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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would just text back - "Yes, DD crossed a few seconds before her. It's been so great to see her improvement this year - all her hard work is paying off!" And then don't think any more about it.[/quote]

OP here - That is pretty much what I wrote though my takeaway was that there was an implication that my kid cheated. We are friendly with the other kid's parents so I guess I didn't think they would make a big deal out of it but who knows.[b] I will be giving them the side eye from here on out [/b]

Thanks for the feedback! [/quote]

NO. That is what you must not do. You don't know why this parent asked. You only got a message from the coach. Don't be nasty.
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OP here - point taken, though it is somewhat upsetting to know that someone begrudges my kid her one moment of victory. Though she had a faster race the next race, but got smoked by the girl she beat in the latest race. [/quote]

You're clearly new to the sport. Have you thought about why this bothers you so much? Was it a few seconds difference? I'm guessing it was closer than that because otherwise it wouldn't have been a question. DD has sometimes beaten kids by fractions of a second and in this situation if the times were so close I would not be confused or taken aback if someone who hadn't seen the race asked me the question.
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Not new to this sport. I ran in high school though was not good but still love running. It was two seconds, and my kid has lost or won (against a runner, not overall) by fractions of a second. Neither of these girls was winning this race so it didn't matter for a medal or anything like that. I just looked it up and my daughter ran 11:04 and the other girl was 11:06, both placed in the high 30s.

I know why it bothers me. My kid had a really good, clean race and the response from the coach was to text asking if she really won. I didn't appreciate that but reading these is helping me see maybe I framed it the wrong way, but regardless coach didn't need to text.[/quote]

OP, I meant to ask -- is your daughter in 8th grade? And was this a 1.5 mile race?

Hopefully, your daughter has a LONG way to go in this sport ... I hope all the parents chill out, and if you get a text like that from the coach again, just ignore it. 
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Thanks! 6th grade, 1.5 miles. I hope she sticks with it but already said she might be out next year because it's "too intense." And she doesn't know about the text. ;)[/quote]

It’s too intense for her because you are a nut and I’m sure she’s picking up on ot. It’s a 6th grade race. Who gives a sh*t. [/quote]

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