I'm still trying to picture the scene... was this a gate in the 'run out' area at the end of the run?
Yeah, at the end of the run when she was heading back to the alley way. At some arenas they shut the gate after you go in in and you have to stop IN the arena, some the gate is left open and you can keep going all the way out. It just depends on the arena. This one the gate was suppose to be shut after the runner entered. I'd almost bet she'd have been fine with it left open. She probably saw it open and thought they would leave it since she was coming. Who knows for sure. That is just the way she told the story.
Becky