Watching D1 NCAA track and everyone has to wear a bib w/ their name that is safety pinned to their jerseys. And for certain events, that have lane assignment stickers they have to put on their legs/hips.
Why the bibs w/ the name? Is it really necessary for a high level track meet to have this?
Why do you need lane assignment stickers?
Can’t we come up with something better than safety pins? I know some these tops/kits aren’t exactly cheap so why do you have to put a hole in them with 4 safety pins?
I’m probably missing something but this just seems unnecessary for the track.
Watching D1 NCAA track and everyone has to wear a bib w/ their name that is safety pinned to their jerseys. And for certain events, that have lane assignment stickers they have to put on their legs/hips.
Why the bibs w/ the name? Is it really necessary for a high level track meet to have this?
Why do you need lane assignment stickers?
Can’t we come up with something better than safety pins? I know some these tops/kits aren’t exactly cheap so why do you have to put a hole in them with 4 safety pins?
I’m probably missing something but this just seems unnecessary for the track.
It’s not strictly necessary, but it’s a useful step to build name recognition in an otherwise increasingly obscure sport.
Hip stickers are useful for photo finish readings; uniforms and faces can get distorted, but the hip numbers help differentiate close finishes.
Some race numbers are adhesive only, but they are always flying off as soon as the gun sounds. Maybe velcro could work, reuse the numbers?
Had to wear the hip stickers years ago during track and cross country. They ruined our shorts, especially the really nice spandex ones for track. Those ain’t cheap. I swear that adhesive was made from super glue. This was before cameras that would ID the chest and hip numbers for pictures, so it’s probably a case of “we’ve always worn these, so why stop now?â€
Holy cow! I was just saying this the other day: “in a sport where results are separated by fractions of a second, we still use paper numbers and safety pins!?!?â€
We surely can figure something better out than this! No?
Watching D1 NCAA track and everyone has to wear a bib w/ their name that is safety pinned to their jerseys. And for certain events, that have lane assignment stickers they have to put on their legs/hips.
Why the bibs w/ the name? Is it really necessary for a high level track meet to have this?
Why do you need lane assignment stickers?
Can’t we come up with something better than safety pins? I know some these tops/kits aren’t exactly cheap so why do you have to put a hole in them with 4 safety pins?
I’m probably missing something but this just seems unnecessary for the track.
It’s not strictly necessary, but it’s a useful step to build name recognition in an otherwise increasingly obscure sport.
Hip stickers are useful for photo finish readings; uniforms and faces can get distorted, but the hip numbers help differentiate close finishes.
Some race numbers are adhesive only, but they are always flying off as soon as the gun sounds. Maybe velcro could work, reuse the numbers?
Why not just print the name on the jersey then? Similar to ITU.
Don’t the hip stickers fly off all the time? On a photo finish, is it the first one to get a body part over the line? Or is it the head, chest, hips?
Haha! Exactly. The bib gets the kids into the track complex to warm up and compete. The hip numbers help but do fly off right away and aren’t essential for a photo finish. The teams at NCAAs have five versions of uniforms for one season thanks to the shoe companies. The little holes are no big deal.
