Not at my high school.
They made a movie about it.
(Friday Night Lights)
Sorry, but I'm not about to watch a whole movie just to understand your reasoning.
If your coach had the power and authority to force you to participate in competitions for which you were unsuited and/or which resulted in medical distress (vomiting and/or getting the "dry heaves" after a 400-meter run would fall under that description), why couldn't you have at least "taken it easy" and spared yourself?
Simply run at 97% of your top speed -> no nausea.
Which reminds me: Ever watch an excellent movie entitled The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner? I highly recommend it. Here's the IMDB synopsis:
A rebellious youth, sentenced to a boy's reformatory for robbing a bakery, rises through the ranks of the institution through his prowess as a long distance runner. During his solitary runs, reveries of his life and times before his incarceration lead him to re-evaluate his privileged status as the Governor's prize runner.
Regards,