She had two of her teammates help pace her to an 8:41 time and lap the entire field to win the heat which is very unfair. She can solo a great effort on her own, there is no need to waste the entry for two other runners at a championship meet such as the SEC.
She had two of her teammates help pace her to an 8:41 time and lap the entire field to win the heat which is very unfair. She can solo a great effort on her own, there is no need to waste the entry for two other runners at a championship meet such as the SEC.
Under track rules, I don't think.she can/should be disqualified, but the teammates could be disqualified (from the entire Meet?) under the (albeit subjective) rules regarding best effort, couldnt they?
Did they have individual events/performances at risk?
She had two of her teammates help pace her to an 8:41 time and lap the entire field to win the heat which is very unfair. She can solo a great effort on her own, there is no need to waste the entry for two other runners at a championship meet such as the SEC.
they paced her on her slowest 1K of the race!
They were holding her up, and she might have gone faster?👀
More likely, they reined her in to keep her from going out too fast.
She had two of her teammates help pace her to an 8:41 time and lap the entire field to win the heat which is very unfair. She can solo a great effort on her own, there is no need to waste the entry for two other runners at a championship meet such as the SEC.
They were in the slow heat. Any runner could jump in that heat; you didn’t even need a qualifying time. That’s why 53 runners were entered in the slow heat (a couple dozen of them didn’t start the race). Another 20 or so runners were seeded in the fast heat.
So the Florida runners didn’t take anyone’s place.
They paced her for the first 1,000 meters. I found it interesting that they said it was to slow her down so she didn’t go out too fast. She really picked it up over the last 2,000 meters once they dropped out.
I watched the ACC 3,000 race earlier and two teams had pacers in there, with one of them from NC State taking the field through 2,000 meters.
They were in the slow heat. Any runner could jump in that heat; you didn’t even need a qualifying time. That’s why 53 runners were entered in the slow heat (a couple dozen of them didn’t start the race). Another 20 or so runners were seeded in the fast heat.
So the Florida runners didn’t take anyone’s place.
They paced her for the first 1,000 meters. I found it interesting that they said it was to slow her down so she didn’t go out too fast. She really picked it up over the last 2,000 meters once they dropped out.
I watched the ACC 3,000 race earlier and two teams had pacers in there, with one of them from NC State taking the field through 2,000 meters.
So this isn’t isolated to the SEC meet.
BYU also had a pacer in the fast heat of the Big 12. They finished 1, 3, and 4. The pacer was a DNF.
Too many on this site are pro-rabbit. Why not ask James Ryun what he feels about rabbits? Friends and family of Ben Jipcho may have felt cheated, 1968. If Ben Jipcho would have 400m split: 58.xx or 59.xx instead of 56.xx, 1968 1500m final, no doubt Ben Jipcho would have raced 1500m final in 3:37.xx to 3:43.xx range and possibly earned a medal. Rabbits are similar to point shaving in other sports. You may down arrow me. It shows your lack of ethics.