"**** yeah!" Michigan HSer runs 22-second pb to finish 2nd at state. Promptly gets DQd for profanity.

Sounded like "Holy S***"

Maybe they should spend some time on the football sidelines if they think people don't occasionally cuss in the heat of competition."

Observe the kid after that statement...is there any unsportsmanlike conduct in the chute? If not, maybe issue a warning on the language.

BUT do petition the state association to move to an actual CC course!

Ghost of Ward Cleaver wrote:

Observe the kid after that statement...is there any unsportsmanlike conduct in the chute? If not, maybe issue a warning on the language.

BUT do petition the state association to move to an actual CC course!

The banking is definitely too high I have found. But MIS is generally liked from what i have found.

Has to be more.

Did he have a seizure at the end? And courses like this are why other countries make fun of our XC lmao. Probably not worthy of a DQ if he wasn't actually being unsportsmanlike, but funny nonetheless.

bigmig19 wrote:

Ghost of Ward Cleaver wrote:

Observe the kid after that statement...is there any unsportsmanlike conduct in the chute? If not, maybe issue a warning on the language.

BUT do petition the state association to move to an actual CC course!

The banking is definitely too high I have found. But MIS is generally liked from what i have found.

Banking????? They start in the middle and head out away from the track. They enter near the end but they never run on the bank, aka the track. They are down low on the grass that was soggy and beaten down.

nike shill wrote:

Did he have a seizure at the end? And courses like this are why other countries make fun of our XC lmao. Probably not worthy of a DQ if he wasn't actually being unsportsmanlike, but funny nonetheless.

have you been there?

As a MI Coach, i have seen far more egregious actions at a finish line or even a relay exchange zone and not get DQd or even a warning. And this includes throwing batons and swearing at officials in conference, regional championships. Nothing to see here. File a protest.

I could look it up, but did this affect the team score? Imagine losing a meet because your number one runner was just really excited they raced well. Some of the old guys that officiate these meets seem to look for any reason to be a jerk. The only worthy DQ I've seen in a meet was when one of the Hedman brothers at York punched someone lol.

NFHS RULE 4, SECTION 5, ARTICLE 2: Unacceptable conduct by a competitor includes, but is not limited

to, willful failure to follow the directions of a meet official, using profanity that is

not directed at someone or any action which could bring discredit to the

individual or his/her school.

PENALTY: Disqualification from that event

I was there. He said "HOLY F$CKING SH#T, LET'S GO!"

bigmig19 wrote:

Ghost of Ward Cleaver wrote:

Observe the kid after that statement...is there any unsportsmanlike conduct in the chute? If not, maybe issue a warning on the language.

BUT do petition the state association to move to an actual CC course!

The banking is definitely too high I have found. But MIS is generally liked from what i have found.

Lol do you guys think they actually run up the banking like NASCAR?! Hahaha

bigmig19 wrote:

nike shill wrote:

Did he have a seizure at the end? And courses like this are why other countries make fun of our XC lmao. Probably not worthy of a DQ if he wasn't actually being unsportsmanlike, but funny nonetheless.

have you been there?

I know that the course goes outside of the oval and into the woods etc. but you have to admit a finish on a speedway infield is funny. Very cool course, but the brits wouldn't like it because you don't have to fight off wild animals and swim through mud pits.

Keep that trophy, kid. You earned it. Dare them to try and take it.

This young man was warned by officials at a meet a month when he did the exact same thing that he could get disqualified for that type of behavior.

Maybe that official shouldn’t have let him slide with a warning and he wouldn’t have acted a fool AGAIN.

His mother has been a complete embarrassment in his defense on Facebook. She makes it easy to understand his behavior.

portage wrote:

This young man was warned by officials at a meet a month when he did the exact same thing that he could get disqualified for that type of behavior.

Maybe that official shouldn’t have let him slide with a warning and he wouldn’t have acted a fool AGAIN.

His mother has been a complete embarrassment in his defense on Facebook. She makes it easy to understand his behavior.

Can someone verify that he was warned previously? I think that’s a significant fact that’s been omitted from everything I’ve seen about this so far. Still a dumb rule, but feel way less bad for this kid if that happened.

Where is this warning? Please provide a link to the Facebook page that you are referencing.

It’s not that deep. He messed up and he’s paying the consequences. The rule is a bit silly, but well intentioned.

Move on cause ain’t nothing you can do about it. He released a “public statement” on Twitter which is absolutely hilarious. It’s high school xc, no one cares that much. Kids not even that fast anyways

You all keep making these statements without providing links. Imagine if this thread didn't have the link to the finish video.