doper coach kicked out of track meet

bay area track coach wrote:

Athletes are clearly not allowed to work with a banned coach.

While it is in VERY bad form I don't know if this is true.

Those with lifetime bans don't regret what they've done. They've justified it for so long they feel like they were the ones wronged.

Was the the open meet or the youth meet?

Often time parents are clueless & have no idea who their kid is working with. Sad really.

I don't think the guy ever quit coaching young athletes. But there may not be much that can be done about it except to shame him and keep kicking the weasel out of track meets. If you see him, see if you can get an official's attention or maybe the meet director.

That was a great job by the meet director. Who was it?

The meet director kicked him out of his meet twice.

The meet director deserves a round of applause.

Please email me wejo@letsrun.com

Get good photos that establish that he was at the meet, especially if he was in a non-spectator area. Contact the BroJos, who might contact USADA.

Much ado about nothing. Kicking an old man out of a C level meet is ridiculous and the meet director should be ashamed of themselves.

Where was the meet and who was the meet director?

So sad so bad wrote:

I don't think the guy ever quit coaching young athletes. But there may not be much that can be done about it except to shame him and keep kicking the weasel out of track meets. If you see him, see if you can get an official's attention or maybe the meet director.

No, I don't think he ever stopped coaching either, most of those guys don't completely stop. I think the rules state to the effect that he cannot be the coach of record. And, I think you can't stop him from attending meets as long as he is not there in any official capacity. What interesting, Remy and some of the others are excellent coaches, notwithstanding their doping issues.

Anyone who witnessed this should report it to USADA, you can report tips on their website quite easily or call them in.

Hey "Meat" head, you're clearly on the wrong side of the clean v. dirty athlete debate. Last thing anyone needs in the sport is a coach who rationalizes the use of drugs. Get Remi the hell out of track and field and god bless the meet director.

Meat Director wrote:

Much ado about nothing. Kicking an old man out of a C level meet is ridiculous and the meet director should be ashamed of themselves.

Where was the meet and who was the meet director?

Easy there Remi.

polevaultpower wrote:

Anyone who witnessed this should report it to USADA, you can report tips on their website quite easily or call them in.

What would be the penalty of him being observed coaching athletes?

A few rote details I can answer:

The meet director was Dena Day-Evans (Strava TC coach and former Stanford middle-distance runner) with significant help from Dave Shrock and officials coordinator Jennifer Oliver.

It was the PA-USATF and USATF-West Regional meet, an inaugural and low-key effort hosted at Edwards Track at the University of California in Berkeley. Its timing wasn't ideal for a first-year meet (Father's Day / late season), and though it'll build up to something better, for now most agree that the fields were generally thin.

I volunteered in the morning (lap counting), so I was near Dena who was around the finish line timing tent, and I didn't see her involved in asking someone to leave. Once my lap-counting portion concluded late morning, I left the area to work with setting up a few runners in the meet from the club I coach.

I did not see Remi lurking around the meet, nor did I hear of someone had been shown the exit door, but it was a long, warm day.

Hopefully this guy is available to coach our 4x100 relay in Rio. Can anyone send his contact to Siegel? Thanks.

Out the Drug Cheats wrote:

Hey "Meat" head, you're clearly on the wrong side of the clean v. dirty athlete debate. Last thing anyone needs in the sport is a coach who rationalizes the use of drugs. Get Remi the hell out of track and field and god bless the meet director.

Mighty angry about JV regional meet. You act like Remi is running around shooting up athletes with drugs, silly to kick him out. Kicking him out probably cut the meet's attendance in 1/2.

Please do amaze us with tales of sheer awesomeness of the track meats (ahem) track meets you've put together.

Uncut Meat Director wrote:

Mighty angry about JV regional meet. You act like Remi is running around shooting up athletes with drugs, silly to kick him out. Kicking him out probably cut the meet's attendance in 1/2.

Steve on a cell in Brooklyn wrote:

What would be the penalty of him being observed coaching athletes?

Well obviously USADA can't really do much else to punish someone with a lifetime ban, but the athletes working with him can face penalties, it is considered an Anti-Doping Rule Violation on their part. Not sure if it's ever been enforced yet, I think it's only been on the books a few years?