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[www.hickoksports.com/history/crosscrn.shtml](http://<a href='http://www.hickoksports.com/history/crosscrn.shtml)' >www.hickoksports.com/history/crosscrn.shtml</a> Cross-Country running was originated in England around the 1870s.
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www.usatf.org/about/history.asp On January 30 , 1878, William B. Curtis founded what became the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in New York City. Which later evolved into the
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www.hickoksports.com/history/crosscrn.shtml Over the years, it quickly gained popularity and eventually made it to the United States by 1878, in New York.
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www.hickoksports.com/history/crosscrn.shtml In 1880, Cross-Country was introduced at Harvard University as a fall season sport.
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www.hickoksports.com/history/crosscrn.shtml In 1898, the Intercollegiate Cross-Country Association was founded in the United States with a game between various Universities.
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www.hickoksports.com/history/crosscrn.shtml Since 1898, there's been International Cross-Country meets between countries such as, England, France, Scotland, Ireland, France and so on.
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www.hickoksports.com/history/crosscrn.shtml During the 1930s, many schools began entering teams for an annual Cross-Country meet, causing the NCAA to take over it as a national championship event in 1938.
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www.hickoksports.com/history/crosscrn.shtml The Olympics refused Cross-Country from being one of the events, because it was considered not suitable for the Summer.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.01.htm Kevin Young, of USA, set the world record with a time of 46.78 seconds on the 400 meter hurdles.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.htm Daniel Komen, of Kenya, holds the world record for the 3,00 meter run with an impressive time of 7:20.67 minutes.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.htm Hicham El Guerrouj, representing Morocco, stablished the astonishing world record of 3:26.00 minutes at Rome.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.htm Hicham El Guerrouj, kept representing Morocco, and defeated all of his opponents by an incredible world record time of 3:43.13 minutes in the one mile run.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.htm In 1999, Michael Johnson, represented the United States in the World Championships for track and field. He stablished the World Record for the 400 meter run with a time of 43.18 seconds.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.htm Noah Ngeny, from Kenya simply outran everybody's chances of finishing first on the 1000 meter run when he finished it with a new World Record time of 2:11.96 minutes.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.htm Hicham El Guerrouj, kept representing his country, Morocco, and once again broke another world record on the 2,000 meter run with an incredible time of 4:44.79 minutes.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.htm Kenenisa Bekele, of Ethiopia, stablished the new world record for the 5,000 meter run with a time of 12:37.35 minutes.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.01.htm Bekele remained ahead of the necessary pace and, as he did when breaking the 5,000 record, Bekele finished strong, with a 57-second final lap.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.01.htm On June 12, 2008 Robles was again on the track for a record-breaking performance, but this time he was the one setting the mark as he nudged the record down to 12.87 with a Grand Prix victory in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.htm Usain Bolt, of Jamaica, broke his own record in the year of 2009 when he ran the 100 meter run in an astonishing time of 9.58 seconds.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.htm Usain Bolt represented Jamaica and broke his own world record again on 2009, when he finished the 200 meter run in an impressive time of 19.19 seconds.
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trackandfield.about.com/od/worldrecords/tp/Men-s-World-Records.htm David Rudisha, from Kenya, broke the World Record with a new time of 1:41.01 minutes on the 800 meter run.
