no rosas' in the rerun planned for today, elkain refuses to run also
Wow. That was really stupid. They couldn't just let the race continue for one more minute?
no not really wrote:
Wow. That was really stupid. They couldn't just let the race continue for one more minute?
You'd be saying the exact opposite if one of them had died.
No. I would not.
I have been in charge of meets, and had to do the same thing. I know people ask why did you start them, and the answer is you thought you could get it in. I know this will sound like a lame excuse, but I wouldn't want a kids death on my hands. Races will come and go, and I know they had a shot at a record, but it is always better to be safe than sorry.
The article claims: "The national record of 8:34.23, set by German Fernandez of Riverbank, Calif., is considered one of the few untouchable high school marks. "
Someone should tell Tom Bergeron, the Rivals High Senior Editor, that Lukas Verzbicas ran 8:29.46 a couple of weeks ago.
I've thought about it, and the only thing that ticks me off about this situation is the damn referee smiling like nurse ratched in the interview afterwards. If he had seemed at all apologetic I might have thought it was an unfortunate situation but it seems like a power trip, from an outsider's perspective.
Seems hypocritical for the Rosas/coach to blame the officials.
Said Gould, "... Joe and Jim both wanted to compete Monday, but due to the circumstances outside of their control they are between a rock and a hard place. For their well being they need to pass on re-running this race, which is unfortunate.''
The coach/dad won't let them to run, instead looking out for their well-being.
Isn't that what the officials did on Thursday?
DocB wrote:
Seems hypocritical for the Rosas/coach to blame the officials.
Said Gould, "... Joe and Jim both wanted to compete Monday, but due to the circumstances outside of their control they are between a rock and a hard place. For their well being they need to pass on re-running this race, which is unfortunate.''
The coach/dad won't let them to run, instead looking out for their well-being.
Isn't that what the officials did on Thursday?
They spat their dummies.
It is what it is. School rules are what they are. In they don't front the next day - with the other runners who started, then their names will not be in the books. Years later they will be like that guy Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite.
Stupid advice from an idiot parent.
People need to get over this. Weather happens. They didn't pull them off the track for wearing a "friendship bracelet" or something silly. Next subject please.
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They spat their dummies.
It is what it is. School rules are what they are. In they don't front the next day - with the other runners who started, then their names will not be in the books. Years later they will be like that guy Uncle Rico in Napoleon Dynamite.
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Can a brother get a translation on this gobbledegook^^^^?!
This is another non issue.
The chances of them harming themselves in some way that affects the rest of their running careers is probably less than the chance that they step in a gopher hole playing golf this summer and rip up a knee that way. If they wanted to run, they should have been allowed to run.
I'm sure they didn't, but it would have been great if the runners who did participate today stopped after lap 7 and walked the last lap (without changing positions).
The irony here is that, yes, we will stop a track meet in mid-race for lightning, but if 500 kids are line up outside school to get on buses and lightning strikes, nobody does anything except hopes it doesn't start pouring.
So how did this "strip" Rosa of a record?
It certainly short-circuited his attempt.
It is getting to be a yearly occurrence at the Ohio State meet. This year it was pretty hard to get all the people to leave the stadium since the sun was shining so brightly when they stopped the meet. After they waited the mandatory half hour they restarted the meet.
If they were going to make that decision they should have gotten everybody off the track and inside right away. Had they let the race continue, I would guess they actually could have cleared the track faster by avoiding the chaos of stopping the race early.
"I've thought about it, and the only thing that ticks me off about this situation is the damn referee smiling like nurse ratched in the interview afterwards. If he had seemed at all apologetic I might have thought it was an unfortunate situation but it seems like a power trip, from an outsider's perspective."
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And from an outsider's perspective you appear to have an issue with authority. Get over it. The official was not smiling, as you say...of course a paranoid authority hater might see it that way.