In a high school state meet, you don’t put your top kids in a relay that’s early in the meet, unless that relay is the only event you can win. If your kids are good, you prioritize the individual events and bring those good kids back on the relays that come after.
Sound familiar?
the Netherlands also lacks the 400m depth that USA has. No need to run Sydney. Even with Bol anchoring, it was a choke job from the Americans.
Sydney also doesn’t owe you any explanation. But my guess is that she probably thought: “Wow, Bol just blew her chance against me for a chance to win the JV Relay.”