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ARTICLE 1. There shall be one head field judge and such other judges or measures as each event may require.
Head Judges of Field Events:
ARTICLE 2. The head judge of each field event shall serve under the field referee with the help of assistant judges and shall:
a. Conduct the event in accordance with the rules;
b. Ensure that the field events begin when scheduled, are properly organized, and continue without delays;
c. Judge the competitors’ efforts as being fair or foul by displaying the respective white (fair) or red (foul) flag immediately after the trial is completed (a verbal decision, when the trial is completed, may be given in addition to the display of a flag);
d. Judge the high jump and pole vault as a success or failure;
e. Read and record all non-foul trials (two separate judges when possible);
f. Certify the results for each completed event and turn them over to the announcer and scorer;
g. Enforce uniform, number, shoe, and logo rules at the time of the initial check-in (when not done by the clerk of the course) through inspection, overseeing corrective action, and issuing a warning the repeated violations shall be made to the referee and offending competitors’ coach;
h. Ensure that all measuring devices are in working order; and
i. Report all apparent violations to the appropriate referee.