Article: Going metricated modern for the 100-yard dash.(Column)

Article: The Objectivity and Validity of Timers for the 40-Yard ...
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport;  March 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... ability test in football is the 40-yard dash. Most coaches have two individuals time their runners(hand-held) in the 40-yard dash. Electronic timing is the "gold standard ... in timing football players in the 40-yard dash. Most players performed two 40-yard ...

Article: O'Neal, FSU freshmen impress in timed 40-yard dash
University Wire;  July 25, 2005 ;     586 words ... ... unofficial time of 4.31 seconds in the 40-yard dash under the watchful eye of FSU strength ... force behind his success in the 40-yard dash and his current physical condition ... notched an impressive 4.37-second 40-yard dash. In addition to the two stout speedsters ...

Article: Red Knights make strong showing: Malcolm Williams takes the ...
Reading Eagle (Reading, PA);  June 3, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Vaughn Carraway (4.38) in the 40-yard dash competition. Sixteen Berks schools competed in six events: 40-yard dash; bench press (highest number of ... its top 11 players, and the 40-yard dash with an average time of 4.71. The ...

Article: For SJSU's Jones, a sprint is key to his draft position: ...
San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA);  February 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... NFL scouting service, he runs the 40-yard dash in 4.6 seconds. That's a red flag ... greatly improve. "My future is on a 40-yard dash, a straight-line run," Jones said ... of physical tests, including the 40-yard dash, vertical leap, long jump and position ...

Article: The need for speed: the NFL loves a fast man, but are college ...
Football Digest;  June 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Cowboys. For Brandt, comparing 40-yard dash times was an easy way to separate talent ... the marquee attraction is the 40-yard dash. Prospects know that if they run well ... recorded times above 4.7 in the 40-yard dash at the combine, a time well above NFL ...

Article: The 40-Yard Dash To College
The Washington Post;  October 14, 1992 ;     415 words ... ... selecting a team by administering a single test, say a 40-yard dash, and turning away all but the top 30 sprinters. A coach looks ... Yet the college admission committees have only that 40-yard dash, the SAT, with which to select freshmen. No wonder the few ...

Article: Push by states to be early turns primary season into ...
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 4, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... primary season marathon into what one analyst calls "a 50-yard dash." States have been edging primaries and caucuses earlier ... it may give them an incentive to be cautious. "In a 50-yard dash, you can't stumble and still win," said political analyst ...