ST. LOUIS — Andrea Karl probably didn’t expect to spend a portion of her Sunday evening running around the warning track at Busch Stadium.
Marathon winner/WashU PhD student Andrea Karl runs the warning track at Busch Stadium, as seen on the Jumbotron. pic.twitter.com/8ihx6Omw7q
— Washington U Med (@WUSTLmed) April 20, 2015MORE: Cardinals starters thriving | White Sox call up Carlos Rodon | Ned Yost ejected
But then again, she probably didn’t expect to be an unwitting participant in an unexpected marathon scandal, either. Karl, a doctoral student at Washington University, was the fastest female finisher of the GO! St. Louis Marathon, but she wasn’t declared the winner of the race because Kendall Schler slipped onto the course after the final checkpoint and was the first to cross the line.
Schler stole Karl’s moment. Think Rosie Ruiz and that infamous Boston Marathon incident of 1979.
But the Cardinals gave Karl a different moment on Sunday. Before their game with the Reds, Karl was allowed to cross her finish line, with photographers and TV cameras there to capture this alternative moment, after running at a brisk stride around most of the stadium.
w/ @Cardinals @kmoxnews we honored @GOfitnessSTL winner. @donn_sorensen @JJoynerKersee pic.twitter.com/mltpzFtutk
— Mercy St. Louis (@mercysaintlouis) April 20, 2015It was a very cool scene.
.@GoFitnessSTL marathon winner at Busch Stadium w/ Don Sorenson of @mercysaintlouis & Olympian Jackie Joyner-Kersee pic.twitter.com/x8AtrUCyIW
— KMOX St. Louis News (@kmoxnews) April 20, 2015