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Gussie Nell Davis (November 4, 1906 – December 21, 1993) was an American teacher and choroegrapher best known as the founder of the Kilgore College Rangerettes, who in September 1940 became the first all-girls drill team to perform on a college football field with the forward vision of Miss Davis. The organization created a unique combination ...
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.
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.
Next door, volunteers distributed free meals to people who waited in a long line that snaked around an empty lot. Eaton fire victim Jose Velazquez, left, hands a woman donated home goods supplies ...
Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters (55 yards) and reaching 1,500 meters (1,600 yards), [2] also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for ' front crawl ', [ 3 ] as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. [ 4 ]
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 ...
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]