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Alaysha Johnson is the 2013 Gatorade Texas Track and Field Athlete of the Year, [ 14] a 5-time high school All-American, 2012 Texas UIL 5A State Champion, 5-time University Interscholastic League state finalist. Johnson set Spring High School records in 100 hurdles – 13.98 & 300 hurdles - 41.24. [ 15] Year. Competition.
Hurdling is a highly specialized form of obstacle racing, and is part of the sport of athletics. In hurdling events, barriers known as hurdles are set at precisely measured heights and distances. Each athlete must pass over the hurdles; [ 2][ 3][ 4] passing under or intentionally knocking over hurdles will result in disqualification.
Colin Jackson 12.91 (1993) The 110 metres hurdles, or 110-metre hurdles, is a hurdling track and field event for men. It is included in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympic Games. The female counterpart is the 100 metres hurdles. As part of a racing event, ten hurdles of 42 inches (106.7 cm) in height are evenly spaced along a straight ...
The 400 metres hurdles at the Summer Olympics is the longest hurdling event held at the multi-sport event. The men's 400 m hurdles has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900, with a sole gap at the 1912 Summer Olympics. The women's event was added to the programme over eighty years later, at the 1984 Olympics.
Rai Benjamin, United States: 46.17 seconds. August 3, 2021. In a rare occurrence, Benjamin broke the previous world record in the 400-meter hurdles during the 2021 Tokyo Olympics finals, but he ...
The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lanes the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must ...
The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles ). For the race, ten hurdles of a height of 33 inches (83.8 cm) are placed along a straight course of 100 metres (109.36 yd). The first hurdle is placed after a run-up of 13 metres from the starting line.
The former Olympian overcame an ailing hamstring to run the 100 hurdles at Trials for the first time in 12 years. Lolo Jones, at 41, resurfaces at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials [Video ...