FightFor15 wrote:
CD Watch wrote:Derrick was accepted because his coach, Jerry Schumacher, petitioned USATF to let him compete and USATF accepted the petition.
Possibly, the reason Robert Cheseret remains Unaccepted is because his coach, Dan Browne, did not petition USATF.
That is an unresolved question for Letsrun, Flotrack or some track journalist to investigate.
I think this is exactly right but also the problem. It might be that it wasn't quite Nike that got in Derrick but certainly being a BTC athlete in a Nike environment helps. So his coach petitions and he gets in and we don't know what Cheseret and his coach did. I think that USATF should be responsible for some oversight here. If they move down the list to accept 25-27, they should look at spot 28 and have a clear way that makes sense. There should be a rule that says "if a runner petitions to get in then no runners after her/him are guaranteed entry or runners that are within X amount of time (depending on distance) are guaranteed entry, etc."
It just feels arbitrary when some fields are expanded and some are not. It feels arbitrary when fields are not full and runners have standards. It feels arbitrary when runners are not told that they are in or not or that their times count or do not. Becky Wade probably did not have a shot to make the team but she probably didn't want to run another steeple in gross conditions so close to the Trials if she did not have to. We just need better communication and more clear processes that benefit the athletes.
It probably doesn't matter to the conspiracy theorists, but his coach didn't petition, his agent did.
https://mobile.twitter.com/d9monti/status/748587288901222400?p=v