NCAA Women's Pole Vault - Hutson 4.45, Sutej 4.40, Pena 4.30

[rainbowgirl28]

Sutej misses her first at 4.45 and it looks like now she is passing her remaining attempts to 4.50

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So bar going to 4.50, Hutson currently in the lead with 4.45. Sutej will only have two attempts at 4.50

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Hutson misses her first at 4.50

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Sutej miss as well, she has one attempt remaining, Hutson has two.

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Hutson miss. Sutej miss.

Hutson is the winner!! She has one attempt remaining.

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Hutson misses her third. She wins NCAAs with a jump of 4.45

[coach lou]

Thanks for the updates Becca!

[belmore]

Thank you Becca!

[Vaultref]

They just measured the height. The head official from yesterday was replaced.

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?

[katelin mn]

Thanks for all of the updates Becca As always it was nice to know you'd be there keeping everyone in the loop. Congrats to all of the girls who competed

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1 Kylie Hutson SR Indiana State 4.45mM 14-07.25 10
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.35 4.40 4.45 4.50
PPP PPP XO O O XO XPP O XXX
2 Tina Sutej SO Arkansas 4.40m 14-05.25 8
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.35 4.40 4.45 4.50
O O O O XO O O XPP XX
3 Tori Pena SR UCLA 4.30m 14-01.25 6
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30 4.35 4.40
PPP O O XO O XXP X
4 Katy Viuf SR UCLA 4.20m 13-09.25 4.50
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30
PPP O O O XXX
4 Katerina Stefanidi SO Stanford 4.20m 13-09.25 4.50
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30
PPP O O O XXX
6 Natalie Willer JR Nebraska 4.20m 13-09.25 3
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30
O O XO O XXX
7 Carrie Kayes SR Akron 4.20m 13-09.25 2
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30
PPP XXO XXO O XXX
8 Jenny Soceka SR Wisconsin 4.20m 13-09.25 1
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30
O O XO XO XXX
9 Shade Weygandt FR Texas Tech 4.20m 13-09.25
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30
PPP O O XXO XXX
10 Melissa Gergel JR Oregon 4.20m 13-09.25
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20 4.30
PPP XXO XXO XXO XXX
11 Katie Stripling SR Arkansas 4.10m 13-05.25
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20
XO O O XXX
11 Rachel Laurent SO LSU 4.10m 13-05.25
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20
XO O O XXX
13 Brianna Neumann SR Purdue 4.10m 13-05.25
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20
PPP XO XO XXX
14 Kelsie Ahbe FR Indiana 4.10m 13-05.25
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20
XXO XO XO XXX
15 Neal Tisher FR Mississippi 4.00m 13-01.50
3.90 4.00 4.10
O XO XXX
16 Nicole Kazuba SR William & Mary 4.00m 13-01.50
3.90 4.00 4.10
XO XXO XXX
17 Janice Keppler SR Arkansas 3.90m 12-09.50
3.90 4.00
XXO XXX
17 Katie Nageotte FR Dayton 3.90m 12-09.50
3.90 4.00
XXO XXX
-- Jocelyn Witmer SO Penn State NH
3.90
XXX
-- Vica Shobe SR South Carolina NH
3.90 4.00
PPP XXX
-- Tiffany Maskulinski SR Buffalo-SUNY NH
3.90
XXX
-- Brysun Stately SR Southern California NH
3.90 4.00 4.10 4.20
PPP PPP PPP XXX
-- Kat Majester SR Georgia NH
3.90 4.00
PPP XXX
-- Kari Clark SR Brigham Young DNS
3.90
DNS

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Meet record for Hutson, see the all-time best NCAA performances here: http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/discus ... 29#p649609