Christian Foster pulling in the semifinal of 2016 Club Championships. Photo: Paul Andris — UltiPhotos.com
In the semifinal and final of the 2016 Club Championships, Ironside’s Christian Foster put on a pulling performance for the ages. His teammate Jeff Graham wanted to understand just how valuable those pulls were to the team’s success and has put together a statistical analysis to quantify CFo’s impact.
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Jeff Graham has been a leader in the Boston ultimate community for nearly two decades. He has played with Twisted Metal, The Ghosts, Boston Whitecaps, and Ironside, who he helped lead to a 2016 Club Championship.
Steve Sullivan is the Executive Editor of Ultiworld. He began playing in 2001 at Boston University, helped found and then played 14 seasons with Slow White, and most recently competed with San Francisco Blackbird. He has volunteered as a college Sectional Coordinator, a club Regional Coordinator, served three terms as a player-elected representative for the Mixed division on USAU's Club Working Group, and is currently an At-Large rep on the USAU Board of Directors. He has previously written for the USAU magazine and The Huddle, and was editor of the book "Ultimate: The First Five Decades, Vol II." You can reach him by email ([email protected]) or on Twitter (@sjsully21).
