Question on Officiating at States

[MontyXC1]

Hey I have a question regarding an incident today at the Group 3 Boys 4x800...

I was rounding the final turn in about 3rd/4th place(Montgomery) in the seeded section of the 4x800 for group 3 as the 2nd leg, and idk if lambert or anyone else noticed but either a Ridge or Kingsway runner swung wide around me and inadvertantly elbowed the baton 20 feet behind me causing me to lose about 5 places on our relay and leading us to not place unfortunately...

my question was how do the officials determine if the elbow was malicious or indicental and how they decide if a DQ is in order for either side???

Note: there was an official right there when it happened and the coaches in the area seemed to believe that a DQ was in order...