High drama at 1A State. With the meet winding down, and with Zillah and CWA in a dead-heat dogfight for the championship, there was an interesting occurence in the 3200. 3rd to the last event. Remaining were the javelin (Zillah had two throwers, CWA none), and the 4x400 (CWA had an entry, Zillah did not).
Zillah's Bennet Mayo ran a PR by 22 seconds in a great race, in which he outsprinted a CWA runner down the stretch to take 4th place by half a stride. However when the official scoresheet came out, the CWA runner was given 4th and Mayo 5th - 11 seconds behind 4th place, an obvious mistake. However, officials would not correct the mistake because there was no video evidence.
When combined with the javelin results, it resulted in a 9 point Zillah advantage. Had the results of the 3200 been corrected, Zillah would have an 11 point lead, making the 4x400 meaningless to the championship race. As it happened, CWA finished 3rd in the relay, giving Zillah the state title by 3 points.
However, this leaves the question, would CWA have admitted the scoring error if they had won the relay, and therefore the championship by 1 point?
And what about Bennet Mayo? He deserves his 4th place medal, not the 5th place medal he now has. I would like to see CWA officials exchange the two medals so that Mayo gets what he earned. How about it?
Zillah's Bennet Mayo ran a PR by 22 seconds in a great race, in which he outsprinted a CWA runner down the stretch to take 4th place by half a stride. However when the official scoresheet came out, the CWA runner was given 4th and Mayo 5th - 11 seconds behind 4th place, an obvious mistake. However, officials would not correct the mistake because there was no video evidence.
When combined with the javelin results, it resulted in a 9 point Zillah advantage. Had the results of the 3200 been corrected, Zillah would have an 11 point lead, making the 4x400 meaningless to the championship race. As it happened, CWA finished 3rd in the relay, giving Zillah the state title by 3 points.
However, this leaves the question, would CWA have admitted the scoring error if they had won the relay, and therefore the championship by 1 point?
And what about Bennet Mayo? He deserves his 4th place medal, not the 5th place medal he now has. I would like to see CWA officials exchange the two medals so that Mayo gets what he earned. How about it?