Best of the Best? At the Class 3A District Track meet on May 12th, Adam Hall of Columbia River H.S. took second place in 100 meter dash. However, because of an alleged failure with the electronic timing system, the race results were scraped.
"It just a quirky thing," said Union's athletic coordinator, Cale Piland. The canceled results benefitted one Union High School athlete, Kinsley Ojukwu. The race was re-run on Friday, with parents, including myself, asking why do they have judges with stopwatches if they're not needed?
What is disturbing is that it has come to light that Piland mislead the track judges by saying that the rules did not allow for the stop-watch results to stand. He used this justification to get the re-run. We now know he lied.
Reportedly at a meeting of coaches, Columbia River coach Shawn McDonald protested that Hall should have been allowed to compete at the Regional event in Tacoma. On that re-run Friday, Hall had to compete in the long jump and then rush over to the 100 dash. Obviously tired, Hall took 5th in the dash. This was unfair.
In Tacoma at the Regional finals, Adam Hall said, "I should have been in that race." When he saw the winning times, he likely would be in the State finals.
There was no excuse for Cale Piland to mislead the judges. Union High School and Piland owe Hall and Columbia River High a sincere public apology for this shameful act of poor sportsmanship.
One lie can do a lot of damage to a young man's faith in fair play as well as tarnish a race. Hall wished "Good luck" to Kinsley Ojukwu at the State finals.
At the Class 3A District Track meet on May 12th, Adam Hall of Columbia River H.S. took second place in 100 meter dash. However, because of an alleged failure with the electronic timing system, the race results were scraped.
"It just a quirky thing," said Union's athletic coordinator, Cale Piland. The canceled results benefitted one Union High School athlete, Kinsley Ojukwu. The race was re-run on Friday, with parents, including myself, asking why do they have judges with stopwatches if they're not needed?
What is disturbing is that it has come to light that Piland mislead the track judges by saying that the rules did not allow for the stop-watch results to stand. He used this justification to get the re-run. We now know he lied.
Reportedly at a meeting of coaches, Columbia River coach Shawn McDonald protested that Hall should have been allowed to compete at the Regional event in Tacoma. On that re-run Friday, Hall had to compete in the long jump and then rush over to the 100 dash. Obviously tired, Hall took 5th in the dash. This was unfair.
In Tacoma at the Regional finals, Adam Hall said, "I should have been in that race." When he saw the winning times, he likely would be in the State finals.
There was no excuse for Cale Piland to mislead the judges. Union High School and Piland owe Hall and Columbia River High a sincere public apology for this shameful act of poor sportsmanship.
One lie can do a lot of damage to a young man's faith in fair play as well as tarnish this race. Hall wishes "Good luck" to Kinsley Ojukwu at the State finals.
Best Of The Best At Track
Best of the Best? At the Class 3A District Track meet on May 12th, Adam Hall of Columbia River H.S. took second place in 100 meter dash. However, because of an alleged failure with the electronic timing system, the race results were scraped.
"It just a quirky thing," said Union's athletic coordinator, Cale Piland. The canceled results benefitted one Union High School athlete, Kinsley Ojukwu. The race was re-run on Friday, with parents, including myself, asking why do they have judges with stopwatches if they're not needed?
What is disturbing is that it has come to light that Piland mislead the track judges by saying that the rules did not allow for the stop-watch results to stand. He used this justification to get the re-run. We now know he lied.
Reportedly at a meeting of coaches, Columbia River coach Shawn McDonald protested that Hall should have been allowed to compete at the Regional event in Tacoma. On that re-run Friday, Hall had to compete in the long jump and then rush over to the 100 dash. Obviously tired, Hall took 5th in the dash. This was unfair.
In Tacoma at the Regional finals, Adam Hall said, "I should have been in that race." When he saw the winning times, he likely would be in the State finals.
There was no excuse for Cale Piland to mislead the judges. Union High School and Piland owe Hall and Columbia River High a sincere public apology for this shameful act of poor sportsmanship.
One lie can do a lot of damage to a young man's faith in fair play as well as tarnish a race. Hall wished "Good luck" to Kinsley Ojukwu at the State finals.
June 2, 2010 at 11:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
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At the Class 3A District Track meet on May 12th, Adam Hall of Columbia River H.S. took second place in 100 meter dash. However, because of an alleged failure with the electronic timing system, the race results were scraped.
"It just a quirky thing," said Union's athletic coordinator, Cale Piland. The canceled results benefitted one Union High School athlete, Kinsley Ojukwu. The race was re-run on Friday, with parents, including myself, asking why do they have judges with stopwatches if they're not needed?
What is disturbing is that it has come to light that Piland mislead the track judges by saying that the rules did not allow for the stop-watch results to stand. He used this justification to get the re-run. We now know he lied.
Reportedly at a meeting of coaches, Columbia River coach Shawn McDonald protested that Hall should have been allowed to compete at the Regional event in Tacoma. On that re-run Friday, Hall had to compete in the long jump and then rush over to the 100 dash. Obviously tired, Hall took 5th in the dash. This was unfair.
In Tacoma at the Regional finals, Adam Hall said, "I should have been in that race." When he saw the winning times, he likely would be in the State finals.
There was no excuse for Cale Piland to mislead the judges. Union High School and Piland owe Hall and Columbia River High a sincere public apology for this shameful act of poor sportsmanship.
One lie can do a lot of damage to a young man's faith in fair play as well as tarnish this race. Hall wishes "Good luck" to Kinsley Ojukwu at the State finals.
May 25, 2010 at 9:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )