Each led by two meters at the baton pass.
The jury watched tapes of the baton pass and then disqualified the United States.
A minute or so before the race, as he started thinking about the baton pass, he spotted a television reporter questioning Jon Drummond, his team's leadoff runner.
However, Mississippi was disqualified because the previous baton pass was made beyond the passing zone.
On a sunny, windy afternoon, a crowd of 18,203 at Franklin Field watched Villanova lead at every baton pass.
Georgetown led at every baton pass and gave Julian Reynolds a 30-meter lead starting the anchor leg.
As the leaders approached the final baton pass, Georgetown led by 20 meters.
Likens us to inept runners in a relay race, bobbling the baton pass.
In the final, after a bad baton pass to her, she turned a two-yard deficit into a three-yard victory in 44.5 seconds.
The women won, in 45.68 seconds, but the men made their first baton pass beyond the 22-meter passing zone, which disqualified them.