60-yard dash

The 60-yard dash is a sprint covering 60 yards (54.86 m, sometimes recognized as '55-m dash'). It is primarily run to evaluate the speed and acceleration of American Major League Baseball players. It is also sometimes used to evaluate the speed of American football (especially NFL) players (although the 40-yard dash is much more common in football).^[1]

Athletics 60-yard dash
World records
Men	Obadele Thompson 5.99 (1997)
Women	Evelyn Ashford 6.54 (1982)

In the United States, prior to the adoption of metricized outdoor running tracks, the 60 yard dash was a commonly contested indoor event. Prior to 1983, the 60 yard dash was an event every year at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships. The event was also regularly contested at the AAU Indoor Track and Field Championships.

All-time top 25

Rank	Time	Athlete	Country	Year	Ref
1	5.8 h	Herb Washington	United States	1972
		Mel Pender	United States	1973
3	5.9 h	Bob Hayes	United States	1964
		Charlie Greene	United States	1966
5	5.99 [lower-alpha 1] A	Obadele Thompson	Barbados	1997
6	6.00 [lower-alpha 1]	Lee McRae	United States	1986
7	6.0 h	Roscoe Cook	United States	1959
				1960
		Sam Perry	United States	1965
		Bill Gaines	United States	1966
				1967
				1968
		John Carlos	United States	1969
		Hasely Crawford	Trinidad and Tobago	1973
				1975
		Steve Williams	United States	1976
12	6.02	Carl Lewis	United States	1983
	6.02 [lower-alpha 1]	Carl Lewis	United States	1987
	6.02 [lower-alpha 1] A	Leonard Myles-Mills	Ghana	1997
15	6.03 [lower-alpha 1]	Sam Graddy	United States	1986
16	6.04	Stanley Floyd	United States	1981
	6.04	Andre Cason	United States	1990
	6.04 [lower-alpha 1] A	Ato Boldon	Trinidad	1997
19	6.05	Houston McTear	United States	1978
	6.05 [lower-alpha 1]	Brian Cooper	United States	1988
21	6.06 [lower-alpha 1]	Fred Johnson	United States	1985
		Emmit King	United States	1988
		Tim Harden	United States	1996
	6.06 [lower-alpha 1] A	Keith Williams	United States	1997
		Syan Williams	Jamaica	1998
		Felix Andam	Ghana	1998
		Marcus Brunson	United States	1999

Notes

1. Time for the slightly longer distance of 55 metres

References

1. "Baseball 60 Yard Dash – What's a Good Time?". Retrieved January 21, 2009.