Bad steeple injury at OVC Championships - race stopped and re-ran

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1 year ago 05/12/2022 9:26pm EDT

Never seen this happen before. First water jump in the mens steeple, a runner lands and snaps both bones in his lower leg in half. Race continues for another lap an a half, next time around they had the runners skip the water jump as medical was attending to the runner, and once the ambulance got on the track they stopped 1200 meters in. Re-ran the entire race after the women's steeple.

Has anyone been at a meet where something like that has happened before? I don't recall seeing something like this in my 20+ years of watching track.

Also for the sickos out there, it is right after the 2:51:15 mark of the ESPN+ stream

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1 year ago 05/12/2022 9:38pm EDT

re: OVC fanatic

Saw this at bryan clay in 2019 (might've been 2018). Quite a shock

1 year ago 05/13/2022 6:01am EDT

re: OVC fanatic

Got to make sure you drink your milk.

1 year ago 05/13/2022 6:23am EDT

re: OVC fanatic

And this is why you don't do steeplechase.

I tell my kids to stay fast in the flat races so they'll never have to run a steeplechase.

1 year ago 05/13/2022 7:59am EDT

re: OVC fanatic

So I kinda want to see a video, but I also kinda don't want to see a video. I don't have espn+. Conflicted about that. Feel so bad for the kid.

1 year ago 05/13/2022 8:27am EDT

re: Manbearpig15

Manbearpig15 wrote:
And this is why you don't do steeplechase.
I tell my kids to stay fast in the flat races so they'll never have to run a steeplechase.

Do uou also forbid them from playing basketball, football, soccer, or from ever jumping off anything?

1 year ago 05/13/2022 8:37am EDT

re: maxpower

I saw a 3200 recalled after 7 laps for lighting. People just loitered around the track after that. They re-ran the race the next day.

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1 year ago 05/13/2022 9:26am EDT

re: Manbearpig15

Running fast in flat races has nothing to do with being put in the steeple. Most of it has to do with not being a pu$$y and trying to score points for your team or actually being good at it.

1 year ago 05/13/2022 10:46am EDT

re: OVC fanatic

I saw a runner break her leg like that at an Edwardsville meet over a barrier about 15 years ago. They continued the race with runners going around that barrier and mark all the times as non-qualifying.

1 year ago 05/13/2022 10:56am EDT

600yd/600m man wrote:
Three-thousand metres needs to be added to Olympic & W.C. schedule soon. I don't see the downside. I don't want to get rid of 3000mSC but it is a big jump going from 1500m to 5000m. Not every person best suited for 3000m can do steeplechase well. The build up to women 3000m at 1984 Summer Olympics was as big as any event at 1984 Summer Olympics. Let's give 3000m athletes a choice. Swimming does fine giving 100m & 200m freestyle swimmers numerous options. Historically for one reason or another, 3000mSC athletes tend to also do well at 10000m more often than 1500m or 5000m. As I have stated previously, adding 3000m and dropping 10000m is okay.

Sure, so long as we kill off both the 1500m and the 5000m at the same time.

1 year ago 05/13/2022 12:33pm EDT

re: OVC fanatic

Yikes, poor guy. That looked super painful, especially once he realized what had happened. Didn't look like it was an awkward landing by any means, just an unlucky, freak break.

Wonder what his backstory is, good luck healing! It looked like he had teammates that cared a great deal about him.

1 year ago 05/13/2022 1:25pm EDT

re: OVC fanatic

his broken leg must’ve been very visible to the ppl by the pit. You can see the shock and reactions from the people on the grass.

1 year ago 05/13/2022 1:45pm EDT

re: Dr Yuengling

Dr Yuengling wrote:
Manbearpig15 wrote:
And this is why you don't do steeplechase.
I tell my kids to stay fast in the flat races so they'll never have to run a steeplechase.
Do uou also forbid them from playing basketball, football, soccer, or from ever jumping off anything?

They have played football, soccer and baseball in the past. I just try to keep them from doing stupid things.

1 year ago 05/13/2022 1:58pm EDT

re: false

false wrote:
Running fast in flat races has nothing to do with being put in the steeple. Most of it has to do with not being a pu$y and trying to score points for your team or actually being good at it.

So when we going to see steeple times for Grant Fisher? Cole Hocker? Cooper Teare?

Oh, that's right. They're fast on the flat and don't need to bother with that silliness to be relevant.

1 year ago 05/13/2022 2:02pm EDT

re: lunk

lunk wrote:
Saw this at bryan clay in 2019 (might've been 2018). Quite a shock

I believe it was in 2019 at Bryan Clay when a runner had a cardiac episode at the finish line in the 1500, if this is what you are referencing. The next heat started and they ran a few hundred meters before being stopped. Pretty sobering watching them perform cpr on him while waiting for the ambulance. I heard he recovered though.

1 year ago 05/13/2022 4:32pm EDT

re: OVC fanatic

Watched this happen to a teammate in the finishing straight of an XC race in HS, they were in a wheelchair for awhile because of the double casts they needed on their legs after the fact. Thought they had shin splints, turns out it was stress fractures which turned into actual fractures during the race.

1 year ago 05/14/2022 7:47pm EDT

re: Manbearpig15

Manbearpig15 wrote:
false wrote:
Running fast in flat races has nothing to do with being put in the steeple. Most of it has to do with not being a pu$y and trying to score points for your team or actually being good at it.
So when we going to see steeple times for Grant Fisher? Cole Hocker? Cooper Teare?
Oh, that's right. They're fast on the flat and don't need to bother with that silliness to be relevant.

Jager, wale, girma, rono, cherono, etc etc all have proven to be very fast on flat

people doing steeple bc theyre slow happens, but it happens at the collegiate level where you can exploit the relative lack of depth in the event and grab easy low end conference points

youre not gonna be an elite steepler unless youre also an elite flat runner

1 year ago 05/14/2022 7:59pm EDT

re: Dr Yuengling

Dr Yuengling wrote:
Manbearpig15 wrote:
So when we going to see steeple times for Grant Fisher? Cole Hocker? Cooper Teare?
Oh, that's right. They're fast on the flat and don't need to bother with that silliness to be relevant.
Jager, wale, girma, rono, cherono, etc etc all have proven to be very fast on flat
people doing steeple bc theyre slow happens, but it happens at the collegiate level where you can exploit the relative lack of depth in the event and grab easy low end conference points
youre not gonna be an elite steepler unless youre also an elite flat runner

Kiptanui deserves mention as well

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