Crazy finish: lap miscount in 3000m at Canadian university champs

Apparently lap counter changed laps to go from 8 to 6 so they were being misinformed from over a k to go.

brilliant wrote:

Apparently lap counter changed laps to go from 8 to 6 so they were being misinformed from over a k to go.

Typical Canadian level bush-league stuff.

Having 100 idiots on the track probably didn't help, either. WTF.

I only feel a little bit sorry for the runners who thought that was the final lap. I mean, they saw the large timing clock every single time they came around to the finish line, so even if they weren't keeping track of the number of laps they had run, they surely couldn't have believed that the race had only one lap to go with the timing clock at like 7:11 unless they were complete morans.

I guess that's what can happen when you believe alternative facts.

The announcer did a great job of conveying the confusion. Nice work clarifying what was happening.

I like that the announcer, obviously a lightweight to begin with, completely ignored the fiasco. Didn't say one word, and when the winner crossed the line all he did was say his name.

Just wow... wrote:

I only feel a little bit sorry for the runners who thought that was the final lap. I mean, they saw the large timing clock every single time they came around to the finish line, so even if they weren't keeping track of the number of laps they had run, they surely couldn't have believed that the race had only one lap to go with the timing clock at like 7:11 unless they were complete morans.

Yes, that would have put them on Canadian record pace (even though the first laps were slow). Move over FastMo...

"I didn't know we would be tested on the math!"

Stumbdruck wrote:

I like that the announcer, obviously a lightweight to begin with, completely ignored the fiasco. Didn't say one word, and when the winner crossed the line all he did was say his name.

The announcer is not a lightweight, my friend. Gord is extremely knowledgeable and experienced. He's doing this alone, calling the race, and providing lap splits - I can forgive him if lost track of the laps and total time. Why don't you try doing 3 things at once live, Einstein.

As for the last lap, Gord was as dumbfounded as the rest of us. That was a huge screw up, no doubt, but don't lay the blame the guy on the mic.

yes don't lay the blame on the mic guy. Blame it o the officials who screwed up the race for the 2 guys. This is extremely embarrassing. I cannot feel how bad Jack felt after that race after being informed it was the bell lap. You cant blame the athletes for this because there are often timing errors in the race, also it is a championship race so athletes are not concerned about the time and are focused on racing. The majority of athletes in this race most likely did not watch the clock at all and went on instinct when the bell rang. The officials really messed this one up...

Who won? It'd be really amateur if they give it to the 2800m runners. How do you think you ran 7:40 when you're a 8:00+ 3000m runner?

Where's the official results

My HS coach told me it is my responsibility to keep track of my lap count. Not the announcer not the official bell ringer or lapcard guy nobody but me.

ignore mistakes made by others wrote:

My HS coach told me it is my responsibility to keep track of my lap count. Not the announcer not the official bell ringer or lapcard guy nobody but me.

That makes sense at your average low-level meet, where numerous runners are being lapped, but at a championship-level meet the lap-counter's job is not difficult and competitors should be able to rely on them to do their job.

To restate a point that I made on the Trackie thread, one year at the Canada-West championships, the first-placed girl in the 4*800m relay handed off to her teammate at 600m. If you're in second place in such a situation, would you choose to race the proper distance or would you follow suit and hand off a lap early?

In that race, the first girl caused a chain reaction and all of the other girls handed off a lap early. The race ended after 3000m, rather than 3200m and the placings were counted for points and CIS qualifying spots.

If all of the runners had decided to stop at 2800m, the officials would have awarded Sheffar the victory, but Thibeault kept running and so the other competitors followed suit. To be clear, he did the correct thing and likely would have won the race regardless, but second and third place would have clearly been different.

The problem with the officials' idiocy was that none of the competitors in the race, who knew how far they had actually run, knew before Thibeault's decision whether they would be running 2800 or 3000m. The bell was rung at 2600m and the clock stopped at 2800m.

Even tough it's not their fault, what on earth made them think they were running 7:40?!

The track also looks weird, the 50m mark looks too far back in my opinion does it really have 200m?

former CIS runner wrote:

The problem with the officials' idiocy was that none of the competitors in the race, who knew how far they had actually run, knew before Thibeault's decision whether they would be running 2800 or 3000m. The bell was rung at 2600m and the clock stopped at 2800m.

His decision? Well, maybe he DECIDED to run 3000m and knew 7:40 at that pace was ridiculous. Way to try and blame Thibeault. You're trying to make it like he played dirty. The competitors behind him followed. They knew it was rung at the wrong time.

You've inadvertently wandered into deep state territory. Take steps to protect yourself. Now. I recommend a bunker in rural Montana. When the Butterdome was constructed in 1983 the engineers were taking directions from their 22 year old political master in Kenya. His name? Barack Obama. He ordered them to build an indoor track in Edmonton Alberta that was exactly 2.008 feet short. Some have asked, why would he do this. There are two obvious reasons. Reasons you will never hear about on lamestream media. First, it was his message to sleeper cells that he would assume control of the American government in 2008. Second, he wanted to make a mockery of Canadian university athletics. Mission accomplished, Barry.

So the question becomes, who is at fault? The guy who dropped out at 2800m is not at fault, for the official rang the bell at the wrong time. Right?

Just registered my kid on NCAA so she can race in a real college league.

what a joke.

sorry Paula, Terry, Boyd and DST you ain't getting my kid on your team.

You say your "kid" won't compete for a Canadian university. What a body blow. How will we ever recover?