Wins and Losses

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        • Participant
          Jay Turner on February 28, 2005 at 8:51 pm #10492

          I have a bit of a theoretical question to ask everyone.

          Lets say that you are a 400 runner (event doesn’t really matter) and every meet you run in has a straight final (no prelims, semis, etc.). Lets say you win your heat but finish 7th overall, then the next meet you win your heat but finsh 2nd overall, and so on. Are you still considered undefeated, or does the fact that you did not place 1st overall factor into whether you are or not? Thoughts?

        • Participant
          sprinter on February 28, 2005 at 8:54 pm #42615

          1 guy better than you one day and 6 the other. hmmmm

        • Keymaster
          Mike Young on February 28, 2005 at 10:49 pm #42616

          It’s the final results that decide placings, winners / losers, etc. The idea of timed finals is that they are essentially all running against each other but because of space constraints they can’t all run at the same time. So technically, she isn’t undefeated but she is undefeated against people who have actually lined up against her.

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