QUESTION - Rule for finish line (part of the body)

nawsir wrote:

Newly retired track coach lied to you. The race is over when the "torso, as distinguished from the head, neck, arms, legs, feet, or hands." This is from the 2012 NFHS Rules Book.

marksman wrote:

JoeGarland wrote:

Yet in races now a runner finishes and immediately her time, to 100s, is posted and that ends up being the official time. Can anyone explain that? What is triggering the time we see for splits or the finish?

Great question! The time displayed instantly for first place is caused by the runner crossing photoeyes at the finish line. By using three photoeyes stacked on top of each other, a small object (like an arm) is unlikely to trigger all three at once. A torso will break all three, and when all three are broken simultaneously, the clock stops. Sometimes the photoeye time will differ from the photofinish time by 0.01. When this happens the times are probably only one or two thousandths different, but show as 0.01 different because of rounding. Usually the times agree as you observed when a good photoeye setup is used.

runn wrote:

Torso- end of debate. The retired track coach was wrong.

It's not even the shoulder- it's the torso.

We had a state qualifier reversed once when the runner who was originally given first was ruled to have had their shoulder cross the line before the other person's torso (chest).

Also tell that "coach" that you round up in hand timing no matter what:

12.11 becomes 12.2

12.19 becomes 12.2

Back to the torso rule- that's why chips now come in numbers. When they were on the feet (shoes, ankles) they disregarded the torso crossing the line.

I suppose she thinks they should eliminate tackling in football because kids are toppling over. = )

Pintudo wrote:

runn wrote:

Torso- end of debate. The retired track coach was wrong.

It's not even the shoulder- it's the torso.

We had a state qualifier reversed once when the runner who was originally given first was ruled to have had their shoulder cross the line before the other person's torso (chest).

Also tell that "coach" that you round up in hand timing no matter what:

12.11 becomes 12.2

12.19 becomes 12.2

Back to the torso rule- that's why chips now come in numbers. When they were on the feet (shoes, ankles) they disregarded the torso crossing the line.

I suppose she thinks they should eliminate tackling in football because kids are toppling over. = )

Shoulders are part of the torso

Pintudo wrote:

runn wrote:

Torso- end of debate. The retired track coach was wrong.

It's not even the shoulder- it's the torso.

We had a state qualifier reversed once when the runner who was originally given first was ruled to have had their shoulder cross the line before the other person's torso (chest).

Also tell that "coach" that you round up in hand timing no matter what:

12.11 becomes 12.2

12.19 becomes 12.2

Back to the torso rule- that's why chips now come in numbers. When they were on the feet (shoes, ankles) they disregarded the torso crossing the line.

I suppose she thinks they should eliminate tackling in football because kids are toppling over. = )

Shoulders are part of the torso