Some college students just can’t handle the pressure of the Olympics.

Last week, Alicia Sacramone, Brown ‘10, cost the U.S. a gold medal in women’s gymnastics when she fell, not once but twice. This week, 26-year-old Stanford alumnus, Ian Dobson, tanked in the 5,000-meter semifinals, placing in an abysmal ninth place.

The Contra Costa Times reports:

Running 14 minutes, 5.47 seconds and failing to advance. [Ian] was not happy about his performance.

 

"That was embarrassing to go out there like that. I think I let the whole thing get in my head a little bit," said the first-time Olympian. "I tried to go out there and soak it up a little bit and look around. I think it made me a little more nervous."

 

Dobson said the warm, muggy weather had no impact on his race.

 

"I got the heat sheet yesterday and instead of being like, 'All right, I'm going to take out some of these guys,' I was just like, 'Oh shoot, this is going to be hard. I'm not going to make it,' he said, apologizing to others, including ex-Cal star Bolota Asmerom, who ran the event at the U.S. trials.

Apology not accepted, Dobson.

Good thing Yalies, like Sada Jacobson, are still upholding the integrity of higher education.