malmo wrote:
Julian wrote:I thought I made it - You said the ruling was wrong without being a witness to the event.
If the ruling wasn't wrong, then this whole affair is contrived then? The kid should either be DQ'd or not. What I read is that the kid got DQ'd for incidental contact. If that was the case then your team did the right thing. If the kid got DQ'd justly then your team EARNED the right to go to State.
But you see Malmo, just because someone does something accidentally does NOT necessarily mean it isnt illegal too. You can accidentally cut someone off, you accidentally impede someone to the finish line. The fact of your intentions is irrelevant to the application of the rule. If you impede someone's progress to the line, you broke the rule.
The judge thought the rule was violated, the athlete who was impeded thought he was impeded. He made the calling to the best of his ability as he say it to the way the rules are stated.
It was impressive that those young men allowed the better team to go, that they only beat on a technicality, when few would fault them taking the spot state.
I congratulate everyone involved. Both teams, all the athletes, the coaches, and the judge, who was volunteering and doing his job to the best of his ability too.