Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Koinei te wā i huri ai te wikitōria o tētahi kaitākaro o te whare wānanga ki te pungarehu i roto i ona ringa i muri i tana whakahekenga ki te whakanui i tana wikitōria, ā, ka takahia e tētahi atu. Ko Tanguy Pepiot, he kaihauturu mo te Whare Wananga o Oregon, he tino tohu ki tana hoa whakataetae a Meron Simon, e whakataetae ana mo te Whare Wananga o Washington. Engari i te hui rori i te Rahoroi i Eugene, Oregon, i kite te mano o te 3,000 o nga tangata i te tawhiti e rere ana i muri i te whakaara a Pepiot i ona ringa i roto i te koa, me te iti iho i te 100 mita ki te mutunga. I whakanui a Tanguy Pepiot i tana wikitoria (maui) i mua i te ngaro atu ki tana hoa whakataetae i te raina mutunga (matau) Kei te whakaahuahia a Pepiot (matau) e whakaara ana i ona ringa ki te whakaohooho i te mano - i a Meron Simon (maui) e tangi ana ki a ia. Ko te ahua o te tohu i whakaiti i etahi o ana nekehanga, ka whakatuwhera i te huarahi ki a Haimona ki te tere ki te raina mutunga, ka whiua ia e te tekau o te tuarua. I hamama te mano o te kāinga i a Himiona e haere ana ki mua - i te āhua nei he whakamātau ki te whakatupato i a Pepiot, i whanau mai i Wīwī. Heoi, he mutunga rawa te whakatūpato, a ka whiti atu a Haimona, a ka mahue a Pepiot, e noho ana i tana tau whakamutunga, ka hinga, ka hinga. Ko te wa a Simon, 8:57.86, i neke atu i tana rekoata whaiaro mo te 15 hēkona. I a ia e korero ana ki te Eugene Register-Guard i muri i te whakataetae, ka mea a Simon i toa hou: 'I whakaaro ahau kua riro ahau i a ia. Ka pahemo a Haimona i a Meriot i te wa e whakatata ana te tokorua ki te raina, i te mutunga ka whiua ia e te tekau o nga hēkona. I muri i tana whakanui i tana wikitoria, ka hoki a Simon ki te awhina i a Pepiot i muri i tana hinganga ki te whenua i te hinganga. 'I whakaaro ahau he tawhiti noa atu ia. Kātahi ka rongo au i te mano e haurangi ana, a ka tīmata ia ki te maka i ōna ringa ki runga. 'I rite ahau, "E kore ahau e whakaaro e mohio ana ia e haere mai ahau". I haere noa ahau ki te rārangi, ka rere noa atu.' I muri i tana whakanui i te wikitoria tika, ka hoki a Haimona ki te whakamarie i tana hoa tata. Kāore i roa i muri mai, ka kī atu tētahi Pepiot i hinga ki te kaituhi Austin Meek: 'Ki taku whakaaro, ko te wā tuatahi tēnei i pā mai ki ahau. Ka whakarite ahau kia waiho hei te wā whakamutunga.' I rere a Meron (matau) i tana wa pai rawa atu i te 3,000m steeplechase, i te mea kua oati a Pepiot kia kaua e whakakake ano.
Ko Tanguy Pepiot o te Whare Wānanga o Oregon he kaha te ārahi ki a Meron Simon. I whakaarahia e ia ona ringa i roto i te wikitoria i a ia e rere ana i te huarahi tika ki te kāinga. Ko Simon, no te Whare Wānanga o Washington, i kaha ki te whakaiti i te āputa. I whiua e ia a Pepiot e te tekau o te hēkona i te whakataetae tereina i Eugene, Oregon.