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  2. Sprint (running) - Wikipedia

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    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. [1]

  3. Vernon Davis - Wikipedia

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    Davis started every game, leading the team with 51 receptions and the conference with 871 receiving yards (17.1 avg). [10] [11] His six touchdown catches rank tenth on the school's season-record list while his 51 receptions also rank tenth on Maryland's annual record chart while his 871 yards rank fifth. Davis was graded 82.5% for blocking ...

  4. League (unit) - Wikipedia

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    1,760 yards: Over the course of time, the length of a yard changed several times and consequently so did the English (and, from 1824, Imperial) mile. The statute mile was introduced in 1592 during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I: 1,609.344: mile: some English speaking countries [citation needed] 1959: today: 1,760 yards

  5. 3200 meters - Wikipedia

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    However, there have been faster high school 3200 m times en route to two miles. Aforementioned Simeon Birnbaum ran an 8:31.73 3200 m en route to two miles, also in 2023. Even faster was Lukas Verzbicas , who ran an equivalent 8:26.50 3200 m en route to his high school two mile record of 8:29.46, in 2011, at the Prefontaine Classic.

  6. Michael Johnson (sprinter) - Wikipedia

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    Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is an American retired sprinter who became Olympic Champion four times, and World Champion eight times in the span of his career. [2] He held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m, as well as the world record in the indoor 400 m. He also once held the world's best time in the 300 m.

  7. Ultramarathon - Wikipedia

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    An ultramarathon is a footrace longer than the traditional marathon distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 mi 385 yd). The sport of running ultramarathons is called ultra running or ultra distance running. Various distances, surfaces, and formats are raced competitively, from the shortest common ultramarathon of 31 miles (50 km) and up to 3100 miles ...

  8. Orders of magnitude (length) - Wikipedia

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    3 nm – the average half-pitch of a memory cell manufactured circa 2022; 3.4 nm – length of a DNA turn (10 bp) 3.8 nm – size of an albumin molecule; 5 nm – size of the gate length of a 16 nm processor; 5 nm – the average half-pitch of a memory cell manufactured circa 2019–2020; 6 nm – length of a phospholipid bilayer

  9. 3000 metres - Wikipedia

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    The 3000 metres or 3000-metre run is a track running event, also commonly known as the "3K" or "3K run", where 7.5 laps are run around an outdoor 400 m track, or 15 laps around a 200 m indoor track.