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...discussing the case, both Scherf and USADA have emphasized the role of an apparent abundance of misunderstandings that occurred at the Brisbane event...
...Scherf refused to submit to sample collection in part because she was unsure about the requirement for a therapeutic use exemption in order to use her asthma medication,” the release said...
...Scherf now acknowledges that her decision to refuse the doping control test was not excused by these circumstances,” the statement continues, “but at the time...she believed she was justified in doing...
...assessed the smallest penalty that USADA’s rules allowed (half the normal two-year suspension) because USADA found that I had ‘no significant fault or negligence’ in this matter,” Scherf wrote in an e-mailed statement yesterday. “There was never any dispute of the facts in this matter. Only the appropriate penalty was in question...
While competing for Harvard, Scherf was named an All-American four times, and, as a sophomore, broke the world junior record in the 10,000 meters at the Ivy League Outdoor Heptagonals Championships. She holds the school record in both the 5,000 and 10,000-meter events, and finished 38th and 53rd at the NCAA cross-country championships in her first and second year as a Crimson athlete, respectively. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...