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John F. Kennedy came into office with a goal of improving the health of the nation as part of his New Frontier policy program. As President-elect, he wrote an article for Sports Illustrated, December 26, 1960, called "The Soft American" which warned that Americans were becoming unfit in a changing world where automation and increased leisure time replaced the benefits of exercise and hard work.
The mile run and its metric 1500 metres equivalent have been held at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships since its founding in 1965. With the exception of two 1500 m races contested in 1984 and 1985, the mile is the only event on the NCAA schedule that has not transitioned from imperial measurements to metric.
Mile: 3:57.1 Dave Wottle: Bowling Green: 9 June 1973 1973 Championships: Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Two-mile run 8:46.3 Alex Henderson: Arizona State: June 1958 1958 Championships: Berkeley, California: Three-mile run 13:05.3 Steve Prefontaine: Oregon: 9 June 1973 1973 Championships: Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Six-mile run 27:43.1 Garry Bjorklund ...
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The first person to run the mile (1,760 yards, or 1,609.344 metres) in under four minutes was Roger Bannister in 1954, in a time of 3:59.4. [1] This barrier would not be broken by a high school student until 1964, when Jim Ryun ran the distance in a time of 3:59.0 at the Compton Relays. [2]
(The Center Square) – Ohio college athletes moved closer to being legally directly paid, but time is running out. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine issued an executive order in November that allows colleges ...
It has been a week or so since Grant Fisher set the track and field world on its collective ear in Paris. Never in Olympic history had an American man medaled in both the 5,000 and 10,000 meters ...