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I can't picture it exactly and won't see it until next indoor season. Just remember that I couldn't move it out of the way. May have been glued after being velcroed or really wide/tight velcro that you couldn't peel up from the middle.

Has anyone tried to accurately measure the height of the crossbar with one of these collars in place? The one I have dealt with is secured with velcro and glue---it's on there pretty good. As installed, there is no way for your laser or measuring bar to get any purchase on the horizontal surface at ...

Pole vaulter: Delta Airlines lost my poles, robbed me of title ELLENSBURG, Wash. - A Central Washington University pole vaulter blames Delta Airlines for losing a crucial piece of her equipment and preventing her from competing for a national title. Athlete Kati Davis believes the airline's mistake...

th elink is at top of first post

I guess this link is one step closer http://www.usatf.org/groups/officials/files/newsletters/nfhs-pre-meet-notes/NFHS-Pre-Meet-Notes-2012.pdf

Vaultref wrote:Their change is no longer a true 5-alive. Not sure what to call it.

Fortunately, there really is no rule change driving their explanation. The author just (mis)interprets it---and did so even before the this years minor change to get rid of "three to five" language.

I do need to correct myself on one thing. The authors recommendation to "abandon at 8" was for in-between heights. I was responding as if it was an NCAA-style mid-height recommendation. I have no problem with an in-between height abandon rule, but I am set against a mid-height abandon. Goo...

Is it not enough to have to fight the stupidity and ambiguity in the NFHS rule book? Now they are going out of their way to spread it to other published material. A second front—just what I needed. :( regarding the just-2012 NFHS/USATF Pre-Meet notes http://www.usatf.org/groups/officials/newsletters...

http://www.nfhs.org/content.aspx?id=5563 NFHS Track and Field and Cross Country Rules Changes 2012 3-4-2 The referee’s authority begins upon arrival at the meet site and concludes 30 minutes after the last event results have been announced or made official. The referee retains clerical authority ov...

"Now any contact with the hand is foul,..." NO--no one has said that. Only steadying (or replacing) with a hand. This is a scenario that could have saved you: OFFICIAL "I'm calling a foul because she touched it with her hand" COACH "Did she steady it?" OFFICIAL "No...

Be wary of any cheatsheets or training materials when trying to interpret a rule in this much detail. It is just about impossible to capture all the nuances/context of a rule (much less 3 different rulebook versions of it!!) with anything but a direct quote. For the most part, the training material ...