I just found about this today and am blown away. I am sure It's too late to do anything now, but apparently a runner qualified for the trials in 2014 in the half marathon. There is an article written about her qualification here:



http://www.hometownlife.com/story/sports/running/2014/10/22/rachel-mcfarlane-us-marathon-trials-detroit-half-marathon/17705755/



Apparently Rachel will not be running because THE COURSE WAS NOT CERTIFIED! In the past courses have been able to certify the next year, which retroactively has qualified runners, but in this case her appeal was denied because the Detroit Freep won't cough up the 10 grand to certify the course that they advertised as certified.



This is the biggest BS I have ever heard of. Hope none of you guys run this garbage in the future, screw these guys.



Editor's note. The poster thinks Rachel isn't running becaues the race wasn't certified. That isn't the issue. The issue is the race wasn't USATF SANCTIONED. The race is/was unwilling to pay the $9950 to be a USATF sanctioned race which is a requirement for Trials qualifying races.