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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 ...
This is a list of the NCAA Division I indoor champions in the 60 meters, 55 meters, or 60 yards.Generally the imperial distance was contested until 1983, the 55 meter dash was held from 1984 to 1999, and the 60 meters was contested thereafter.
At this week's MLB Draft Combine, prospects instead ran a 30-yard dash. For nearly a century, MLB scouts used the 60-yard dash to evaluate foot speed. Here's why that’s changing.
60 m hurdles: 7.35 Grant Holloway: University of Florida: March 9, 2019 NCAA Division I Championships: Birmingham [77] High jump: 2.37 m (7 ft 9 in) Hollis Conway: University of Louisiana at Lafayette: March 11, 1989 NCAA Division I Championships: Indianapolis, Indiana [2] Pole vault: 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in) KC Lightfoot: Baylor University ...
Evelyn Ashford (born April 15, 1957) is an American retired track and field athlete, the 1984 Olympic champion in the 100-meter dash, and the world record-holder in the 60-yard dash. She ran under the 11-second barrier over 30 times and was the first woman to run under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games. [ 4 ]
The following week, he set the 60-yard dash record outright, stopping the clock at 5.8 at a home meet in East Lansing. Neither record has been surpassed as of 2019, as races run in yards are rare, with records for these having been discontinued in 1976, and hand times ceased to be accepted from 1977. A few years later, Washington said that his ...
Miami Dolphins running back De'Von Achane (28) breaks free for a 76-yard touchdown run against the New York Giants during the first half of an NFL game at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens ...
After posting the fastest time in the first round of 40-yard dashes with a 4.78, he bested himself on his second run with a 4.73. ... If a defensive tackle is sprinting 40 yards in a game ...