I am only posting this because he already got DQed but the Penn State runner also flinched before the gun was fired, he gained no advantage from it and if anything lost time because he could not push out from an ideal position
Anyways, I wouldn't have DQed him for cutting in going into the turn - same goes for the 3rd leg of the 4 x 4. It is the nature of sprinting in lane 1 of a 200m track with 40 meter straightaways
Oregon somehow knew they just had to get a stick around - playing chess….
This turned out to be quite the thread. Historic USC in a 4*400 vs maligned coach Jerry Schumacher and his team of throwers, managers and chess club members.
Coach Jerry "We've got this, just treat it like practice and run a slow clean race. That's team USA over there, they are sure to drop the baton!"
What's up with Purdue filing a protest when they won the race to begin with? If Purdue hadn't filed a protest, would the DQ not have happened?
Dyestat wrote:
There was bumping on the third leg involving Purdue and USC, and a protest was filed by Purdue. USC was subsequently DQ’d for impeding a Purdue runner. Watts said he was surprised because the Boilermakers went ahead and won anyway.
That's why they call it Indoor Track! He did elbow the runner on the inside that should not be a DQ unless he knocked him onto the rail or into the infield off the track?
Again another DQ I really don't think is warranted.
The guy who was bumped went on to win. No harm, no foul. Terrible DQ, but a black guy touched a white guy, so a 19 year old from DOGE, named Big Balls, went into the results and DQ’d USC. Look for more of this at NCAAs.
The guy who ran the 48 leadoff is apparently their main 400 guy. The ones who ran the ~54 second leg and the ~50 third leg have both competed this year in distances from 60m to 1000m, so I don't think even they know who they are! And the one who ran the 52 anchor ran the 800 in 1:50 so he should have been able to run much, much faster than that. Maybe he was tired from the 800.
Officals flagged the move when it happened with a yellow flag. It was not prompted by a protest. I think Purdue protested because they thought the yellow flag was on them.
What's up with Purdue filing a protest when they won the race to begin with? If Purdue hadn't filed a protest, would the DQ not have happened?
Dyestat wrote:
There was bumping on the third leg involving Purdue and USC, and a protest was filed by Purdue. USC was subsequently DQ’d for impeding a Purdue runner. Watts said he was surprised because the Boilermakers went ahead and won anyway.
I don't know where any of you people got your intel from but it's WRONG. Purdue made 1 protest the entire meet and that was on FRIDAY. If the call was made on Purdue, that would warrent a protest, but that wasn't the case. Purdue isn't out here protesting every damn thing like some schools/coaches. Retract that 💩. The officials made the call based on playback and DQed 2 teams from the heat.