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Although a quarter mile (1320 feet, 402 m) is the best known measure for a drag track, many tracks are eighth mile (201 m) tracks, and the premiere classes will run 1,000 foot (304.8 m) races. The race is begun from a standing start which allows three factors to affect the outcome of the race: reaction time, power/weight ratio, and traction.
December 1, 2006 Mile walk 6:03.48 Trevor Barron: Bethel Park High School: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: New York City January 29, 2010 High jump: 2.27 m (7 ft 5 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Scott Sellars: Cinco Ranch High School: Katy: Landover, Maryland: March 13, 2004 [107] Pole vault: 5.88 m (19 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) Armand Duplantis: Lafayette High School ...
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.
World-record holder Lon Meyers (1858–1899) was the first person to run the 440 in under 50 seconds. [1] [2] In 1947, Herb McKenley of Jamaica set a world record in the event with a time of 46.3 seconds, which he lowered the following year to a new world record of 46.0 seconds. [3]
After setting the national high school record in the mile, Jim Ryun set the world record in 1966 and then again in 1967, when he ran 3:51.1. Ryun was 19 at the time, making him the youngest world record holder in the mile to date. His record stood for nine years. [4] Ryun competed in the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympic games.
Quarter-mile or 1 ⁄ 4 mile may refer to: A dragstrip competition or vehicle test in motorsport, where cars or motorcycles compete for the shortest time from a standing start to the end of a straight 1 ⁄ 4 mile (0.40 km) track; The 440-yard dash, a sprint footrace in track and field competition on a 440 yards (1,320 ft; 400 m; 0.25 mi) oval
Starting with the 2008 Breeders' Cup, the Distaff was the final race on the first day (Friday) of the two-day event. In 2018, it was returned to the Saturday card. [3] Distance : 1 1 ⁄ 4 miles (1984–1987); 1 1 ⁄ 8 miles (1988 to present).
His time of 1:35 3 ⁄ 5 for one mile was a new stakes record. ... His time of 1:47 4 ... Conversion of race distances Furlongs Miles