Grand Prix streaks

Earlier this year I posted who has the longest active streak of scoring a point in a USATF NE Grand Prix race.  Arthur Besse (who has one of the active streaks) asked if I could figure out the longest streaks ever.  After digging I came up with some results.  Some things to keep in mind.  I could only get information for the last 23 years, the 13 years before that (1985-1997) are sadly not available.  I’d also like to stress how difficult it is to score in the GP.  In 2017 thirteen-hundred USATF members ran a GP race.  Five hundred (38.4%) scored at least one point.  Only 1.4% managed to score in all of the races.

Only 32 people have scored in multiple years and only 25 have a streak of at least two years.  Here are the top streaks.  Zappala, Hrynowksi, Besse, and Sharkey all have active streaks.  Although Nancy Corsaro “only” has 14 in a row, she has an amazing eight years where she has scored a point in each race.  Only Zappala has more with nine.

Rank	Name		In a row	#Series w all
1	Lisa	Zappala	42	9
2t	Daniel	Verrington	30	5
2t	Jerry	Learned	30	5
4	Nadine	Palmer	29	4
5	Barbara	McManus	28	5
6t	Debbie	Barry	25	3
6t	Christin	Doneski	25	5
6t	Paul	Hammond	25	5
9	John	Hackney	23	4
10t	Dave	Dunham	19	2
10t	Leslie	O'Dell	19	2
12t	Mike	Cooney	17	5
12t	EJ	Hrynowski	18	3
14	Reno	Stirrat	16	3
15t	Arthur	Besse	15	2
15t	Mary	Sharkey	15	3
15t	Chuck	Arnold	15	2
15t	Nancy	Corsaro	15	8
15t	Don	Ross	15	2
20t	Aline	Kenney	15	2
20t	Jim	Daley	14	2
20t	Craig	Fram	14	3
20t	Jim	O'Toole	14	2
20t	Mary	Ryczek	14	2
20t	Larry	Sayers	14	2