2012 Journey to Eugene and the Olympic Trials

Fam's Appeal Denied!

Fam's Appeal Denied!

Jun 22, 2012 by Ryan Sterner
Fam's Appeal Denied!
Anthony Famiglietti, 2008 Olympic Trials steeple champ, appealed to make it into the 3k steeple in Eugene. Just a few days ago news broke that Alan Webb's appeal was accepted by the USATF without the Trials standard (http://bit.ly/KXSexW). From his series of tweets this morning it looks like his appeal was denied and he is visibly upset. In just three tweets he brings up a lot of questions that need to be answered about the appeals process and what it means about equality in our sport.

Here are the series of tweets: