The 60-yard dash is a sprint covering 60 yards (54.86 m, sometimes recognized as '55-m dash'). It is primarily run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of American Major League Baseball players. It is also sometimes 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
editRank | Time | Athlete | Country | Year | Ref |
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1 | 5.8 h | Herb Washington | United States | 1972 | |
Mel Pender | United States | 1973 | |||
3 | 5.9 h | Bob Hayes | United States | 1964 | |
Charlie Greene | United States | 1966 | |||
5 | 5.99 [a] A | Obadele Thompson | Barbados | 1997 | |
6 | 6.00 [a] | Lee McRae | United States | 1986 | |
7 | 6.0 h | Roscoe Cook | United States | 1959 | |
1960 | |||||
Sam Perry | United States | 1965 | |||
Bill Gaines | United States | 1966 | |||
1967 | |||||
1968 | |||||
John Carlos | United States | 1969 | |||
Hasely Crawford | Trinidad and Tobago | 1973 | |||
1975 | |||||
Steve Williams | United States | 1976 | |||
12 | 6.02 | Carl Lewis | United States | 1983 | |
6.02 [a] | Carl Lewis | United States | 1987 | ||
6.02 [a] A | Leonard Myles-Mills | Ghana | 1997 | ||
15 | 6.03 [a] | Sam Graddy | United States | 1986 | |
16 | 6.04 | Stanley Floyd | United States | 1981 | |
6.04 | Andre Cason | United States | 1990 | ||
6.04 [a] A | Ato Boldon | Trinidad | 1997 | ||
19 | 6.05 | Houston McTear | United States | 1978 | |
6.05 [a] | Brian Cooper | United States | 1988 | ||
21 | 6.06 [a] | Fred Johnson | United States | 1985 | |
Emmit King | United States | 1988 | |||
Tim Harden | United States | 1996 | |||
6.06 [a] A | Keith Williams | United States | 1997 | ||
Syan Williams | Jamaica | 1998 | |||
Felix Andam | Ghana | 1998 | |||
Marcus Brunson | United States | 1999 |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "Baseball 60 Yard Dash – What's a Good Time?". Retrieved January 21, 2009.