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Alan Webb, the high school record holder. This is a list of American high school students who have run a four-minute mile since the feat was first accomplished in 1964.. 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]
Discus throw (1.5 kg) 64.03 m (210 ft 3 ⁄ 4 in) Jeff Buckey: 4 November 1991 Bakersfield, United States 16 years, 247 days Discus throw (1.75 kg) 57.69 m (189 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Matt Kosecki: June 22, 2008 Columbus, United States 17 years, 167 days Discus throw (2 kg) 49.56 m (162 ft 7 in) Garrett Johnson: 16 June 2001
The 4 × mile relay is an athletics track event in which teams comprise four runners who each complete one mile (1,609.344 metres) or slightly more than 4 laps on a standard 400 metre track. The event is not often run as most legacy 440 yard tracks have been converted to 400 metres, thus making 4 × 1500 or 4 × 1600 metres easier to manage.
A Suzuki GSX-R1000 at a drag strip – a 2006 model once recorded a 0 to 60 mph time of 2.35 seconds. This is a list of street legal production motorcycles ranked by acceleration from a standing start, limited to 0 to 60 mph times of under 3.5 seconds, and 1 ⁄ 4-mile times of under 12 seconds.
Rollout or rollout allowance is an adjustment in timed acceleration runs used by North-American drag racing and enthusiast magazines [citation needed] to create approximate parity over time between historic 0 to 60 mph and 1/4 mile acceleration times and those measured today using the Global Positioning System (GPS).
By 1 ⁄ 4 mile times (11.0 s or less) [iii. Car [iv] Year [v] Propulsion Time Limited number Noted specifications [vi] Up to 1 foot (305 mm) rollout From standing
3.49 m (11 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) John Altendorf 1946-Mar-12 74 McMinnville, Oregon 2016-Apr-02 75-79 3.20 m (10 ft 5 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) Don Isett 1939-May-16 75 Dallas, Texas 2014-May-31 80-84 2.75 m (9 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in)i William Bell 1922-Mar-19 80 Boston, Massachusetts 2002-Mar-22 USATF Indoor National Masters Championships 2.75 m (9 ft 1 ⁄ 4 in) Bud Held
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) track and field system has been touted as one of the main reasons for the success of the United States on the global stage of athletics. [1] All of the collegiate records come from athletes competing in the NCAA, with the exception of the outdoor women's 1500 metres record (NAIA).