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It is a relatively uncommon non-championship event for indoor track and field. The history of the event lies in the 60-yard dash, which is about 5 inches shorter than 55 metres. Since the 1960s almost all countries have used metric measurements for track and field, hence the standard sprint distances for indoor competition have been 50 metres ...
Before 1987, the 60 yards hurdles – held over 60 yards (54.864 m) – was contested at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships and other high-level American competitions. It was replaced by the 55 m hurdles from 1987 to 1990 before finally being replaced with the 60 m hurdles at the 1991 edition. Because the distances are so similar, a ...
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. Hand timing was used until 1975, while starting in 1976 fully automatic timing was used. [1]
220 yards 20.5 Dwayne Evans: South Mountain High School: Phoenix, Arizona: 1976 220 yards straightaway 20.2 (+1.7 m/s) Forrest Beaty: Hoover High School: Glendale, California: Ontario, California: CIF Southern Section Prelims May 27, 1961 [10] 400 m: 44.20 Quincy Wilson: Bullis School: Potomac, Maryland: Gainesville, Florida: Holloway Pro ...
15.24 meters – width of an NBA basketball court (50 feet) 18.44 meters – distance between the front of the pitcher's rubber and the rear point of home plate on a baseball field (60 feet, 6 inches) [125] 20 meters – length of cricket pitch (22 yards) [126] 27.43 meters – distance between bases on a baseball field (90 feet)
The value of the United Kingdom primary standard of the yard was determined in terms of the meter by the National Physical Laboratory in 1964 to be 0.914 3969 m, [27] implying a pre-1959 UK foot of 0.304 7990 m. The UK adopted the international yard for all purposes through the Weights and Measures Act 1963, effective January 1, 1964. [28]
Her gross register tonnage was 3,347, but on a draft of 27 feet (8.2 meters) she could stow away 2,000 additional tons. [1] Her length was 311 feet (95 meters), her beam 49 feet (15 meters), and her hold depth 29 feet (8.8 meters). [2] Her lower yards were 95 feet (29 meters) long, and her foremast truck was 180 feet (55 meters) from the deck.
He ran hurdles and was a jumper, surpassing 6.40 meters (21 feet) in the long jump and clearing 2.01 meters (6 feet, 7 inches) in the high jump. As a senior in 2008, he recorded a personal-best time of 7.62 seconds in the 55m hurdles. [2]