justsayingggg wrote:
college coach wrote:
Absolute perfect conditions, no other line to choose from between the labeled 3000SC on the straightaway, an actual rabbit that Tinman brought, super shoes. Results were not that crazy in this weird year of unbelievable quality and depth. But ultimately, this is 100% on the EKU coach. It’s your responsibility as host. Wonder if anyone will pay out some money for wasted travel. The women’s race had some unbelievable performances too, so lot of devastation going around.
It is easy to say blame EKU coach. However, when you pay Mondo $850,000 for a product you expect them to get it right. This should be a HUGE black eye for Mondo. They put the line there and it was 100% labeled “3000 steeple”
This slipped by so many people and I can’t believe that it took this long for anyone to realize.
Definitely starts with Mondo for messing up the start line considering it is their job to get it right.
Then the next in line are the EKU coaches. How do they not look things over and approve everything nor do they realize it changed locations. Everything about the track layout is the same as before except now the steeple start line is 60 meters away.
Next in line are the coaches and athletes at the meet. Surely out of a group of experienced coaches and 25-30 good steeplechasers, someone would think something was up. I get that not all steeple layouts are the same, but there should be someone that realizes that the start line shouldn’t be that close to a waterfall for any other standard flat race. Jamaine Coleman of Tinman Elite was a great steeplechaser for EKU. Did he not know where the start line for the steeple was in his own facility?
It just blows my mind how this got through so many people until after the races were run.