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Posted on 05/18/2026 10:20:45 AM PDT by dennisw
A North Carolina high school was left heartbroken after a brutal judging decision cost their athletes a state championship.
Mallard Creek won the boys' 4x400m relay to secure the title, only for Nyan Brown - who ran the anchor leg - to be disqualified for celebrating too early.
During the meet in Greensboro, Brown cruised down the home straight well clear of his rivals. Just a few meters from the line, he held up five fingers.
It signaled his team's fifth championship but that title was quickly ripped away from Brown and Mallard Creek after an official punished him for unsportsmanlike conduct.
That left Mallard Creek two points behind rivals Jordan High. Victory in the 4x400m - the final event of the meet - would have secured Brown and Co 10 points.
Instead, they ended up with zero. Mallard Creek reportedly launched a protest at the event, only for the call to be upheld.
'Nyan is devastated,' Bryant Bailey, the Mallard Creek athletic director, told the Charlotte Observer.
'He’s very upset, as are we. With the state championship on the line, they decided to make that call and DQ him.
'And if you go back and look at other photos and videos throughout the week, you can see multiple instances of kids celebrating way, way harder while coming across the line than what I think our young man did.
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I will be shocked if it isn’t ultimately overturned.
So…you didn’t read the article?
I was being sarcastic
Sounds like a spoiled brat that did what he wanted even though he was warned. I hate it for his teammates that this cost them the championship but he did did it. Too many spoiled brats these days giving everyone the middle finger. He did the deed. Found out. Sometimes, it take someone be made of an example before others start to obey. I know, that’s a hard word for most kids these days but it is expected
This is just plain stupid. The judges are asses.
That’s disqualifying? Give me a f’in break!
What was the warning? Don’t wave 5 fingers?
Do not show human emotion. You must OBEY./s
“What was the warning?”
Second warning.
Obey the rules or you will be disqualified.
Participation Trophy judge didn’t want the team to get their 5th title as they’ve had enough.
Agreed. What, is exuberance illegal or unsporting now?
Happily recalling their days as an East German judge or one of the officials for the USA-USSR 1972 Basketball final.
The officials are full of it in this kid’s case.
So, you’re a taunter too I guess.
If you’re warned to not do a certain behavior or there will be consequences; you settle your ass down and behave.
I suppose your little Billy is a good, good boy too? It’s all the teachers and staff that are the big meanies?
Gee, we used to have Cheerleaders in out HS Sports.
All kinds of yelling and stuff.
Is that now unsportsmanlike?
Maybe it was flipping 5 ‘birds’ at once???
Holding up a hand is not taunting unless you’re a fragile snowflake. If you don’t want him to do that, beat him in the race. I want to know what he did to warrant the initial warning. Sounds pretty arbitrary to me.
STFU pu$$y
“...and possibly biased...”
Seeing as they had won the four previous State Titles, it seems only fair that another team should win this one. /s
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