USATF Permanently Bans Saratoga Springs Coached Art & Lina Kranick (and Art died a month ago)

Pretty funny

usatf.org

USA Track & Field | Disciplinary Records

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Banning a dead guy is SO USATF...

I wonder if there was a deal that they’d wait until he was dead before dropping the ban to keep their legacy intact and to keep people from wondering why the USATF took so long to act on well documented abuse. Was the retirement also part of the deal? it’s shady and doesn’t surprise me

I have never known anyone who ran well for the Kranicke speak ill of them.

They should look into Capital Area Runners in DC program allegedly much of the same.

What’s worse is they gave the pedophile Athletic.net guy a temporary suspension. 🙄

Par for the course. Once a legal verdict is reached, they will move the suspension to permanent status. With USATF, it's never "We should!" but always, "They made us.".

When the Center for SafeSport receives a report of criminal charges, they do some preliminary vetting, issue a temporary suspension, and request court documents directly from the court. They wait to issue a permanent ban until they have those documents in hand. The Center issued a permanent ban for Dan on December 22nd. That's in line with their usual procedures and timing across all sports.

https://www.timesunion.com/hssports/article/report-put-saratoga-girls-athletics-microscope-18415470.php

maybe they thought this was normal

I think the better question is why did it take almost two years after the completion of their investigation for public action to be taken?

The US Center for SafeSport has a policy that they don't ban dead people. I am not sure if NGBs are required to follow that same policy, either USATF was unaware of that policy, unaware Art died, or knew both and did not care.

Can you cut and paste the text for those of us without a subscription? Thanks.

sorry. It was a free article. Here it is with another with a pdf link to the school’s investigation

http://archive.today/wUQTx

http://archive.today/PV6rJ

Did USATF even know that he passed?

What about Capital Area Runners - arent they all like masters runners

This thread bothers me. The man died after batting an illness and his wife has retired from coaching. Let it go. Let them fade away

Death absolves all sins including thing a teen to a truck to “help with her turnover” and telling one to ignore medical advice if you want to run for the team. Béla Károlyi should be jealous

Tying a teen…*

And shoving another teen, years later (in 2012)