>From the Corrections listings in The Washington Post, Friday, June 5, 2009, page A2:
-- A June 2 Sports article misstated the distance of Wilson High School junior Ibrahima Kebe's winning discus throw at the DCIAA track and field championships. Kebe's throw was 120 feet 11.5 inches, not 120 meters 11.5 centimeters. The article with the alleged error - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/01/AR2009060103 851.html One of the most intriguing individual events of the day was the boys' discus, even though it wasn't expected to be close. Wilson junior Ibrahima Kebe, who this spring became the first D.C. public school boy to ever qualify for the Penn Relays in that event, fouled on his first three attempts, leaving him with only one remaining. After replacing one of his track shoes with a sneaker for better traction, and changing the discus he was using because of the wind, Kebe had yet another shaky throw. But it landed inbounds and was just good enough to win at 120 meters 11.5 centimeters, a little more than three meters farther than second place. "I got points for the team, so in that way I'm happy," said Kebe, whose longest throw this year is 162 meters. "But personally, I'm not happy with what I did." As Tigers Coach James Green said, however, "A win is a win and in a championship meet, it doesn't matter how far it is. It matters if you're first, second or third." - I wonder if it really was an error. Carleton
