I was planning to post stories from each race at Holmdel today, but so far – an hour after the boys Group 1 race ended – the timing company has still not posted any results.
This is the state championships and we can’t get live results in 2024. Unreal.
This seems to be a recurring problem with several timing companies not named Tomahawk. With the technology available today, it’s unbelievable that these companies aren’t able to provide live results. Heck, we were getting them 20 years ago.
Something goes wrong every single time. Honestly, they should be posting results and in-progress team scores during the race from each mile marker or each 1K. They have the technology to do it. Yet we can’t even tell you what happened in the boys Group 1 race that ended an hour ago.
This is a disgrace and an insult to athletes, coaches, parents and fans of track and cross country.
I think everybody reading this should contact NJSIAA track and field director Al Stumpf at astumpf@njsiaa.org and suggest the NJSIAA finds a timing company that’s able to actually provide results in real time.
EDIT: It’s 11:05 a.m. and still no results. I’m going for a run. I’ll try again later.
UPDATE: It’s now 4:08 p.m. and Viper Timing still hasn’t posted any results. The meet began nearly seven hours ago. MileSplit is doing the best it can, and if we ever get any more results I’ll have more posts.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 