60-yard dash

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60-yard dash
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Men Flag of Barbados.svg Obadele Thompson 5.99 (1997)
Women Flag of the United States.svg Evelyn Ashford 6.54 (1982)

The 60-yard dash is a sprint covering 60 yards (54.86 m). It is primarily run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of American Major League Baseball players. It is also often used to evaluate the speed of American football (especially NFL) players (although the 40-yard dash is much more common in football). [1]

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In the United States, prior to the adoption of metricized outdoor running tracks, the 60 yard dash was a commonly contested indoor event. Prior to 1983, the 60 yard dash was an event every year at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The event was also regularly contested at the AAU Indoor Track and Field Championships.

All-time top 25

RankTimeAthleteCountryYearRef
15.8 h Herb Washington Flag of the United States.svg United States1972
Mel Pender Flag of the United States.svg United States1973
35.9 h Bob Hayes Flag of the United States.svg United States1964
Charlie Greene Flag of the United States.svg United States1966
55.99 [lower-alpha 1] A Obadele Thompson Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados1997
66.00 [lower-alpha 1] Lee McRae Flag of the United States.svg United States1986
76.0 h Roscoe Cook Flag of the United States.svg United States1959
1960
Sam Perry Flag of the United States.svg United States1965
Bill Gaines Flag of the United States.svg United States1966
1967
1968
John Carlos Flag of the United States.svg United States1969
Hasely Crawford Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago1973
1975
Steve Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States1976
126.02 Carl Lewis Flag of the United States.svg United States1983
6.02 [lower-alpha 1] Carl Lewis Flag of the United States.svg United States1987
6.02 [lower-alpha 1] A Leonard Myles-Mills Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana1997
156.03 [lower-alpha 1] Sam Graddy Flag of the United States.svg United States1986
166.04 Stanley Floyd Flag of the United States.svg United States1981
6.04 Andre Cason Flag of the United States.svg United States1990
6.04 [lower-alpha 1] A Ato Boldon Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad1997
196.05 Houston McTear Flag of the United States.svg United States1978
6.05 [lower-alpha 1] Brian Cooper Flag of the United States.svg United States1988
216.06 [lower-alpha 1] Fred Johnson Flag of the United States.svg United States1985
Emmit King Flag of the United States.svg United States1988
Tim Harden Flag of the United States.svg United States1996
6.06 [lower-alpha 1] A Keith Williams Flag of the United States.svg United States1997
Syan Williams Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica1998
Felix Andam Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana1998
Marcus Brunson Flag of the United States.svg United States1999

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Time for the slightly longer distance of 55 metres

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References

  1. "Baseball 60 Yard Dash – What's a Good Time?" . Retrieved January 21, 2009.