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The Relationship Between Sprint Performance and Anthropometrics in Division III Collegiate Track Athletes

Name: Ashley Proksa
Major: EXS
Hometown: Palatine
Faculty Sponsor: Tony Pustina
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Type of research: Senior thesis

Abstract

Problem pursued: The Relationship Between Sprint Performance and Anthropometrics in Division III Collegiate Track Athletes

The purpose of this study was to examine whether there was a large relationship between sprint performance and anthropometrics. The second purpose was to see whether there was a very large correlation between the Omron and skinfold tests. The study was conducted with 19 collegiate Division III track and field athletes, 9 women and 10 men. The athletes were all sprinters, but not specifically in the same sprint event. Each athlete was tested in a 30-meter sprint. Then they were tested with a handheld BMI and a skinfold measurement. The information obtained in this study could be used by both coaches and athletes for training purposes, in order for the athletes to reach maximum performance.

Questions pursued:

Hypothesis 1:Is there a large relationship between sprint performance and anthropometrics in Division III collegiate track athlete?
Hypothesis 2: Is there a strong correlation between the skin-fold test and the Omron?

Methods:

Nineteen Division III female and male collegiate track athletes (mean age= 19.5) specifically specializing in sprinting took part in a study to determine whether faster sprint times (30m) had a large correlation with body fat percentage.The subjects completed a twenty-minute dynamic warm up before the 30 meter sprint test. The dynamic warm up was made to mirror a warm up that the athletes do daily.

Conclusion:

One could conclude that there is a correlation between skin-folds and sprint time. With that being said the proposed hypothesis being whether there is a large relationship between sprint performance and anthropometrics in Division III collegiate track athletes, this would be accepted when looking at the male and female groups combined. There was not a very large correlation between measurements of skin-folds and the Omron device.

Poster file

Submit date: March 20, 2019, 10:33 p.m.