So let me state up-front I did not attend the 2005 Mideast regional championships and from many account the event went over well. However, many of my friends and tri-mates attended with family.
My beef is the same one this forum has debated over the years. The wave rule for age-group points established by USAT is just plain wrong on every level.
The first male across the line did not win the event! The male winner- a good friend- was in the last wave and finished 20 min. after.
This makes for a seriously uneventful event. Spectators don't care, zero excitement and no real racing of top competitors. All because we or USAT, can't figure out how to score or what to do with the top racers and what to category to put them in.
Congratulations USAT. Thanks for making our sport a cold, flat, no butter, no syrup pancake!
ST
STIndiana
America Multi-Sport, Inc.
America's Half June 10, 2017
USAT RD Century Club
http://www.americamultisport.com
My beef is the same one this forum has debated over the years. The wave rule for age-group points established by USAT is just plain wrong on every level.
The first male across the line did not win the event! The male winner- a good friend- was in the last wave and finished 20 min. after.
This makes for a seriously uneventful event. Spectators don't care, zero excitement and no real racing of top competitors. All because we or USAT, can't figure out how to score or what to do with the top racers and what to category to put them in.
Congratulations USAT. Thanks for making our sport a cold, flat, no butter, no syrup pancake!
ST
STIndiana
America Multi-Sport, Inc.
America's Half June 10, 2017
USAT RD Century Club
http://www.americamultisport.com