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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a spectator at a small 5k this weekend. Afterwards, I stuck around to watch the prizing ceremony. It was a small race, but with some good prizes, including an iPod mini and a bunch of lesser gift certificates. In announcing the winners, the first place man was announced first and given first choice of prizes. He took the iPod mini. The first place woman was then announced and given her choice of the prizes. She got a lesser gift certificate. I was bothered that the 1st place man got to choose prizes first -- especially since the prizes were definitely not of equal value. [b]Why not flip a coin for first pick of prizes[/b], or is the "overall winner" more valuable than the first woman in?

Has anyone seen this happen at a race before? Any thoughts? (This is especially irritating to me because the race was sponsored by the track department of a university... shouldn't the track coach be valuing male and female athletes equally?)[/quote]

How do you know that they didn't do that? Methinks it's more than possible you're jumping to some conclusions.[/quote]

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