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The Miles College athletics program competes in the NCAA Division II's Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC). The program has men's and women's sports that include: basketball, football, volleyball, track, baseball, softball, cross country, and golf. Their nickname is the Golden Bears. [1]
World Athletics is the official body which oversees the records. Hicham El Guerrouj is the current men's record holder with his time of 3:43.13, [1] while Faith Kipyegon has the women's record of 4:07.64. [2] Since 1976, the mile has been the only non-metric distance recognized by the IAAF for record purposes. However, in international ...
World records in athletics are ratified by World Athletics. Athletics records comprise the best performances in the sports of track and field, road running and racewalking. Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians.
The 2 mile (3,520 yards, [1] 10,560 feet, or exactly 3,218.688 metres) is a historic running distance. Like the mile run, it is still contested at some invitational meets due its historical chronology in the United States and United Kingdom.
For instance, the famous Fifth Avenue Mile in New York City, or New Zealand's Queen Street Golden Mile, [60] are too steep to be record eligible by World Athletics. Downhill miles such as Craig Wheeler's 3:24 clocking in the 1993 Meltham Mile [61] were achieved on ineligible courses and as such are not recognized by World Athletics. The road ...
On Athletics Club: February 11, 2023 Millrose Games: New York City, United States [153] 3:46.63 Yared Nuguse: On Athletics Club: February 8, 2025 Millrose Games: New York City, United States [154] 2000 m: 4:54.74 Bernard Lagat: Nike February 15, 2014 Millrose Games: New York City, United States [155] 3000 m: 7:28.24 [j] Yared Nuguse: On ...
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) track and field system has been touted as one of the main reasons for the success of the United States on the global stage of athletics. [1] All of the collegiate records come from athletes competing in the NCAA, with the exception of the outdoor women's 1500 metres record (NAIA).
Athletics comprises a variety of running, jumping, throwing and walking events. The sport of athletics is defined by the many events which make up its competition programmes. All events within the sport are forms of running , walking , jumping or throwing .