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    Track and Field events‚ also known as athletics‚ have progressed a great deal since their birth in Olympus‚ around the ninth century B.C. More athletes and more nationalities compete in Track and Field than in any other Olympic sport. Athletics is one of the largest attractions at the Modern Olympics‚ drawing in huge crowds of spectators and creating interest at summer Olympics. Track and Field events have come a long way since the Ancient Greek Olympic games. Many events and techniques have been

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    I. Thesis and Intro: Track and field is a sport that involves the actions of running‚ jumping‚ and throwing. According to the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine‚ the injury rate amongst high school track and field athletes is nine injuries per one thousand athletes. Injuries tend to happen due to the lack of practicing preventive methods before and after performing the basic and advanced skills in track and field. With a newly created exercise and stretch program‚ JST Essentials (Jumping

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    Track and field is my favorite sport. I started running track in high school. I really enjoy this sport because anyone can participate in it‚ and it is extremely inexpensive. Track is like the only sport I know that don’t discriminate. To play basketball you have to be a certain height. To play football you have to have a certain physique. Regardless of your size or shape‚ you can still can still run track. In track you do have to work hard but eventually you will learn how to pace yourself

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    The team sport that interests me a lot is track and field because when I was a little girl I joined the sport‚ and became a great runner. Track and Field are very competitive‚ but to me‚ it is a fun sport to act like a horse.The reason I say that is because when I was younger‚ I would always watch horses‚ and I would say‚ “ Only if I was a horse one day.” So I feel like a horse racing to the finish line‚ and winning so I could be known as the “ greatest runner.” When I see myself at as a horse I

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    Track and Field is my second favorite sport. I like to complete with student my age in events like‚ long jump and 400 meters. My coach always told me to stretch more before and after my event. Some torn muscle fibers in my left quadriceps taught me listen to my coach and stretch more before an event. It was our Regional track meet for my school. We were going to May River High School. My coach sent out an email to the our teacher to release all track runners early that day. The whole day before the

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    Track And Field The track looked longer than it looked before. I could feel my legs shaking and I could barely breath. It was my first time running the 100 dash‚ and it was one of the scariest‚ most nerve racking moments of my life. I couldn’t help but feel like I was the new kid on the block. All these kids looked like they were trained their entire life for this one moment‚ and I didn’t even have the proper shoes or blocks( those things that runners put their feet on a the beginning ). I looked

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    which may be on a field. Each team has its own box along the start line where the runners line up from the number one runner to last runner. A gun shot is sounded for the race to begin‚ at this point once the runners are off the starting line they run the course. The next running sport‚ which takes place during the winter‚ is indoor track. This is one of the two seasons of track. Indoor track meets take place on tracks which are usually 200 meters in length and are inside a field house. The running

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    The president & analyst‚ Peter Charles‚ wants to develop a system that is both more responsive to clients ans helpful to technicians. He would like to see a system that allows clients to directly enter their service requests. The system would track the status of each request along with the hours spent for billing purposes. Mr. Charles also wants the system to be able to generate statistics and reports so he can pursue continuous improvement in this area. PROBLEM STATEMENT MATRIX PROJECT:

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    the trip both positive and negative‚ below are some of the observation recorded from the facilities visited and some suggestions for further improvement and increase in utilization of the facilities. Observation Vaajakoski (Outdoor Rink‚ Track & Field center and multipurpose hall) Positive * All year round

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    problems or building blocks for one’s life. Also‚ hurdles are used in track and field competition‚ jumping obstacles for steeple chasing with horses‚ handling livestock‚ decorative fencing and training. Hurdles are unique sources where people can use it and see it differently. Hurdles are pure intensity. They are obstacles in which people are forced to overcome them‚ literally and metaphorically. For example‚ in track and field‚ to complete a race‚ you would have to overcome a series of hurdles.

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