Kim, That's a lot of questions. So let's pose two more, as I feel a discussion of the situation would be incomplete with them.
1. Why was the race run under a three turn stagger? By this I mean, what was the intent of using a three turn stagger? 2. Does any know of the use of a three turn stagger ever in a national championship race (i.e. not some bum squat county championship with a bunch of yahoos running the meet)? Ben -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kimberley Spir Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 10:59 PM To: Robert Hersh Cc: Kebba Tolbert; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: t-and-f: Witherspoon's NCIS HS Record Perhaps I missed the indepth discussion regarding the three-turn stagger and why it appears in some rule books and is not included in others. What was done right, or wrong, according to regulation and why should this excellent athlete be denied a well-deserved record? Who decides the high school records in this country and what platform is acknowledged internationally and by whom in the US? Why are some records kept, others not? Are these sorts of regulations administered, by whom? Who is responsible for the record-keeping and decision-making for this sport in this country if secondary after-the-fact decisions like this can be made when an official, at the meet, determines, after a review of the rules at hand, that for safety reasons this is the best way to run the race? Please clarify why the Witherspoon performance, beautiful and awesome, in fact his whole weekend of sprint ecstacy, is just a wash to you official record decision-makers? Who are you? Kim On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, Robert Hersh wrote:
