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I officiate a lot of different types of meets and I tend to get the rules mixed up a little, so I want to make sure I have them right for tri-districts.

High school vaulters get 90 seconds for each jump, right? How long is it for back to back jumps? When they are the only vaulter left?

No bobby pins or clips in hair, only soft things (they are really strict about that one up here for some reason).

Must wear school-issued uniform. Single color spandex only, only one logo showing.

At our track they are supposed to wear 1/4" spikes or less, but I think we're only checking for running events and the javelin.

I believe at our district meet we will start 6" below the lowest competitor, and go 6" at a time until less than half the competitors remain, then 3" at a time to mirror what they do at state.

What are some other ones I need to make sure I know? I know the standard settings, and I know it's not a miss if they don't break the plane. I am not sure yet if they are weighing the kids in, but either way we'll be checking poles before each jump.

Jack was given four minutes between jumps when he was the only one left at the Oklahoma state meet. You do get 90 seconds to make a jump, and the clock still runs if you stop and have to go back .

Each vaulter gets 90 seconds until there are two or three competitiors left then 4 minutes - when there is one vaulter left he/she gets 6 minutes. The biggest problems that I have found in High School pits is the lack of padding around the pit, the standards NOT being accurately set (I've seen the "0" mark off as much as 6 inches) I always carry a "plumb bob" to check this dimension. If high school kids are helping set the bar up and raise the standards, watch their actions closely as I'v seen times that kids have forgotten to raise the bar up and vaulteres had to re-jump. Also physicall climb onto the pits and make sure that there are no "holes" or soft spots in the padding where the kids land.

4 or > = 90 seconds per jump
3 or fewer competitors = 4 minutes per jump
1 competitor = 6 minutes per jump

Back to back jumps (if athlete is only one jumping at a height after checking back in) 2 minutes to initiate jump.

Breaking ties = Last height both competitors cleared, if misses are equal there, then total number of misses (passes are not counted and cannot be penalized), if still equal then jump off.

Chalk and Rosin = OK

ART. 25 ...If there is a tail wind that might cause a properly released pole to fall forward, the referee should appoint an offical and authorize him to catch the pole after it has been properly released. (read if a properly released pole because of a tail wind knocks the bar off and no one was there to prevent it, its still a make.

unfortunately no Volzing

hopefully all that helps

oh and javelin spikes can be up to 1" if weather necessitates

OH-IOvaulter wrote:oh and javelin spikes can be up to 1" if weather necessitates

Our javelin is off the track surface, and at our invite they failed to check the spikes and the kids who still had long spikes in tore it up.

1yeldud1 wrote:The biggest problems that I have found in High School pits is the lack of padding around the pit, the standards NOT being accurately set (I've seen the "0" mark off as much as 6 inches) I always carry a "plumb bob" to check this dimension. If high school kids are helping set the bar up and raise the standards, watch their actions closely as I'v seen times that kids have forgotten to raise the bar up and vaulteres had to re-jump. Also physicall climb onto the pits and make sure that there are no "holes" or soft spots in the padding where the kids land.

Yeah I hope to spend tomorrow flipping the pit upside down to drain water (if it's not raining) and re-zeroing my standards.

OH-IOvaulter wrote:Breaking ties = Last height both competitors cleared, if misses are equal there, then total number of misses (passes are not counted and cannot be penalized), if still equal then jump off.

(I added the emphasis.) I believe you only jump off if the tie was for first place. Any other place the competitors that tied are awarded the same place.

- master

rainbowgirl28 wrote:...and I know it's not a miss if they don't break the plane.

I would clarify this. It is not a miss if the body or pole breaks the zero plane as long as the body or pole does not touch the ground or the pit beyond the zero plane. It is the touching beyond the zero plane that makes it a miss.

- master

master wrote:

OH-IOvaulter wrote:Breaking ties = Last height both competitors cleared, if misses are equal there, then total number of misses (passes are not counted and cannot be penalized), if still equal then jump off.

(I added the emphasis.) I believe you only jump off if the tie was for first place. Any other place the competitors that tied are awarded the same place.

- master

Actually at our district meet we'll need to jump-off if there is a tie for the 5th and final state qualifying spot, but normally jump-offs are only for ties for first.

kev44000 wrote:Jack was given four minutes between jumps when he was the only one left at the Oklahoma state meet. You do get 90 seconds to make a jump, and the clock still runs if you stop and have to go back .

If he was just the only left at a height (with still more than one jumper in competition), he should be allowed the same time he had to make his first attempt. Otherwise.. he should have be allowed 6 minutes being the only one left in competition.
My advice for those running the event is to take your time placing the bar back up and walk slowly over to that jumper and ask if he/she wants to change the standards, etc (get the picture?).

I submitted a change last year and again this year to define in the rule
book a specific time for consecutive jumps regardless of how many are
left. This was at least a time can be consistently followed no matter where
you are jumping.
Made the survey last year, but for some reason it missed it this year.

My state interpretor has submitted it again.

Becca, I'm sending you something to help you be "unconfused"

The consecutive jumps times are in the usatf rules, I know they don't apply to nfhs meets but since the nfhs rules don't specify that i know of, I use the usatf as long as no one else disagrees.