how great was crowd! unity at it best, some of greatest booing ever at a track meet, i was waiting for the bs chant!
how great was crowd! unity at it best, some of greatest booing ever at a track meet, i was waiting for the bs chant!
Coach had a girl on our team try to false start on purpose a few weeks ago so she wouldn't get scratched from the meet. Only, she wasn't good at it and jumped so early that the official put her back in the race. Then she jumped again and he just came over and told her to calm down. I think she did it a third time and she still had to run the race. Gotta love the uniform application of the rules in the NCAA.
That strategy generally works better in the sprints...
But anyways, I understand why the NCAA has the DQ rule for the sprints. It keeps people from false starting to "psych out" the field. But the NCAA needs to accept the international rule for 800m and up. What kind of advantage are you going to get from "psyching out" a runner in the 5000m? Most of the time, a "false start" in a distance race happens when somebody loses his balance.
A few years ago, Teresa McWalters jumped at the Stanford-Cal dual meet 5k in mid-afternoon only 5 runners and was DQed. Caveat, I could have some of the facts mixed up, but I was standing there at turn 3 when she jumped too soon. The point is, if you jump even in a low keyed 5k not run in ideal conditions under NCAA rules you are out.
Not an ncaa race but I false started District 5000 20 some years ago. We were all lined up and there was some photographer taking pictures behind us. "Runners set!....click, click, click" and I'm off to roars of laughter and apologies from the photo guy. That same race, a rabbit (real live, easter bunny type) ran out on the track right in front of the lead pack. Just your average ordinary small college meet.