rainbowgirl28 wrote:They just measured the height. The head official from yesterday was replaced.
Divalent wrote:rainbowgirl28 wrote:Sutej makes... and the wind blows her pole into the standard. The officials confer and call a make. I reviewed the video and I say good call
In HS there is no rule that allows this. It does allow someone to grab the pole for you if the wind is blowing it over, but the official has no discression to judge whether it would have fallen but for the wind (and then award a successful vault).
This isn't a high school meet, it's an NCAA meet so the rulings and interpretations will vary.
Main NCAA rules read:
6-6.3.b: Accidental Displacement
ARTICLE 3. b. If the wind is of such intensity that the pole is forced against the crossbar
so as to displace it, the vault is successful. Displacement is not a temporary
loss of contact between the crossbar and the supporting pegs.
and
6-5:Catching the Pole
ARTICLE 5. The pole may be caught by an assigned official or the competitor,
when circumstances warrant, and never to prevent it from dislodging the bar.
Three supporting case book interpretations are:
6-6.2 POLE VAULT FOUL (2008): In the course of an attempt, a vaulter releases the pole, and without any doubt, completely clears the bar. After the competitor lands in the pit, therefore no longer vaulting, the pole then falls onto the bar and it is dislodged, falling to the ground. Is this a foul attempt?
RESPONSE: Yes. While it may be true that lack of physical contact with the pole makes it physically ‘disassociated with the competitor’, the movement, inertia or momentum of the pole, except as provided in Rule 6-6.3b, is not disassociated with the competitor and is a direct action of the competitor during the vault. (28Feb08)
6-6.3 POLE VAULT FOUL (2008): Is a competitor required to push the pole away from the bar in order to get a decision that the wind caused the pole to dislodge the bar?
RESPONSE: There is no specific rule or requirement to push the pole away; however it must be very clear that the competitor was not involved. Just releasing the pole is not sufficient to eliminate ‘direct action’ of the competitor. A push-away of the pole is a clear action which may justify determining lack of ‘direct action’. (28Feb08)
6-6.5 CATCHING THE POLE (2006): Is it permissible for a competitor to catch their own pole?
RESPONSE: Yes. The competitor, who has completed the vault, or an official, may catch the pole provided that the catching is not to prevent the pole from dislodging the bar. (30Jun06)
So, under NCAA rules and guidelines ... did they make the correct call?