Personnel | Services | Timing | Field Events | Results Management | Event Displays | Highlights
Flash Results provides a high level, professional timing and results service for track and field, and is also the Official Service Provider for Lynx Systems Developers. Starting in 1992 we have provided service to most major championships in the United States. Some of our clients include USA Track & Field, NCAA Division I & II Championships, The Penn Relays, the 2000, 2004 & 2008 US Olympic Team Trials, The Atlantic Coast Conference, Southeastern Conference, BigTen Championships, and Pac10 Championships.

Sites of past service, 1992 to present


Personnel
Roger Jennings Technical Director/Event Manager: Mooresville, NC.
2007-10 IAAF Photofinish Judge Panel member.
Master Level USATF Official. Head timer at 2000 & 2004 US Olympic Team Trials. Heavily involved with the development of Lynx software and hardware.
rcjennings@flashresults.com
Tom Jennings Sales Director: Mooresville, NC.
Master level USATF official.
tcjennings@flashresults.com
Cody Branch Operations Director/Event Manager: Fayetteville, AR. cbranch@flashresults.com


Timing Company Contractors
Flash Results Texas -- http://www.flashresults.com/flashtexas
Flash Results West -- http://www.flashresults.com/flashwest
Lancer Timing -- http://www.lancertiming.com/
Leone Timing -- http://www.leonetiming.com/


Individual Contractors
Gene Smith Certified Senior Timer: Durham, NC. Started 1994
Terry Harville FieldLynx/Scoreboard Specialist: Little Rock, AR. Started 1994
Judy Smith Infield Services Chief: Durham, NC. Started 1995
Rick Berryman Certified Senior Timer: West Lebanon, NH. Started 1995
Rick Nagy Data Operations: Derry, NH. Started 1995
Don Chadez Certified Senior Timer: Yorba Linda, CA. Started 1996
Mike Takaha ReacTime/FieldLynx Chief: Houston, TX. Started 2000
Mike Leiker FinishLynx Operator: Pittsburg, KS. Started 2003
Mike Spielman Certified Senior Timer/Field Event Specialist: Baldwin, KS. Started 2003
Angie Spielman Production Operations Chief: Baldwin, KS. Started 2003
Dave Woytek FinishLynx Operator/Field Event Specialist: Cleveland, OH. Started 2004
Pat Leone Certified Senior Timer: Cicero, NY. Started 2005

Services We Provide
  • The computers, software, printers, and the certified personnel to operate the equipment.
  • Provide immediate integration of Finishlynx's fully automatic timing and meet management software.
  • Immediate full results to the announcer, press, and television, and public via paper, computer, and scoreboard.
  • Ability to link result production and timing to all types of visual aides, quick time clocks, scoreboards, and video displays..
  • Clear-Com hard wire field communication system from timing location to start-finish, and clerking location.
  • ReacTime complete Championship False Start Detection System.
  • Quick accurate distance measurement with LaserLynx, laser-based measuring system
  • Digital integrated Gill Sonic wind gauges which sends information to the FinishLynx computer for automatic scoreboard display of wind readings.
  • All equipment has battery back up. A Honda "whisper quiet" 4500 watt generator is also on site for full power redundancy.
  • Individual elected features are included in our "Letters of Agreement".

FinishLynx Timing
  • A large inventory of FinishLynx cameras. Allowing a large range of timing locations, both sides of finishline, wind reverse sprint finishlines, simultaneous front stretch back stretch races. Also including FinishLynx's new EtherLynx Pro Camera
  • Timing accuracy of up to 1/10000th of a second.
  • All finishlines, main finish, wind reverse sprints, are covered by two-independent systems. Can cover up to 4 finishlines simultaneously.



Field Events
  • FieldLynx Hand held devices used to enter field events results, it automatically uploads information to meet manager database from the infield. Output information to scoreboard or our field event displays. Does Metric - Imperial conversions instantly for spectator displays.
  • FieldLynx can be used wirelessly to send information to displays, results production, and announcer from a distance of up to 600m.
  • LaserLynx, Electronic Measuring Device, interfaces directly with our field event display boards.
  • SeriaLynx, Wireless devices that can send and receive information from FieldLynx/FinishLynx. Can wirelessly connect to scoreboards, field event displays, wind gauges.
  • Field Event Displays, 6, rotating 9' long, two line alpha-numeric field event display units with interface directly to FieldLynx for instant, full competitor name, position in event and performance.


Results Management
  • Full meet administration using Meet Management Software
  • Automated online entry, and performance list system
  • Integrated with FinishLynx for complete automatic results processing.
  • Set up all heats using predetermined seeding formulas, and prints out all heat sheets. All functions, such as, team scoring, forming flights and heats,
  • qualifying procedures, are handled with the computer.
  • Results are produced quickly and neatly after each event and in a summary immediately after the meet.
  • AirCyber, Broadcasts live results to PDA's (such as Palm, HandEra, WinCE).
  • Television Services, Provide broadcast quality on screen running time, split times, and fully automatic winning time. Instantly provide finish picture to television.
  • Results & Start lists output and interfaces with broadcast graphics.
  • Internet, Automatically download finish pictures and complete results. Meet management receives a web ready copy of results for posting to the host's web site. Also all entries can be submitted online, using our automated online entry system.
  • Remote Results, Provide instantaneous results, both hard copy and electronic, via our installed network, to locations of meet management's choice.
Event Displays
  • Four New 32x112 Daktronics full color Galaxy Display boards. They can display running time, results, start lists, event schedules or about anything else you can think of! We also have a 16x112 Daktronics Galaxy that is mostly used as a clock and allows us to have two boards stacked at the finish. One with a running time clock and the other with race results and start lists.

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  • Large modular scoreboard, Out of our inventory of 26 modular displays, we can create scoreboards to fit any meet's needs. 1-8 lines by 20 characters.
  • Display Clocks, Multiple running time display clocks with nine-inch digits, easily visible. Shows fully automatic split times, and winning time.
  • Hand Operated Seiko Running Time clock.
  • Two Hand Operated Gill Running Time clocks.
  • Field Event Displays, six, rotating 9' long, two line alpha-numeric field event display units with interface directly to FieldLynx for instant, full competitor name, position in event and performance.
  • Video Event Displays, Drive large video displays, using Lynx's ResulTV interface.

    New Daktronics Galaxy Displays




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Highlights
  • 1994-2008 Penn Relays
  • 1994-2008 NCAA Div II Outdoor Championships
  • 1994, 1996-2008 NCAA Div I Outdoor Championships
  • 1993-2008 ACC Championships (indoor-outdoor-XC)
  • 1995-1997-1999-2001-2007 SEC Championships (outdoor) 2000-02, 2005, 2008 (Indoor)
  • 2003-04 Pac 10 Championships
  • 2005-07 Big 10 Championships
  • 2008 Big 12 Championships
  • 1995-2008 NCAA Div I & II Indoor Championships
  • 1993-1999, 2001-08 Millrose Games
  • 1995-2008 USA Championships (indoor-outdoor)
  • 2000, 2004, 2008 US Olympic Team Trials
  • 2004-08 AAU Jr. Olympic Nationals