Spencer Friske broke the tape at the Baystate Marathon on October 18 in 2:15:04, winning by more than five minutes and bettering the 2:16 time he needed to qualify for his second Olympic Marathon Trials .

Or so it appeared, in the hours immediately after the race.

Now it looks like the time won’t count toward the Trials.

Although the course for the Baystate Marathon, in Lowell, Massachusetts, was USATF-certified, the event was not USATF-sanctioned.

And that distinction will mean both Friske and women’s winner Caitlin McGinley, who thought she had qualified with her 2:36:08 (the women’s standard is 2:37) after narrowly missing last year at the same race, will likely have to try again if they want to make it to St.…