I thought I knew this rule, but now I'm doubting myself. We just had our District Championships (to qualify the top 4 into Regionals) and this happened in the 100 Hurdles:
At the last hurdle the girl in second clobbered the hurdle, pushing it into the next lane. My girl was in third place in that lane, cleared her hurdle, only to find another one in her lane, which she fell over and crawled to the finish line in last. I realized immediately that my girl was out of luck, but that the girl in second should be DQ'ed for 'impeding the progress.' She was, but then the coach protested and won the appeal, because the 'hurdle impeded' my girl, not his girl. I tried to argue that the rule states the impeding is caused by 'any action' of an athlete that causes the impeding. They said no. I would think that the initial DQ was not even appealable, much less turnoverable! Can anyone clarify this for me? If I call the State Office Monday do I have a chance of getting this rereversed, or is the Jury of Appeals' decision (albeit wrong) have to stand?
At the last hurdle the girl in second clobbered the hurdle, pushing it into the next lane. My girl was in third place in that lane, cleared her hurdle, only to find another one in her lane, which she fell over and crawled to the finish line in last. I realized immediately that my girl was out of luck, but that the girl in second should be DQ'ed for 'impeding the progress.' She was, but then the coach protested and won the appeal, because the 'hurdle impeded' my girl, not his girl. I tried to argue that the rule states the impeding is caused by 'any action' of an athlete that causes the impeding. They said no. I would think that the initial DQ was not even appealable, much less turnoverable! Can anyone clarify this for me? If I call the State Office Monday do I have a chance of getting this rereversed, or is the Jury of Appeals' decision (albeit wrong) have to stand?
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