The best performances of 2018

As we’ve entered 2019, and about to resume our regularly scheduled programming back at the Dome next week, we thought it best to take one final look at 2018 by the numbers. Using the IAAF Scoring Tables of Athletics for both indoors and outdoors, we have ranked the Top-25 performances of the past twelve months.
For the second year in a row, Tim Nedow and Adam Palamar go 1-2 on the men’s side. While they had equal points a year ago, Nedow’s outdoor best of 21.02m in the shot raised him to the top of the class, nearly 100 points clear of Palamar. To put Nedow’s 1182 points into perspective, the IAAF equates it to running 10.07 in the 100m, 3:51.49 in the mile and leaping out to 8.20m in the long jump.
While Melissa Bishop sat out the 2018 season to give birth to her daughter Corinne, hurdlers Keira Christie-Galloway and Farah Jacques ran to replace her for the top performance of the year. The pair each ran 13.31 seconds over the 100m hurdles to score 1108 points. Christie-Galloway’s time set a new national junior standard in the event, eclipsing a 36 year old mark set by Karen Nelson while Jacques performance was the culmination of an excellent first season hurdling from the Olympic relay finalist.
As was done for 2017, athletes could only be listed once per event, but were able to appear across multiple events. Also, events run at the Louis-Riel Dome were scored using the outdoor tables.
MEN

1. Tim Nedow, Shot Put, 21.02 – 1182
2. Adam Palamar, 1500m, 3:41.65 – 1084
3. Oluwasegun Makinde, 200m, 20.94 – 1076
4. Saj Alhaddad, 400m Hurdles, 51.34 – 1064
5. Oluwasegun Makinde, 100m, 10.45 – 1056
6. Sekou Kaba, 60mH(i), 7.96 – 1053
7. Sebastian Saville, 800m, 1:49.04 – 1053
8. Sebastian Saville, 600m, 1:17.45 – 1052
9. Lionel Muteba, 60m(i), 6.81 – 1049
10. Stephen Evans, 600m(i), 1:19.50 – 1034
11. Oluwasegun Makinde, 110mH, 14.24 – 1023
12. Jodd Nelson, 100m, 10.57 – 1018
13. Stephen Evans, 800m, 1:50.32 – 1017
14. Lionel Muteba, 100m, 10.59 – 1011
15. Adam Palamar, 800m, 1:50.78 – 1004
16. Jodd Nelson, 200m, 21.50 – 995
17. Lionel Muteba, 200m, 21.53 – 991
18. Stephen Evans, 1000m(i), 2:27.06 – 983
19. Oluwasegun Makinde, 60mH(i), 8.23 – 969
20. Stephen Evans, 500m(i), 1:04.64 – 966
21. Bertwin Ben-Smith, Stephen Evans, Saj Alhaddad, Sebastian Saville, 4x400m, 3:15.56 – 963
22. Saj Alhaddad, 400m, 48.43 – 954
23. Oluwasegun Makinde, 60m(i), 6.97 – 954
24. Bertwin Ben-Smith, 200m, 21.86 – 945
25. Saj Alhaddad, 500m(i), 1:05.19 – 940
26. John Claude Van Biljon, Decathlon, 6788 – 940

WOMEN

1. Keira Christie-Galloway, 100mH, 13.31 1108
2. Farah Jacques, 100mH, 13.31 1108
3. Devyani Biswal, 100mH, 13.43 1092
4. Keira Christie-Galloway, 60mH(i), 8.31 1091
5. Ashlea Maddex, 100mH, 13.51 1082
6. Ashlea Maddex, 60mH(i), 8.36 1080
7. Maeliss Trapeau, 800m, 2:04.82 1078
8. Devyani Biswal, 60mH(i), 8.40 1071
9. Lauren Gale, 300m(i), 38.73 1069
10. Charlotte Gardner, 800m, 2:05.42 1067
11. Sharelle Samuel, 400m, 53.68 1062
12. Farah Jacques, 200m, 23.74 1061
13. Erinn Stenman-Fahey, 800m, 2:05.81 1061
14. Lauren Gale, 200m, 23.76 1059
15. Madison Clarke, 800m, 2:06.10 1056
16. Erinn Stenman-Fahey, 1000m(i), 2:46.18 1054
17. Farah Jacques, 100m, 11.72 1048
18. Maeliss Trapeau, 600m, 1:30.27 1047
19. Lauren Gale, 400m, 54.23 1041
20. Tania Bambi, 60mH(i), 8.58 1032
21. Madison Clarke, 600m, 1:30.98 1031
22. Farah Jacques, 60mH(i), 8.59 1030
23. Sharelle Samuel, 300m(i), 39.49 1029
24. Alexia Lamothe, 60mH(i), 8.60 1028
25. Farah Jacques, 60m(i), 7.59 1023