This week we trained our lens on the first track meet of the season to get an early look at Lower Merion High's runners.
Track has its early origin as a game back in the 7th Century, BCE. In the 1860s, it was introduced as a college sport in the USA. By the 1920s it had been widely adopted across the nation.
A sprinter who can run 100 yards in 10 seconds is traveling at a rate of three minutes per mile. That is fast. A runner who competes in a 3200 meter race is running just under two miles at a pace much faster than jogging.
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It is a sport that requires strength and stamina combined with a desire to compete and a will to win.
