Is Solomon Haile really 20 years old?

CrapDetector wrote:

Probably not b.s. The county borders D.C. and the school is within 20 miles of the embassy. Likely factual.

Read the post above yours. No one official has done more than lift a phone or recheck a file to "verify" this guy's age. The AD didn't drive 20 miles or even walk across the street in regards to this matter. The school has decided that they will battle internet rumors with internet rumors and have people posting here and "anonymously" mailing people they think will support them. I'm going to bet that like the namesake of the OP, Haile is running masters races in 20 years or under. His documents will be just as "official" then.

"No one official has done more than lift a phone or recheck a file to "verify" this guy's age."

The Crap Detector indicates that you have a hidden agenda, and are willing to make stuff up regardless of how insane it sounds.

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CrapDetector wrote:

"No one official has done more than lift a phone or recheck a file to "verify" this guy's age."

The Crap Detector indicates that you have a hidden agenda, and are willing to make stuff up regardless of how insane it sounds.

Maryland now has ER and Haile on its record. It took the threat of a lawsuit to finally do something about ER. The same will be rue here. The agenda is not hidden. As a Maryland native, I'm embarrassed at the way things are handled by the politicos. Now they have guys who have never even been to a track meet posting lies on a running message board. As I've said, no one went to any embassy. That is a lie. That is why it was not stated on the record. Just posted here as if that were to make it true. With this as precedent, maybe my kids can compete against a whole slew of 20 somethings with international road race experience when they get to high school.

Dont you see? The high schools are just preparing the cross country runners for what they will be experiencing in college:

Racing overaged Kenyans and Ethiopians.

Prep School wrote:

Dont you see? The high schools are just preparing the cross country runners for what they will be experiencing in college:

Racing overaged Kenyans and Ethiopians.

I actually remember quite well many years ago someone telling me how good it was that our 18 year olds got to compete with 25 year olds in college in order to season them for challenges. I said at the time - facetiously - "well why don't we just have our high school kids race 20 year olds then?" Apparently, that joke is now the reality.

im solomon's maternal godmother and i would just like to say to you all that he is the same age as his mother, at the whereabouts of 43 years of age. this stems from the common defect of when a mother is conceiving a female child, oftentimes the female fetus will develop another fetus inside of it, as was the case with solomon. they were bornt at the same time essentially without regards to seconds but minutes of time.

Joseph Manilafasha, North

Height: 5-feet-6.

Weight: 125 pounds.

Age: 17. Born: Jan. 1, 1991, in Burundi.

Note the DOB.....

http://www.denverpost.com/prepathletes/ci_10519149

Haile wins Footlocker Northeast by 15 seconds.

So I found out how to get a passport that will say anything I want for $100 from Ethiopia. Pretty easy actually. I'm betting he'll be forty shortly after his collegiate career is over.

Waving a fake passport at the US Embassy in Addis and at immigration is a serious offense; now, waving a fake birth certificate at the school district is a different matter.

Sucks for whoever finished 11th.

resultss wrote:

Waving a fake passport at the US Embassy in Addis and at immigration is a serious offense; now, waving a fake birth certificate at the school district is a different matter.

Sucks for whoever finished 11th.

If the passport comes from the Ethiopian government, it's not illegal.

haaaa. i taked neel birman's sput!

RIP Footlocker if this kid wins nats.

Wait, RIP footlocker anyways.

nobody has seen his passport other than us immigration --- and austrian and thai immigration. the school has only seen a birth certficate and school records.

in the hartford courant, after he won prize money in a half-marathon in hartford, they said he was coming to the US for 6 months... 6 months later, he enrolls in HS under a different name and different age

not saying this itself is proof, but i seriously seriously doubt a journalist would just make up staying for 6 months out nowhere

and it's an awfully big coincidence that when the end of his 6 month "visit" came along, he started high school

Does anyone reading this post know somebody involved with the FL XC meets? If yes, please ask the FL person if FL will verify Haile's age (ask to see for passport) if he is a top finisher at FL Nats? The post reply here.

If FL takes the position they will ask to see Haile's passport, I'll bet he DNSs for FL Nats.

Call Gabriella Citrin of Foot Locker, Inc. 1-917-903-3614

BTW, if his original DOB was correct, he's almost 22 years old not 20 (born 1/1987)

Also see

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/metro/

"State Department suspends all family reunification applications, saying DNA testing in several African countries finds 'significant prevalence of fraud.'

Last summer, suspicions of massive cheating -- often where unrelated children were presented at U.S. embassies as the sons or daughters of a refugee -- led to special testing of 3,000 applicants from seven African countries. In 86 percent of those cases, people claiming to be a relative either had DNA that did not match or refused to take a DNA test, for which they must pay $400 to $1,000."

Of course, the reason why applicants did not take teh DNA test could be (a) they know they'll fail; or (b) the cost.

Wejo,

Why dont we start a fund on the homepage of letsrun where people can donate until we get to $400-$1000 and we will pay to have this cheater tested. Letsrun will uncover another criminal!