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Incidents surrounding 3,000m races “Ugly for the sport”, by Jon Gugala

Larry EderbyLarry Eder
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There were some unfortunate incidents that took place this evening, surrounding the 3000 meter races. I am still aghast at how the women’s 3,000 meter decisions were reversed. I had thought that, once a coach protested (as they should and is their right) and it is denied, and then, they protest again (and it is denied), that should be it. The collision was unfortunate, but that happens in close and exciting races. Taking the championship away from Gabe Grunewald was not only cruel, but will be the focus of media stories can rightly suggest that officiating in track & field can now be equated to ice dancing. In the past, if you won the race, that was all that mattered. Now, if an altercation happens, do you just appeal until you wear down the judges? 


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Gabe Grunewald, before her DQ, photo by PhotoRun.net

It is one thing to protect an athlete’s position and battle with business competitors. It is another to represent a brand. One does not represent a global sports brand by bullying and not accepting the ruling of meet officials. 

The incidents described below were witnessed by another coach. We all have bad days, but, at the end of the day,we have to remember that what how we act is more important than what we say. 

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Incidents surrounding 3,000 meter races “Ugly for the sport”, by Jon Gugala


updated Sunday, February 23, 2014 by editor, changes in bold

by Jon Gugala

Lee Troop is the Boulder-based coach of Laura Thweatt, the athlete who led the early stages of the women’s 3000-meters at the 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Thweatt finished fifth (sixth before the disqualification of Gabe Grunewald), and Troop walked with her from the track to the athletes’ warm up area to decompress after her race. On the way, he says, he watched Nike Oregon Project coach Alberto Salazar raising his voice at one of the USATF officials at the protest table.  

Back in the warm-up area, Troop was feet from Nike coach Jerry Schumacher, who was talking to a few people. That’s when, Troop says, Salazar stormed into the area with at the very least three other people–and appeared to nearly make physical contact when confronting Schumacher. 

“It was just like this complete continuation from what was going on earlier,” Troop says. “[Salazar] just kind of ran and launched [at Schumacher].” 

One of Salazar’s group intervened before Salazar made contact, but Troop says that though Salazar didn’t have a clenched fist, indicating a punch, there definitely would have been a push, in his opinion.

At this point, Salazar was telling Schumacher. “You’re against us,” Troop remembers Salazar saying.

Schumacher, whom he remembers was composed and unrestrained, asked what Salazar was talking about.

“You’re always after us,” Troop remembers Salazar repeating.

“It was just crazy. It was just ridiculous,” he says. “It just went on, the screaming match.”

Salazar was visibly fighting against the restraint of one of his group, and Troop says that he felt the action was endangering Thweatt. So he (Troop) jumped up and pushed Salazar and his restrainer away. 

To those that witnessed it, Troop says they were more confused than anything. 

“It was just like Alberto was looking for any opportunity on any situation,” Troop says. “To be perfectly honest, it was just bad for the sport, the way the whole thing was conducted. It looked poor; it was bad; I think a lot of people are going to be walking away with a really bad taste in their mouth. It’s just not right on so many levels.”

I’ve reached out to both Salazar and Schumacher for comment; at the time of this writing neither has responded.

“It was like a volcano that was just building up to erupt,” Troop says, “and we saw the complete eruption and the meltdown.”

Salazar was ushered off by his group, and Troop says Schumacher remained, but was not visibly shaken by the incident. 

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    Larry Eder

    Larry Eder has had a 51-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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