This isn't what the IAAF is trying. Under the experimental rules, it's 2x2
which would be faster for a large meet. I'm not saying it would be fair.
Paul Banta
adidas Oregon Track Classic
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> thinking about the 4 jumps/throws vs 3 & 3.
>
> After more than 3 weeks of no rain, the skies finallylet loose here
Monday,
> and since then CT has resembled Seattle in terms of weather, forcing 2
> postponements of local HS track championships, finally painting organizers
> into a corner where the boys & girls meet had to be combined on Thursday.
>
> One of the ideas considered to speed the meet up was to reduce the
> jumps/throws to 4 instead of 3 & 3. It was ultimately rejected since there
> wasn't any significant time savings:
>
> Here's the math;
>
> 18 competitors
>
> @4=72 attempts
> @3=54 + 7 finalists@3 more = 21 Grand total 75 Net savings: 3 attempts
>
> 24 competitors
> @4=96 attempts
> @3=72 + 7 finalists@3 more = 21 Grand total 93 Net savings: 3 attempts
>
> the only potential time saver is that you wouldn't have to determine the 7
> finalists and then get them to come back for their last 3 attempts, plus
> warmups, but w/ good officials that should take 15 minutes max.
>
> Basically, you are depriving the best athletes of 2 extra attempts in
order
> to give everyone else one extra - not a great trade off, IMO.
>
> The 2 miss PV/HJ seems even worse.
>
> But I AM totally in favor of the NFS rule for sprints.
>
> Jim Gerweck
> Running Times
>
