It was. Became stronger later in the afternoon as the front approached and pushed up more southerly winds. Welcome's never been known as "wind friendly". Lots of turbulent flow.I see the wind was terrible for the sprint events. Head wind almost every race.
This was also the case in the D3 girls’ 200 meter dash. I don’t understand a DNS at that point. The affected team had no chance of winning the meet, but one point could have pulled them into a tie for fourth. Not a big enough deal? Or maybe there was a catastrophic injury?Does Ohio have a rule against an injured athlete walking their event to claim 8th place and 1 point? I ask because of the Wayne boys' situation.
The referees have a lot of latitude. Referees are reluctant to do a re-run because it is rarely fair to all the participants. They have to weigh the disadvantage placed upon the interfered with participant(s) against the disadvantage another race entails to the original place winners, record setters, etc. In this case, they felt the disadvantage placed on the runners in lane 4 and 5 was enough to re-run the entire race. I saw the footage and it was a questionable decision. But, their ruling is final and there isn’t any appeal process.I am a distant relative of the Harkelroad kid from Huron that was involved in the giant mishap in the D2 300 H. My question.....what are the factors that go into the decision to completely re-run the race (minus the kid that was DQd)? I have only a casual knowledge of track.
Imo, if an athlete is able to qualify for the state finals they should get a point regardless if they can compete in the finals.Does Ohio have a rule against an injured athlete walking their event to claim 8th place and 1 point? I ask because of the Wayne boys' situation.
You're right. There were 3 kids that elected to re-run the race.The referees have a lot of latitude. Referees are reluctant to do a re-run because it is rarely fair to all the participants. They have to weigh the disadvantage placed upon the interfered with participant(s) against the disadvantage another race entails to the original place winners, record setters, etc. In this case, they felt the disadvantage placed on the runners in lane 4 and 5 was enough to re-run the entire race. I saw the footage and it was a questionable decision. But, their ruling is final and there isn’t any appeal process.
I think in this re-run not everyone participated since the weren’t really threats to win and they just let their original times stand.
The referees explained the options available via the rule & case book to the respective coaches. All athletes were given the option to re-run, but some did not. Here's what happened in the initial race:I am a distant relative of the Harkelroad kid from Huron that was involved in the giant mishap in the D2 300 H. My question.....what are the factors that go into the decision to completely re-run the race (minus the kid that was DQd)? I have only a casual knowledge of track.
She gets her legs straight up above her hips and learns to turn properly she'll add a easy 6-8inches to her height. Only seen High Jumpers go over the bar that way.Next great pole vaulter from Turpin is a female, Claire Iaciofano, who won the state title in 12'4" as a sophomore
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Her best this year was 12'7" at the Mason District meet.
Time was faster than the winning time in D2 4x4.Little Ole Lowellville had a pretty good state meet. Michael Ballone ran a phenomenal time in the 300H and that Lowellville 4x4 was lightning fast. Would like to see where they land on an All-time D3 time list for the 4x4.
I look forward to being back at the Jesse O next year.
Not that I'm aware of.Does Ohio have a rule against an injured athlete walking their event to claim 8th place and 1 point? I ask because of the Wayne boys' situation.
I don't know if it is a requirement but the district meet I helped time we checked the cards and made changes based on who was checked. But the officials really take no interest what is happening with the timing system or what the results will say unless there is a complaint so unless a coach says something they will not do anything about it. What was surprising was the number of cards we got with no names or only 3 names checked by the officials.I do have a couple of gripes that I don't understand at the District and Regional Level. My relays were not accurately reflected in the results. Same as a couple of other teams I looked at coming into the Regional. I used different kids from Prelims to finals and they were not accurate in the results. The bigger issue, is that a kid I had on the card for 3 of the relays, was not used at all in one, but showed up in the results. Makes it look like he ran 5 events. He did not. Same with some kids from other schools. I know when I helped at the District meets with a timing company, I made sure every teams relay cards were accurately put into the results before the results were posted. Is this not a requirement?
All I can say is that I try to correct the relay names that were provided online with those on the card or whomever checked into the clerk every meet, including both Districts that I was in the press box for. I'm sure not every meet manager/scorer knows to do this.
I also can verify that the clerks do not always mark the names on the card showing who actually reported, which can make that job difficult. (This did not happen at the two districts I was a part of.)
So, who is checking to see if someone in fact ran too many events? If they aren't coordinating with the results, how do they know? With 8 names , it is very easy to have someone listed in 5 events but only run in 4.I don't know if it is a requirement but the district meet I helped time we checked the cards and made changes based on who was checked. But the officials really take no interest what is happening with the timing system or what the results will say unless there is a complaint so unless a coach says something they will not do anything about it. What was surprising was the number of cards we got with no names or only 3 names checked by the officials.
I don't know it certainly shouldn't be the timing company (they should update runners in results if officals marked on the relay card) as far as I know there is no official looking at that. My guess only way that someone would be caught running 5 events is by another team's coach.So, who is checking to see if someone in fact ran too many events? If they aren't coordinating with the results, how do they know? With 8 names , it is very easy to have someone listed in 5 events but only run in 4.
I don't know what to tell you. I can only be responsible for myself and (to a point) the meets I'm involved with.
I'm sort of perplexed now. Seems like a fairly substantial oversight.I don't know it certainly shouldn't be the timing company (they should update runners in results if officals marked on the relay card) as far as I know there is no official looking at that. My guess only way that someone would be caught running 5 events is by another team's coach.
It always surprised me how there is no officials directly overseeing the timing/results yet there is like 6+ that watch the 100 for violations.
Not a perfect analogy by any means, but I don’t believe there are any official checks of how many quarters/games kids play in football or basketball, either. What would the penalty be for a track kid running five events? Team disqualification? To me, that’d be a pretty strong deterrent assuming other schools’ coaches have an eye on things.I'm sort of perplexed now. Seems like a fairly substantial oversight.
This and who cares? I doubt very many coaches do.Not a perfect analogy by any means, but I don’t believe there are any official checks of how many quarters/games kids play in football or basketball, either. What would the penalty be for a track kid running five events? Team disqualification? To me, that’d be a pretty strong deterrent assuming other schools’ coaches have an eye on things.
Yes. The NFHS rule book penalty for too many events is that all the points earned by that competitor are deducted from the team score (you don't move others up in the scoring at this point) and the individual's awards should be reclaimed. The OHSAA also considers this use of an ineligible athlete, meaning the contest is forfeited and any team awards should not be granted either.Not a perfect analogy by any means, but I don’t believe there are any official checks of how many quarters/games kids play in football or basketball, either. What would the penalty be for a track kid running five events? Team disqualification? To me, that’d be a pretty strong deterrent assuming other schools’ coaches have an eye on things.