Redwood Relays
In the Saturday April 5 issue, I wrote a story about the Redwood Relays at Fortuna High. There is some disagreement about a topic the story brought up and I'm hoping to explain it here.
Here's the link:
Fortuna sweeps Redwood Relays
Here's the issue in the story:
"Carl's teammate, Mike Radenbaugh, ran in front of Carl for the first two laps before dropping out and running into the middle of the infield. On a windy day like Friday, having someone to serve as a blocker and/or “rabbit” could be especially helpful, and potentially illegal, though it'd be pretty hard to determine whether a runner actually went out with the sole purpose to help his teammate."
Got a message today (4/8) about this part of the story. An disappointed caller said the second sentence is one-sided.
I only put that sentence in there because the moment it happened track officials immediately hopped on the walkie talkies and asked it it should be a disqualification. If it would have been a big meet — say at the NCS or state levels — it most likely would have been because there was little question as to whether South Fork used a Rabbit in the race. However, it wasn't that big of a meet and it would have been more trouble than it's worth to make a stink about it.
If the caller reads this comment, please call and we can discuss it. 441-0527
Sean