Re: T&F Fw: t-and-f: Pole vault question

2001-06-02 Thread bobhersh
Message text written by Ed & Dana Parrot >Perhaps Bob Hersh or someone else could correct me, but I doubt a record would be disallowed simply because a "five alive" situation was used.< I can neither correct you nor confirm that a record would be allowed if that occurred. It's one of those thing

Re: T&F Fw: t-and-f: Pole vault question

2001-06-01 Thread Ed & Dana Parrot
> Points in favour, points against, but is it in accordance with the > rules? What would happen if a record was set? > David Dallman There are numerous situations where the games committee can make changes in the way a meet is conducted. Perhaps

Re: T&F Fw: t-and-f: Pole vault question

2001-06-01 Thread bobhersh
Message text written by David Dallman > Points in favour, points against, but is it in accordance with the rules? What would happen if a record was set?< It's in accordance with NCAA rules. USATF permits this in qualification competition and in finals with more than 15 competitors (and then on

Re: T&F Fw: t-and-f: Pole vault question

2001-06-01 Thread David Dallman
holding preliminaries/finals? Any other > > vaulters want to comment? Trust the NCAA to put 22 competitors in a final! > > > > Cheers, > > Roger > > > > >- Original Message - > > >From: Shawn Devereaux > > >To: Martin J. Dixon > >

Re: T&F Fw: t-and-f: Pole vault question

2001-06-01 Thread Shawn Devereaux
to comment? Trust the NCAA to put 22 competitors in a final! > > Cheers, > Roger > > >- Original Message - > >From: Shawn Devereaux > >To: Martin J. Dixon > >Cc: Track & Field List > >Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 8:20 PM > >Subject: Re: t-

Re: t-and-f: Pole vault question

2001-05-31 Thread Ed & Dana Parrot
riginal Message - From: Martin J. Dixon To: Track & Field List Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2001 4:23 PM Subject: t-and-f: Pole vault question   Below is a posting to the Canadian list early this afternoon. Would any of you know the answer to the question?     "Th

Re: t-and-f: Pole vault question

2001-05-31 Thread Shawn Devereaux
Five alive is the process of having only 5 athletes in the rotation at any given time. The purpose is to prevent very long delays between jumps for each athlete. It works like this: You have 26 athletes entered named A-Z. (o=clear, x=miss). First five jump at Bar 1. A - o B - x C - o D - x E - x

t-and-f: Pole vault question

2001-05-31 Thread Martin J. Dixon
  Below is a posting to the Canadian list early this afternoon. Would any of you know the answer to the question?     "The startlist for the NCAA women's vault this weekend might be of interest.Can someone explain the meaning of "5 alive until less than ten remaining"?" Regards,  Martin