FB recruit Eric Mersereau from Wisconsin was 2nd in 300IH and 3rd in the 110HH at the WIAA State Track Meet in Wisconsin last weekend.
He originally had a photo finish in the 1st 110HH final....then the due to something that happened in another lane
ended up having to re-run the the championship final for the 110HH and ened up in 3rd place
http://www.talk.dyestat.com/showthread.php...6249&page=6
Erik Mersereau, Port Washington
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I had never seen anything like this before...
110m High Hurdles Finals was run in the early afternoon on Saturday and Port Washington's Erik Mersereau won in what the scoreboard clock read as 14.48. After keeping tabs on the performances all season, I knew that Mersereau ran the race of his life in that finals. It didn't matter that he hadn't run that fast before because he had done it when it counted.
Apparently though, there was a bit of a stumble because of a flying hurdle going across some of the lanes and someone put up enough of a fuss (partially don't blame them) to get another finals run. Don't get me wrong, the next race Eric still ran well but he ran what would be normally expected of him to run. According to other coaches, the guy who had an "unfair advantage" due to the stumbling hurdle placed last in both finals (Jade Lucas is still a really good athlete in my mind). Also, I am pretty sure Detione White didn't DQ the first time around. This was really messed up.
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles Division 1
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State Record: * 14.09 1981 Jay Payton, Madison West
Name Year School Finals Points
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1 Jim Hodgson 12 De Pere 14.42 10
2 Kyle Ullsperger 12 Appleton N 14.49 8
3 Eric Mersereau 12 Port Washing 14.58 6
4 Kendric Smith 12 Monona Grove 14.73 5
5 Troy Heuer 12 WI Lutheran 14.73 4
6 Sean Gretzinger 11 Appleton N 14.80 3
7 Marques Jackson 12 Arrowhead 14.93 2
8 Jade Lucas 12 Marshfield 15.10 1
-- Detione White 11 Waukesha S DQ
When you look at it from a broader perspective, that becomes a crucial 4 points for Port Washington in the team scoring:
1) Kettle Moraine 43
2) D. C. Everest 40.50
3) Port Washington 39
If I was the PW coaching staff (and family), I would be putting up the same amount of fuss as the Marshfield people did and really do some investigating of the WIAA rule book for the state meet to ensure the decision they made was a legitimate one. Unfortunate for Mersereau either way.
