20m or 20 yard Sprint Test Results
Fitness testing protocols often include a running test of speed, conducted as a maximal sprint over a set distance. The test can be conducted over a range of distances, anywhere from 10 meters up to 60m meters, the time recorded using a stopwatch or by using timing gates. A common distance for the sprint test is the 20 meters speed test. The 20m sprint may also be timed as a split time from a sprint test over a longer distance.
Here are results for the 20m sprint tests from a variety of sports. The results have been collected from various sources online, and the accuracy of the results cannot be confirmed.
AFL
- The best ever 20m sprint time at the AFL combine is 2.75 seconds by Joel Wilkinson in 2010. Brad Harvey ran 2.78 the same year, and Jonathon Marsh also ran 2.78 seconds in 2013. See the list of top combine scores.
- The best result in the 20m sprint test at the 2011 Draft Combine Draft was 2.86 seconds by Shannon Taylor & Ahmed Saad. See more 2011 results.
- A new draft camp combine record for the 20m sprint was set by Joel Wilkinson in 2010 - 2.75 seconds. See 2010 draft camp results.
- AFL recruiters are looking for talented local league players who can reach a benchmark of three seconds for the 20-meter sprint, among other characteristics (from an article in the Geelong Advertiser online, July 2010)
- At the end of the 2008 pre-season, Jarrod Atkinson set a new 20m sprint record at Essendon. The rookie recorded 2.73 seconds at the Windy Hill sprint track, slicing 0.2 seconds off the mark previously shared by Leroy Jetta, Alwyn Davey and Courtenay Dempsey (Real Footy website, March 2008).
- Bomber Mark Johnson recorded 2.89sec for a 20m sprint during the 2007 season, placing him in the elite group at Windy Hill (Herald Sun, Oct 2007).
- The 20m sprint test is performed at the Draft Camp each year. Some of the best results in previous years are: Danyle Pearce 2.79s and Ashley Smith 2.80s. See more draft camp results.
Track and Field
- The first 20m of Usain Bolts 9.69 second 100m run at the 2008 Olympic Games was in 2.87 seconds.
- US Decathlete Bryan Clay achieved 2.80 sec (20 yards), 3.34 sec (30 yards) and 4.38 sec (40 yards) during a SPARQ testing exercise (testing conducted at Azusa Pacific University, March 25th 2005, published in SPARQ Magazine, Summer 2008).
Soccer
- An article in the Perth Sunday Times listed the fitness requirements for a range of sports. It stated that the players in the West Australian team Perth Glory football team must be able to run 5m in under a second and 20m in under 3 seconds (from The Sunday Times, Jan 10, 2010).
Related Pages
- Procedure for Sprint/Speed Testing
- Protocols for the 20 meters speed test
- More Sprint Test Results
- All about timing gates
- Other fitness test results
- World Records for Speed tests
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