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The 440-yard dash, or quarter-mile race, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. In many countries, athletes compete in the 440 yard dash (402.336 m) – which corresponds to a quarter mile. Many athletic tracks are 440 yards per lap.
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.
For the two-mile run, they run 3200 meters. For the long-hurdle race, they run 300 meters instead of the 400 metres hurdles. Some states ran over lower hurdle heights for a period of time. In field events, boys throw different weights of their implements than with international open division or the more comparable junior-division implements.
The fastest marathon ever run by a 12-year-old of either gender, according to the Assn. of Road Racing Statisticians, was a 2:54 run by German runner Manuela Zipse in a 1986 race.
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Mile: 4:28.25 Mary C. Cain: February 16, 2013 Millrose Games: New York, United States 16 years, 289 days [43] 3000 m: 9:00.16 Alexa Efraimson: February 1, 2014 Seattle, United States 16 years, 346 days 5000 m: 15:37.12 Katelyn Tuohy: January 20, 2018 The Virginia Showcase Virginia, United States 15 years, 308 days [44] 15:28.90 Elizabeth Leachman
Long-distance races run at altitude, with less oxygen available to the athlete, have been shown to be to the athlete's disadvantage. In road events, the course is not required to be a circuit, but the overall decrease in elevation between the start and finish shall not exceed 1:1000, i.e. 1 m/km.
Runner Makenna Myler went viral for racing during her first pregnancy. Now nine months pregnant with her second baby, she's doing it again — and beating her time.