How far does it have to go.
Last fall at the NYS Section 2 Championships at Saratoga Spa State Park
one of the girls from Class D upstart Argyle pulled her hair band out
during the race and not wanting to lose it she put it on her wrist.
Sorry missy, no can do.DQ! BTW, keep an eye on this
Feb 2003 15:29:22 -0500
From: Jim Gerweck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: t-and-f: Futility, absurdity
CUT
But the worst is the timing of the penalty for wearing jewelry,
disqualification from the event. More often than I'd care to note, including
this past weekend's state class meets in CT
on 2/19/03 3:27 AM, Mike Prizy at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Once a running event or a field event has begun,
there can be no disqualification for improper uniform.
AMEN! I will fwd. this to the referee from last week's state meets (although
I doubt it will prove much consolation to the DQd
Ed's subject line brings up another topic, possibly the dumbest rule the HS
Federation has ever come up with (aside from 1600/3200 and the short-lived
method of determining vertical jump winners by attempts rather than misses),
certainly the most unevenly interpreted and applied.
I refer to the
Jim wrote:
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2003 15:29:22 -0500
From: Jim Gerweck [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: t-and-f: Futility, absurdity
CUT
But the worst is the timing of the penalty for wearing jewelry,
disqualification from the event. More often than I'd care to note, including
this past weekend's
3200? Is that a track event?
malmo
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To wit, earrings, chains, bracelets are all no-nos
Rueful it is! 3200. Yeeech! Brought to you by those who are educating
your children.
malmo
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Message text written by Lee Nichols
I once was flagged by an official seconds before the 3200 start for
wearing a running watch,
What were you supposed to wear--a watch that wasn't running? :-)
