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Events In middle school there is the 100, 200 and 400 for sprints. The 800 and the 1500 for distance. There is long jump, high jump, poll vaulting for jumping events and discuss and shot-put for throwing events. As you go threw high school and maybe college you can do the hammer throw, triple jump, javelin and longer and shorter runs. I will explain what all of these events are later.
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Jumps |
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Long jump Long Jump is where you run down and jump as far as you can into the sand without passing the line. If you do pass the line its called a scratch. If you scratch they don't measure the jump. You only get three jumps and if you scratch it takes up a jump. They count your best one. Triple jump is the same thing but you start at the end closer to the sand and Take three quick steps and jump. |
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High Jump High Jump Is when you run up too, then along a bar and try to jump over it with out hitting it, and then land softly on the mat. Like in long jump you only get three try's and if you nock over the bar when you jump its called a scratch. Every time the competitors clear the height they raise the bar. The people that didn't clear it are out of the compotation.
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Pole Vaulting Pole vaulting is just like high jump but you use a pole to help you clear the height and you run strait torrid the pit like long jump. When the vaulter plants the pole in the box bellow the bar the pole bends then flings the vaulter up and hopefully over the bar. |
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Throws |
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Discuss Discus is where you throw a heavy disc as far as you can. The discus looks like a small Frisbee. You have to stay inside of a circle or else you scratch and you only get three tries.
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Shot Put Shot put is the same thing as discuss except you throw a really heavy ball.
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Javelin In Javelin you throw a spear. You run up a runway and then throw it as far as you can. And you have to get it inside of a circle or else its a scratch.
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Runs |
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sprints There is the 50m,100m,200m,300m, and the 400m. And hurdles witch is small gate like things called hurdles that you jump over on your way to threw the race. The diffrent hurdle races are the 110 and 400. |
Distance There is the 800m,1000m,1500m,1600m,2000m,3000m,5000m,10000m,20000m,2500m and the 30000m in distance. |
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