Hi, everyone,
The mile might return to college track and field sports:
http://www.flotrack.org/article/38609-breaking-mile-voted-to-replace-1500-at-ncaa-outdoor-championships
<http://www.flotrack.org/article/38609-breaking-mile-voted-to-replace-1500-at-ncaa-outdoor-championships>
If you are to believe the head coach at Southern Utah University, the switch to
internationally recognised distances such as the 1500 metre is the cause of the
decline of public interest in college athletics. Re-introducing the mile will
turn this around. Does he want to introduce the 100-yard dash later? High
jumps, long jumps and pole vaults in feet and inches again? Weightlifting in
pounds?
According to the article I linked to, there is a lot of support for
re-introducing the mile among the sporting organisations but not so much from
the athletes. Depending on the meetings of the national governing bodies this
change won’t occur until 2017 at the earliest.
Best wishes from Melbourne, Australia, 41ºC today!
Peter Goodyear
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