I wrote:
As I remember the Big Ten indoor rule (forgive me, I don't have a book in
front of me), it states that lapped runners must leave the track until the
race is down to a certain number of competitors.
I checked the indoor section of the Big Ten rulebook last night. For the
3000 and
At the Big 10 indoors in '87 or so, Scott Fry ran 14:00 for 5k.
Lapped runners were yanked by the officials. Including those
on 14:40 pace! Not a large finishers list in that one. Seemed
a bit harsh, but also seems wrong to force the fastest to slow
down to deal with the slower. As someone said,
In a message dated Fri, 26 Jan 2001 1:45:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, The Barretts
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Regarding relay splits: The Sac State track has (had?) the best
setup I've seen for relay spectating/officiating, and an easy
solution at that: different colored track in the relay
the leaders to prevent disqualification from the race.
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At the Big 10 indoors in '87 or so, Scott
It is even more interesting when the lapped athletes refuse to step off the
track and you get officials trying to physically remove them. Great
entertainment.
Kevin Sullivan
In a message dated 1/26/01 2:31:46 PM Eastern Standard Time,
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As I remember the Big Ten
Christopher Goss wrote:
As I remember the Big Ten indoor rule (forgive me, I don't have a book in
front of me), it states that lapped runners must leave the track until the
race is down to a certain number of competitors. My interpretation is
that
interference with the leaders is not the
