His athletes would simply use their passes to ride the train for free.

A factor which affects athletic participation levels in CIS member institutions is the CIS restriction that scholarships cover tuition only, drawing many of Canada's best student athletes to the United States where organizations such as the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) allow " full ride " scholarships which include tuition, books, housing, and travel.

Hurdling events and the steeplechase are a variation upon the flat running theme in that athletes must clear obstacles on the track during the race.

This is because athletes are required to jump over five barriers per lap, after a flat first 200 m to allow for settling in.

There is also a position statement from the European College of Sports Science for management of jet lag in athletes.

A 2008 position statement issued by the National Federation of State High School Associations made the following recommendations about general energy drink consumption for young athletes:

Once all athletes are in the set position, the starter's gun is fired, officially starting the race.

In addition to the traditional long jump, a standing long jump contest exists requires that athletes leap from a static position without a run-up.

In September 1992, Sun-Times sports clerk Peter Anding was arrested in the Sun-Times newsroom and held without bond after confessing to using his position to set up sexual encounters for male high school athletes.

Stewart would strategically position himself for key shots of plays or athletes.

Because the center fielder requires a good arm and fast legs, center field is generally the position where the team puts its best all-around athletes ; as a result, center fielders are often fine hitters as well.

An All-America team is an honorary sports team composed of outstanding amateur players — those considered the best players of a specific season for each team position — who in turn are given the honorific " All-America " and typically referred to as " All-American athletes ", or simply " All-Americans ".

Both Peruvian athletes finished well behind the position needed to qualify from the opening rounds of their events.

Although most of the athletes had uneventful participations, weightlifter Mabel Mosquera won the bronze medal for Colombia, while cyclist María Luisa Calle originally finished in the bronze medal position, but was later disqualified under the strict liability rule after she tested positive for Heptaminol, a prohibited stimulant.

The Soviet Union, in a show of solidarity, sent athletes to the first GANEFO, but in order not to jeopardize their position in the IOC, the Soviet athletes were not of Olympic caliber.

In addition to the traditional caganer design, you can easily find other characters assuming the Caganer position, such as nuns, devils, Santa Claus, celebrities, athletes, historical figures, politicians, Spanish royalty, British royalty, and other famous people past and present.

; " Cant it upriver / downriver ": While carrying the shell, the athletes are commanded to hold the shell in a diagonal position, the high side as stated.

Because the casualties included many of the top American coaches as well as the athletes, the crash was a devastating blow to the U. S. Figure Skating program, which had enjoyed a position of dominance in the sport in the 1950s.

Points are given to all contestants completing their event ( no points are given to athletes who are disqualified, do not finish the event or don't get the result in field competitions ), based on the final position in every event.

In July 2006 he took up the position of Executive Chairman of the Irish Institute of Sport, a body that was set up in Ireland to support elite athletes and players, and served as Executive President until he announced his resignation in July 2008.

Students are often performers, such as actors, dancers, musicians, athletes and public speakers, or people who work on computers, or who are in frequent pain for other reasons.

For minor league to amateur athletes, earnings are usually on the lower end of the pay-scale.

Many of them take second jobs on the side or even venture into other occupations within the field of sports such as coaching, general management, refereeing or recruiting and scouting up and coming athletes.

* Prominent socialites, elite aristocrats and royal families, top level professional athletes, chart-topping musicians and pop singers, television and film actors with lead roles on prominently scheduled television shows and hit box office movies, internationally recognized supermodels and models are almost invariably celebrities.

Like other school-level athletes they compete to win their league title and move on to bigger competitions eventually reaching nationals the ultimate title for a school squad.

The emphasis is on various moralizing tales about heroes and rulers, athletes and wise men ; reports about food and drink, different styles in dress or lovers, local habits in giving gifts or entertainments, or in religious beliefs and death customs ; and comments on Greek painting.

In addition, in sports drama were films that focused on the struggle of athletes such as Brian's Song ( 1970 ), and The Longest Yard ( 1974 ).

Depending on the state and the number of athletes competing in the state, certain qualifications must be achieved to compete in the state's championship meet.

Qualification is based on achieving minimum scores at earlier competitions in the season, although athletes who place very highly at a national championship will be automatically qualified to compete at the next.

) In addition, beginning extreme athletes tend to work on their craft without the guidance of a coach ( though some may hire a coach later ).

HBC formerly sponsored the annual HBC Run for Canada, a series of public-participation runs and walks held across the country on Canada Day to raise funds for Canadian athletes.

Competitions involving large numbers of athletes sometimes use a " cut ": all competitors compete in the first three rounds, but only athletes who are currently among the top eight or have achieved some minimum distances are permitted to attempt to improve on their distance in additional rounds ( typically three ).

She was one of the first filmmakers to use tracking shots in a documentary, placing a camera on rails to follow the athletes ' movement, and she is noted for the slow motion shots included in the film.

Bias is also known to exist in sports broadcasting ; in the United States, broadcasters tend to favor teams on the East Coast, teams in major markets, older and more established teams and leagues, teams based in their respective country ( in international sport ) and teams that include high-profile celebrity athletes.

On the evening of 4 September, the Israeli athletes enjoyed a night out, watching a performance of Fiddler on the Roof and dining with the play's star, Israeli actor Shmuel Rodensky, before returning to the Olympic Village.

At 4: 30 a. m. local time on 5 September, as the athletes slept, eight tracksuit-clad members of Black September carrying duffel bags loaded with AKM assault rifles, Tokarev pistols, and grenades scaled a two-meter chain-link fence with the assistance of unsuspecting athletes who were also sneaking into the Olympic Village.

Elsewhere in the village, athletes carried on as normal, seemingly oblivious of the events unfolding nearby.

IOC President Avery Brundage made little reference to the murdered athletes during a speech praising the strength of the Olympic movement and equating the attack on the Israeli sportsmen with the recent arguments about encroaching professionalism and disallowing Rhodesia's participation in the Games, which outraged many listeners.

* A phase difference is analogous to two athletes running around a race track at the same speed and direction but starting at different positions on the track.

As in the high jump, the landing area was originally a heap of sawdust or sand where athletes landed on their feet.

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline.