Lindsey Scherf, too??

Wow, has she publicly commented on this? I used to see her on runs a lot

Garrett Scantling - 4th at the Olympics = 9-page thread

Hassan Mead = Olympian and two World Championship teams = 8-page thread

Lindsey Scherf = no Olympic or WC teams, retired 8 months ago = nobody gives a $hit

This name is a huge blast from the past, she was a mid-2000s college stud… but she isn’t exactly on the level of Hassan Mead, career-wise. That’s why no one’s talking about it. The biggest thing I remember about her is that she liked climbing trees - random tidbit I remember from an interview back in the day.

What was her 2007 sanction?

It seems she has been a doper her entire career. Good riddance, Lindsey!

I remember her indoor marathon WR

usada.org

One-Year Suspension Upheld for US Track & Field Athlete, Scherf

Hailey Horwath

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), in its appeal decision, has upheld a one-year suspension for Track & Field athlete, Lindsey Scherf of Somerville, Massachusetts.

Open link

A Harvard runner too. wonder what excuse the brojos will find for her

I believe the 2007 sanction was about her adderall prescription she didnt have a TUE for

That—or something close to it—was her excuse for refusing to take a test, which was the cause of her first ban. I’ve always been skeptical about that excuse, and am even more skeptical now…

No it was her asthma med.

Did anyone who ran against her think she was a doper?

I mean she wasn't even making teams. Doped to a 71 half & 2:30 full. Sub-16 5k.

She still is just not that good. look at her recent USATF road race results.

It was a little more than that.

"Lindsey was suspended from competition in 2007 due to refusal to take a drug test after receiving inadequate guidance from the US Anti-Doping Agency in processing her Therapeutic Use Exemption application for her physician prescribed Asthma medication.[1]The 2007 Court of Arbitration for Sport hearing, WADA v/ USADA & Scherf, concluded in passage 9.13 of the hearing's written report that "The Panel finds that exceptional circumstances did exist in this case, and agrees that Ms. Scherf bears No Significant Fault of Negligence, because her fault or negligence, when viewed in light of all of the circumstances was not significant in relation to her anti-doping rule violation."[2]"

From her wikipedia page.

I think she still holds the world record for the indoor marathon (2:40:55, 2018)

Remember Christian Hesch? It's not the level of results or amount of respect the LRC cognoscenti ascribes to them that satisfies reasonable suspicion. Hell, this board largely refused to believe that Hellebuyck could be doping even when it was all but confirmed. Scherf has been suspect going way back. She has a long-time association with Westchester TC, from when she was a high schooler. She's clearly an ambitious person, with Harvard and Michigan degrees and was a scholarship runner at Oregon. She actually did make US teams, for World Cross. She won plenty of races and prize money (mid 6-figures) on the road race circuit, robbing clean runners. So yes, if lesser lights like her or Mead can be dirty, that's your canary in the coal mine. There are surely dozens of others just at the elite non-pro level domestically who are getting a pharmaceutical edge on their competition. That's not even going into how much more prevalent it is among actual pros or how much it trickles down into age groupers beating a worn path (to borrow a phrase) to the anti-aging clinic docs and shady physios.

For reference: https://more.arrs.run/runner/24634

Digging some names up. What's next Teddy Mitchel? You must be a poster from years past.

She applied for a TUE, didn't get it on time, asked the race organizer whether there'd be testing at her goal race, answer: "there was none in the last three years", so she went for it. Then they wanted to test her at that race, she refused, and got rightfully banned for it.

Not sure why she got so much sympathy for that.

But I do wonder whether the race organizer tipped off the testers.

Hey, good catch. Teddy Mitchell was about Scherf's level, as well, and honestly always a little sketchy. Don't forget his girlfriend/athlete Deeja Youngquist. Like Youngquist of yore, Scherf was always one of the leanest and most cut women on the domestic circuit. Leads to wondering about using thyroid meds, diuretics, etc. for both of them. Funny aside, apparently Youngquist works in CBD sales.