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The only thing that changed was the number of feet and yards in a rod or a furlong, and the number of square feet and square yards in an acre. The definition of the rod went from 15 old feet to 16 + 1 ⁄ 2 new feet, or from 5 old yards to 5 + 1 ⁄ 2 new yards. The furlong went from 600 old feet to 660 new feet, or from 200 old yards to 220 ...
220 yards 20.5 Dwayne Evans: South Mountain High School: Phoenix, Arizona: 1976 220 yards straightaway 20.2 (+1.7 m/s) Forrest Beaty: Hoover High School: Glendale, California: Ontario, California: CIF Southern Section Prelims May 27, 1961 [10] 400 m: 44.20 Quincy Wilson: Bullis School: Potomac, Maryland: Gainesville, Florida: Holloway Pro ...
The men's 110 meter hurdles or its imperial equivalent (the 120 yard hurdles) has been present on the schedule since the first edition in 1921. A men's 220 yard hurdles was also held from 1921 to 1959. The women's 100 meter hurdles has been held since the first women's championships in 1982.
For the second consecutive year, Ohio State's Jesse Owens won championships in four individual events—the 100-meter sprint, the 200-meter sprint, the 220-yard low hurdles and the broad jump (now called the long jump). Owens accounted for more than half of Ohio State's points (40 of 73) in the team scoring.
220-yard low hurdles 1. Jack Keller, Ohio St. - 23.8 seconds 2. Bill Carls, USC ... Iowa 24 feet, 11¾ inches 2. Lamoine Boyle, Penn 3. Dick Barber, USC 4. Donald ...
220-yard low hurdles 1. Stephen Anderson, Washington 23.5 2. Richard Rockaway, Ohio St. ... Harlow Rothert, Stanford - 50 feet, 3 inches (new meeting record) 2. Eric ...
The main units of length (inch, foot, yard and international mile) were the same in the US, though the US rarely uses some of the intermediate units today, such as the (surveyor's) chain (22 yards) and the furlong (220 yards). At one time, the definition of the nautical mile was based on the surface area of the Clarke ellipsoid.
220-yard low hurdles 1. Frank Cuhel, Iowa 23.2 2. Steve Anderson, Washington ... Bob King, Stanford 6 feet, 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches 2. Parker Shelby, Oklahoma 3. Warren ...