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Men's & Women's Track & Field Rules - NAIA

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118 rule 8 / CROSS COUNTRY<br />

d. Manual timing system - The time recorder shall be responsible for<br />

recording the time of each runner at the finish, in full seconds, as called<br />

out as each finisher crosses the finish line.<br />

e. Fully automatic timing (FAT) system - When this system is being used for<br />

the official meet results, the times of all competitors shall be determined<br />

by viewing the official film from the FAT camera and reproduced on an<br />

official printout. Times shall be recorded to the slower 1/10th second.<br />

For meets in which congestion at the finish area may arise, finish line<br />

filming is recommended.<br />

f. Transponder (chip) system - When this system is being used for the<br />

official meet results, a ranked order list of times of all competitors shall<br />

be determined by reading the printout produced by the system, and<br />

recorded to the slower 1/10th second. The ranked order of competitors<br />

separated by not more than 1/10th second shall be verified.<br />

Manual Judges of the Finish<br />

ARTICLE 8. The finish judges shall have the following additional<br />

responsibilities:<br />

a. The head judge shall be placed on an elevated stand opposite the film<br />

crew and shall remain in that position and inform the assistant judges of<br />

finish-order placement of the participants as they cross the finish line.<br />

b. The ground judges shall be responsible for the actual placing of the<br />

runners in their appropriate order of finish as they enter the narrowing<br />

funnel into the chute as indicated by the head finish judge.<br />

c. There shall be two teams working independently of each other that shall<br />

record the runners' places.<br />

d. One team shall be stationed opposite the manual time recorders at the<br />

finish line. A place recorder shall speak the assigned number worn by<br />

the runner as each crosses the finish line while another person records<br />

the announced numbers on a continuous numbering form. The use of<br />

an audio tape recorder to verbally record the finishers by their assigned<br />

number is recommended.<br />

e. A second team, performing the same operation as the first, shall be<br />

stationed at the outlet of the finish chute.

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