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The 40-yard dash is a sprint covering 40 yards (36.576 m). It is primarily run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of American football players by scouts, particularly for the NFL draft but also for collegiate recruiting. A player's recorded time can have a heavy impact on his prospects in college or professional football.
[f] ^ For the SCM women's 200 free American Record, Allison Schmitt swam a faster time at the 2009 Duel in the Pool (1:51.67); however, the time has not been recognized as a record by USA Swimming. [g] ^ For the SCM women's 400 IM American Record , Julia Smit at the 2009 Duel in the Pool set a then-World Record of 4:21.04; however, this time ...
Prior to 1991, the annual spring U.S. national championships were swum as a 25-yard meet; however, from 1991-2007, the meet was held as a long course (50m) meet. In the mid-2000s, USA Swimming decided to revive a Nationals meet in the short-course-yards format, but decided that the meet should be in December, rather than the late-March/early ...
NFL trainer Travelle Gaines shares three sprint mechanics drills he uses to show how he preps NFL Combine prospects to run the 40-yard dash as fast as possible.
The modern sprinting events have their roots in races of imperial measurements which were later altered to metric: the 100 m evolved from the 100-yard dash, [7] the 200 m distance came from the furlong (or 1 ⁄ 8 mile), [8] and the 400 m was the successor to the 440-yard dash or quarter-mile race.
the race was 100 yards, not 100 meters: London 1908 Charles Daniels 1:05.6 Stockholm 1912 Duke Kahanamoku 1:03.4 Antwerp 1920 Duke Kahanamoku 1:01.4 Paris 1924 Johnny Weissmuller 59.0 Amsterdam 1928 Johnny Weissmuller 58.6 Los Angeles 1932 Yasuji Miyazaki 58.2 [5] Berlin 1936 Ferenc Csik 57.6 [5]
The 60-yard dash is a sprint covering 60 yards (54.86 m, sometimes recognized as '55-m dash'). It is primarily run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of American Major League Baseball players. It is also sometimes used to evaluate the speed of American football (especially NFL ) players (although the 40-yard dash is much more common in ...
Marathon swimming is a class of open water swimming defined by long distances, with 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) being the unofficially held minimum distance. Routes are typically geographically based or buoy based.