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OHSAA investigating Trotwood track, football star Shaw
Sunday, May 11, 2008
TROTWOOD — Trotwood-Madison High School standout sprinter Michael Shaw is at the center of an Ohio High School Athletic Association inquiry into the school's registration process relative to establishing residency.
Shaw, a senior headed to Michigan on a football scholarship, also is one of the state's top sprinters for a loaded Trotwood track team that could contend for a Division I state title.
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But despite recovering from a slight hamstring twitch that kept him out last week, Shaw didn't run Saturday, May 10 at Trotwood's Buff Taylor Memorial Invitational because school officials held him out.
"He would have ran today if everything else was going all right," Trotwood coach John McKinney said. "I didn't even know until (Friday night) that he wasn't going to run.
"(Trotwood athletic director Jim Ladd) said don't mess with anything that goes on if I have a kid that's questionable about eligibility or whatever; he said don't run him until I get the OK, so I'm waiting on a note from Ladd."
Shaw transferred from Alter midway through his junior year. Since this past fall, the OHSAA has been conducting an investigation into alleged recruiting violations by football coach Maurice Douglass.
"We are cooperating with the OHSAA by providing them with information about our registration process, including what documents parents and guardians must provide to establish custody and residency," Trotwood Principal Gerald Cox said in a statement. "We will also provide information concerning the documentation process we employ when an athlete transfers into our district, as well as information about what we do if we have questions about whether or not a student actually lives in our district."
The OHSAA confirmed a May 1 meeting in Columbus with Trotwood officials regarding registration concerns. On Saturday, Ladd said: "While we're going through the process, we're not going to comment on that."
OHSAA Assistant Commissioner Bob Goldring said Commissioner Dan Ross is hopeful to get a response from Trotwood sometime this coming week, but that these investigations usually drag on.
Meantime, Trotwood will prepare for next week's Greater Western Ohio Conference meet. McKinney has about 10 days to set his lineup for the May 21-23 district meet. If Shaw doesn't run in that event, his season would be over.
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