first female to dominate the 13-18 age group.

The Life-Time Standings are now:

Multiple Years a Dominator (bold) and yearly #1s:

Nine
Luanne Mills: 2003 (5), 2004 (3), 2005 (6), 2006 (4), 2007 (4), 2008 (9), 2009 (8), 2010 (1H, 7L), 2011 (9), 2012 (7H, 3L), 2013 (2H, 5L), 2014 (5H, 2L), 2015 (2H)

Eight
Robert Spenger: 2005 (5), 2006 (10), 2007 (9), 2008 (6), 2010 (8), 2011 (9), 2012 (3), 2014 (1)), 2015 (6H), 2015 (8L)

Seven
TJ Oesterling: 2004 (3), 2005 (1), 2008 (2), 2009 (10), 2010 (10), 2011 (9), 2012 (10), 2013 (10), 2014 (8), 2015 (5)

Six
Roger Bangay: 2000 (2), 2006 (1), 2007 (1), 2008 (6), 2009 (6), 2010 (8), 2011 (6), 2012 (7), 2013 (6), 2014 (3)

Five
Anne Bourlioux: 2010 (3), 2011 (6), 2012 (9), 2013 (10), 2014 (10), 2015 (9)
Shirley Godkin: 2007 (8), 2008 (8), 2009 (9), 2010 (8), 2011 (7), 2012 (4)

Four
Mari Friend: 2009 (5), 2010 (8), 2011 (9), 2014 (3), 2015 (6)
Jen Howse: 2009 (5), 2010 (5), 2011 (7), 2012 (7), 2014 (2), 2015 (3)
Mary Perrot: 2000 (2), 2001 (5), 2002 (5), 2003 (6), 2004 (6), 2007 (1), 2008 (3)
Marianne Gram: 2000 (5), 2001 (5), 2002 (7), 2006 (1), 2012 (7)
Nik Fleming: 2001 (5), 2002 (6), 2003 (5), 2004 (1), 2009 (6)

Three
Joan van Blom: 2004 (1), 2005 (1), 2006 (2), 2007 (8), 2008 (6), 2010 (2), 2011 (1), 2012 (1), 2013 (5), 2014 (1)
Gregory Cook: 2007 (3), 2008 (7), 2009 (6), 2010 (7), 2011 (4)
Kent Timm: 2000 (3), 2001 (5), 2002 (4), 2003 (4), 2004 (5), 2005 (5)
Hilary Weeks: 2001 (8), 2004 (2), 2005 (1), 2006 (7), 2007 (3), 2008 (5)
Anna Bailey: 2002 (7), 2003 (10), 2004 (5), 2005 (1), 2006 (1), 2009 (1)
Duncan Patterson: 2001 (4), 2002 (6), 2003 (6), 2004 (2), 2009 (6)
Arlene Wade: 2007 (6), 2008 (6), 2009 (7), 2012 (1), 2014 (1)
Rod Freed: 2000 (2), 2001 (5), 2002 (6), 2003 (6)

Two
Graham Benton: 2002 (1), 2003 (5), 2004 (2), 2005 (2), 2006 (3), 2007 (1), 2008 (3), 2009 (2), 2010 (1), 2011 (1), 2012 (2), 2014 (5), 2015 (3)
Roger Burrell: 2002 (8), 2003 (7), 2004 (4), 2005 (2), 2012 (2), 2014 (1)
Anne Cresswell: 2009 (3), 2010 (8), 2011 (2), 2012 (5), 2014 (3)
Dwayne Adams: 2002 (1), 2003 (2), 2004 (6), 2005 (10), 2006 (3), 2007 (1)
Dean Smith: 2007 (7), 2008 (4), 2009 (2), 2010 (5), 2014 (1)
Andrew Benko: 2008 (4), 2011 (5), 2012 (8)
Steve Roedde: 2014 (8 60-69, 1 50-59), 2015 (9)
Birgit Juel-Hansen: 2003 (6), 2004 (6), 2005 (4), 2013 (1)
Marjorie Roome: 2012 (3), 2013 (6), 2014 (1), 2015 (7)
Malcolm Fawcett: 2003 (4), 2004 (7), 2005 (5)
Greg Trahar: 2008 (1), 2009 (6), 2010 (6), 2011 (3)
Shelagh Allen: 2000 (1), 2002 (6), 2004 (1), 2009 (6), 2010 (1)
Sam Garber: 2012 (5), 2013 (5)
Arwed Egger: 2014 (5), 2015 (5)

Lifetime #1 Rankings**:

82 Luanne Mills
68 TJ Oesterling
65 Robert Spenger
47 Anne Bourlioux
46 Roger Bangay
44 Shirley Godkin
31 Graham Benton
31 Mari Friend
29 Jen Howse
28 Mary Perrot
28 Joan van Blom
27 Gregory Cook
26 Kent Timm
26 Hilary Weeks
26 James Crawford
25 Anna Bailey
25 Marianne Gram
24 Duncan Paterson
24 David Woodard
25 Roger Burrell
25 Anne Cresswell
23 Dwayne Adams
23 Nik Fleming
23 Arlene Wade
20 Andrew Benko
20 Dean Smith
19 Rod Freed
18 Steve Roedde
17 Birgit Juel-Hansen
16 Malcolm Fawcett
16 Greg Trahar
16 Elizabeth Sharis
15 Shelagh Allen
15 Michael van Beuren
14 Keith Colman
13 Ann Irish
12 Janet Kennedy
12 Denis Melody
12 Ingrid Petersen
11 Stephen Rounds
10 Donald Alden
10 Jostein Vadla
10 Kate Metalli
10 Anibal Sanchez-Salazar
10 Edward Budimier
10 Sam Garber
10 Marjorie Roome
10 Heather Koerber
10 Arwed Egger


All Hail!

* 4min and 100K are not included; an official WR not listed in the rankings is credited with a #1 in that event.
** Limited to those who have a life-time total of at least ten #1 rankings.

[anne.bourlioux]

Thanks for this update Ralph, big congrats to Bob S., what an incredible achievement.
I met Emily Delleman at Crashb's this year, she was a qualifier also and came in third in her junior race with the awesome time of 6:52.8, she is a very nice young lady, very talented on the water also and member of the US junior national team, I'll make sure she sees this.

[Ralph Earle]

... I met Emily Delleman at Crashb's this year, she was a qualifier also and came in third in her junior race with the awesome time of 6:52.8, she is a very nice young lady, very talented on the water also and member of the US junior national team, I'll make sure she sees this.

When you do, Anne, please apologize to her for my misspelling her last name. It appears it's too late to edit my post.