Courtney Rau Hurdling “You don’t jump the hurdles, you hurdle the hurdles” (Mr. Thew).
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Courtney Rau Hurdling “You don’t jump the hurdles, you hurdle the hurdles” (Mr. Thew).
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Courtney Rau
Hurdling“You don’t jump the hurdles, you hurdle the hurdles” (Mr. Thew).
Courtney Rau
Table of ContentsHistoryMore HistoryMe and HurdlesTrack, Field, and HurdlesFamous HurlersEquipmentPlacesSummary
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History
Ran in the 1st Olympic Games• 110 meters for men• 1896: Athens
Women and Hurdles• 1932: Los Angeles • 80 meter hurdles
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More History
Events• 100m
– Women
• 110m– Men
• 300m– High School– Women and Men
• 400m– Olympics– Women and Men
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Me and Hurdles
Hurdles in Track• 100 meter high
hurdles– 19.04 sec.
• 300 meter low hurdles
– 58.62 sec.
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Track, Field, and Hurdles Track and Field
• 100m and 110m– 10 hurdles
– 36 inches – women
– 39 inches – men
• 300m– 8 hurdles
– 30 inches– women
– 33 inches– men
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Famous HurdlersDayron Robles
• Men’s World Record 110 meter hurdles
– June 12th 2008
• 2008 Olympic Gold Medal
– 12.87
Yordanka Donkova• Women’sWorld
record 100m hurdles– August 20th 1988 – 12.21 sec.
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Equipment
HurdlesTrack/place to runAwesome form
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Places
Mostly ran on track• Indoors or Outdoors
Meets• Athens• Colby• Marathon• Park Falls• Prentice• Etc.
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Summary
So to sum it up…• Been around for a long time• Ran in the Olympics• Ran indoors and outdoors• Hurdles are VERY fun
