Winner of 3200 at Iowa State HS meet stripped of title - It's given to guy who was leading after 7 laps

the official here blew

the golden chance at the perfect game. right there in his hands.

disqualify everyone

have to wait for the next indoor season and hope for the total field DQ.

can we be so lucky?

Please update when runner who completed 8 laps is given the title.

IHSAA announced today that they will named co-champions in the 3200.

Maybe y'all should actually look at what happened before you go saying I'm to dumb to count laps. I purposely ignore the time and focus on my strategy for the race because when I think to much about the race it negatively impacts my running. I rely on the lap counter as it should always be correct especially at a state meet . Even if I was looking at the clock I've learned that clocks are often wrong as it happened several times this season. Joe and I are good friends and we shook hands and accepted what happened. If you did your research before opening you mouth you'd see that in the end we were named co-champs.

We both had races the next two days of the meet re running that intense of a race was not an option... Btw I'm the guy the title was rightly give too

Did they also announce a mental health evaluation for whoever made that decision?

I'm the guy who the title was given to...Coaches are not allowed onto the field only athletes with hip numbers and jerseys on. And with 15,000 people in the crowd you can't hear a single voice. How about y'all stop bashing me and look to where the fault lies . Btw the guy that got "stripped" of his title also stopped he just realized before I did that something was off and took off . So tell me how is it fair he is awarded that when my pace was 20 seconds faster that what he ran ?

Bro we all stopped... I'm the guy who was rightly give the title ... All of the runners stopped only reason the other guy went again was someone told him to keep going. We all ended up running the 8th lap in utter confusion .it's unfair to tell me u don't deserve the title due to the officials mistake. I raced how I was supposed to . There were 15,000 people in the stands and it was over 100 degrees on the track. Trust me my focus wasn't on counting the laps.

I'm the guys that this happened to. I know for a fact I still would have beaten him if it weren't for the mishap I picked up the pace that would have had me around a 9:33 and he finished 9:56 . I didn't walk off I took off on the last lap just a few seconds after he did. Not my fault this happened

willroder wrote:

I'm the guys that this happened to. I know for a fact I still would have beaten him if it weren't for the mishap I picked up the pace that would have had me around a 9:33 and he finished 9:56 . I didn't walk off I took off on the last lap just a few seconds after he did. Not my fault this happened

We heard you the first time. You were named the state champion, so there's really no need to argue with anyone about it. You already got what you presumably wanted, right?

Dumb phuc's can''t count and are slow

willroder wrote:

Bro we all stopped... I'm the guy who was rightly give the title ... All of the runners stopped only reason the other guy went again was someone told him to keep going. We all ended up running the 8th lap in utter confusion .it's unfair to tell me u don't deserve the title due to the officials mistake. I raced how I was supposed to . There were 15,000 people in the stands and it was over 100 degrees on the track. Trust me my focus wasn't on counting the laps.

But your focus should be on counting laps.

We are talking about counting to 8 and not to 100. (That would require an advanced degree)

And wouldn't be the your time a lot faster if you only run 7 laps?

After reading this, I am in favor of giving him the state title but stripping him of his HS diploma.

GrammarNazi wrote:

After reading this, I am in favor of giving him the state title but stripping him of his HS diploma.

POTD

But congrats to both runners on their co-state championship. Sincerely.

willroder wrote:

I'm the guys that this happened to. I know for a fact I still would have beaten him if it weren't for the mishap I picked up the pace that would have had me around a 9:33 and he finished 9:56 . I didn't walk off I took off on the last lap just a few seconds after he did. Not my fault this happened

After seeing how other guy responded to this situation respectfully and then seeing how you responded makes me it a lot easier for me to side with the the rightful winner. Fact is it was a 3200 and whatever place you were after 3200 (4th) should have been it. Saying you would have for sure beat him is disrespectful especially after he came back and beat you again fairly in the 1600. Respect your competition.

I agree. The rightful winner took the mistake with grace and maturity. You should be doing the same. State that nobody will ever know who would have won had the mistake not been made. Congratulate the co-champ and say that it is the correct decision. That would get you much more respect.

Just because he registered the username doesn't mean he's actually.

I would hope the guy who got the win would be more gracious. I'm hoping it's a troll.

I actually saw his team get out of their van at a restaurant in Des Moines. If you're really Will Roder, where did you eat dinner after the meet?

I hope it's not him. If it is he's in for a rude awakening when his teacher hands out the end of year English grades.