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

RULE 6 / FIELD EVENTS95
High-Jump, Pole-Vault Procedure
ARTICLE 3. In the high jump and pole vault, each competitor is allowed an
attempt in the order in which the competitor's name has been drawn by lot.
The competitor is granted a maximum of three attempts at any one height. The
competitor may accept all three attempts or may choose to pass any of them.
For warm-up restrictions, see Rule 6-1.11.
Those who fail and choose to take a second attempt at the same height
shall take this second attempt in the order drawn and, similarly, for their third
attempt. Competitors may, likewise, pass their second and/or third attempt.
Passes must be indicated before the start of the clock.
Note: A “pass” is for a single attempt only. To pass all attempts at a given
height, competitors must indicate that they are passing all three of their
attempts at that height and it shall be so recorded.
The competitor is permitted to continue jumping or vaulting at subsequent
heights but is eliminated as soon as three consecutive unsuccessful attempts
have been made, regardless of the heights at which the unsuccessful attempts
are made.
When there are large fields in the high jump or pole vault, greater than
15, it is advisable for the games committee to establish continuing flights of
five competitors (five-alive method) as a replacement to the normal order
of competition. Once a competitor has cleared or missed three attempts at
a height, another athlete shall be added to that position in the continuing
flight, moving down the listed order of competition until all competitors have
completed attempts at each height. Therefore, jumps attempted by competitors
would not be separated by more than four attempts from other competitors at
any height.
When the number of competitors remaining at a given height is fewer than
nine, the five-alive method is abandoned and replaced by a continuous flight
until the next height change.
The following is a sample performance record for a high-jump/pole-vault
competition to illustrate the five-alive procedure:
(Key: O Cleared; X Failed)
Jumper 2.00 Jump Order
A X X X 1
B X X O 2
C O 3
D X X O 4
E X O 5