Physiological Profiles of High School Female Cross Country Runners

Anthropometric profile, body composition and somatotyping of national Iranian cross-country runners

“…In addition to body mass, body height is also an easy-to-determine variable for anthropometry (14). The general anthropometric data of runners to the values reported by Burke & Brush (5) for the 1975 and 1976 AAU National Junior Cross-Country Championship teams. The mean height and weight of those runners x = 16.2 yrs) were 162.2 cm and 48.6 kg, respectively, compared to the 175.2 cm and 63.5 kg, respectively, in the present study.…”

Body Composition of Elite Female Distance Runners*

“…The body composition of female runners has been extensively reported. Data are available on elite runners (31,32), older (29-SO years) runners (10,28,29,31), college-age runners (1,11,(14)(15)(16), eilite high school runners (3), average high school runners (4), and junior (9-i 7 years) runners (26,32). Although several of these studies compared elite female runners with sedentary persons, controlled studies designed to distinguish the elite female runner from the good female runner are lacking (27).…”

Predicting middle‐distance track and cross‐country performances of national and international level adolescent runners

“…middle-distance) TK events and the associated aerobic oxygen and energy cost. Other studies have reported the contribution of V ̇O2max to performance of pre-pubescents (Mayers & Gutin, 1979) and juniors of similar age, but lower performance and fitness levels, although this study was in females only (Butts, 1982). Based on the demands of middle-distance TK and XC events, athletes are likely to share some physiological characteristics; however, XC races may be less predictable as they are competed over varying terrains, underfoot conditions, and distances.…”

“…Recent evidence has shown the combination of RE and s⩒O 2max explained 80% of performance over a 1500 m time trial in trained adults, but constraining performance with slower initial laps altered these determinants (Bellinger et al, 2020). Separate studies investigating XC performance have reported ⩒O 2max as having the strongest elationships over 3000 m ( r = 0.55) (Butts, 1982), three miles in males ( r = 0.70) and two miles in females ( r = 0.90) (Fernhall et al, 1996), or s⩒O 2max over 5000 m ( r = 0.66) XC performance (Cole, Woodruff, Horn, & Mahon, 2006). However, these studies did not compare TK and XC athletes and were limited to predicting a single race performance, which might not capture the athlete's best performance (if they underperform on that day) or those occuring at dates that are close to the labotatory‐based physiological assessments.…”