scholarly journals Physiological Performance Characteristics of Male and Female Division I Cross-Country Runners

Author(s):  
Eric SOBOLEWSKİ ◽  
Jacquelyn CROW ◽  
Scott MURR ◽  
Randy HUTCHİSON
1990 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-321 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee N. Cunningham

To compare the physiologic differences between adolescent male and female cross-country runners, 12 male and 12 female high school nonelite distance runners who had competed successfully at the All State 5-km championship cross-country meet were tested in the laboratory. Data were analyzed in relation to maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max), ventilatory threshold (VT), and running economy (RE). Male runners were taller, heavier, had less body fat, and ran faster by 2 minutes and 18 seconds than female runners. Running economy was similar between gender. VO2 at a 215 m•min−1 pace was 46.7 ml•kg−1•min−1 for male runners and 47.8 ml•kg−1•min−1 for female runners. At the VT, males demonstrated a higher VO2 and treadmill velocity than females. Heart rate, percent HR max, and percent VO2 max at the VT were not different between gender. Males demonstrated a higher VO2 max of 74.6 versus 66.1 ml•kg−1•min−1 than female runners. The fractional utilization of VO2 at race pace was not different between males (90%) and females (91%). In conclusion, the primary physiologic determinant for performance differences between nonelite, competitive male and female adolescent distance runners is associated with VO2 max.


2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 542-551
Author(s):  
C. Nathan Vannatta ◽  
Thomas G. Almonroeder ◽  
Thomas W. Kernozek ◽  
Stacey Meardon

2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 25
Author(s):  
Jesse A. Goodrich ◽  
Sewan Kim ◽  
Dillon J. Frisco ◽  
Kimberly Detwiler ◽  
Miguel Rueda ◽  
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2019 ◽  
Vol 51 (Supplement) ◽  
pp. 909
Author(s):  
Katie R. Hirsch ◽  
Malia N.M. Blue ◽  
Gabrielle J. Brewer ◽  
Austin M. Peterjohn ◽  
Abbie E. Smith-Ryan

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (7S) ◽  
pp. 71-71
Author(s):  
Michael P. Martinez ◽  
William P. McCormack ◽  
Hawley C. Almstedt ◽  
Todd C. Shoepe

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