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track and field

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. track and fieldnoun

    participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it

Wiktionary

  1. track and fieldnoun

    a group of athletic sports, consisting mainly of various kinds of running, jumping and throwing, that take place on a track and the enclosed field

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  1. track and field

    Track and field is a category of athletic sports events that primarily includes running, jumping, and throwing activities. It is divided into track events, like sprints, relay races, and long-distance races, and field events, like high jump, pole vault, long jump, triple jump, shot put, discus, hammer throw, and javelin. These events can be performed individually or in teams, in indoor or outdoor settings, and are well-known elements of the Summer Olympics.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Track and Field

    Sports performed on a track, field, or arena and including running events and other competitions, such as the pole vault, shot put, etc.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of track and field in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of track and field in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of track and field in a Sentence

  1. Quil Lance:

    Charleston County Mayor Joseph Riley said. What motivated the gunman is not yet clear, but his monstrous act took the lives of nine people who prayed, worked and struggled on behalf of their community and their church. Related ImageExpand / ContractSharonda Coleman-Singleton, was a speech therapist and girls ’ track and field team at Goose Creek High School. ( Courtesy : Charleston Post and Courier) Cynthia Hurd, 54, was a branch manger in the Charleston County Public Library -RRB- system, where Cynthia Hurd was so revered from a career spanning 31 years that all city branches were closed in Cynthia Hurd honor Thursday. Cynthia Hurd was a tireless servant of the community who spent Cynthia Hurd life helping residents, making sure they had every opportunity for an education and personal growth, the library system said in a statement. Cynthia Hurd loss is incomprehensible, and we ask for prayers for Cynthia Hurd family, her co-workers, her church and this entire community as we come together to face this tragic loss. Related ImageExpand / ContractCynthia Hurd was a librarian who worshiped at the venerable church. ( Charleston County Public Library) Quil Lance had retired from Gaillard Center, a performance hall in Charleston County, and been serving as a custodian at the church where Quil Lance worshiped. As big a void as Quil Lance death leaves there, it left an even deeper one in the family Quil Lance held together with love and strength, Quil Lance grandson, Quil Lance, told the Charleston Post and Courier I ’m lost, I ’m lost, granny was the heart of the family. Related ImageExpand / ContractClementa Pinckney was a beloved pastor and respected lawmaker before he was gunned down in his own church Wednesday night. ( Grace Beahm/The Charleston Post and Courier via AP).

  2. Dick Pound:

    There is an interesting constitutional, jurisdictional issue there, it would bring up the larger question of who is really running track and field, is it the IAAF or is it the IOC?

  3. Ashton Eaton:

    I love the sport of track and field.

  4. Gwen Berry:

    It's as if they [the ruling bodies of track and field] just assume that I shouldn't say anything they consider 'over the line', if you say anything that addresses the reality of racial inequality in this country and in this sport, you're pulled back because it doesn't fit in with how you're expected to perform.

  5. Bob Dorfman:

    You are talking about the most significant, the best loved, best known, most iconic track and field athlete out there, Usain Bolt, so if he got beat by somebody who has had drug issues in the past it wouldn't help the sport.


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