The next 24 hours will tell the tale of whether the West Catholic team can run in the Hispanic Games on Saturday. As of today, they have been advised by meet officials - reluctantly - that they can only race against other non-sanctioned schools at the meet, so it is probably not worth the trip.
But Burr\'s head coach Lenny Jordan says they haven\'t given up. They are continuing to look at options, including legal ones, to get the opportunity. This would be the second time in three weeks that West Catholic and other non state association schools have been excluded from competing against New York schools because of that state\'s recent sanctioning crackdown.
Jordan says the odd thing is that he can take his team to a PA meet on Friday night and race against PIAA member Simon Gratz, but on Saturday, Gratz is sanctioned, and his team is not.
\"What hurts is that this team has the chance to be something special. And the young kids won\'t get the best chance to qualify for post-season meets like the Catholic League Champs or even States. \"I am hoping something happens to allow us to compete.\"