Sentence examples for meters setting from inspiring English sources

On Oct. 16, Smith took first in the 200 meters, setting a world record, and Carlos was third.

The American J. R. Celski become the first short-track speedskater to break the 40-second barrier in the 500 meters, setting a world record of 39.973 seconds in a World Cup final in Calgary, Alberta.

Maurice Greene, the Olympic and world champion and world record-holder in the 100 meters, set the 60-meter mark of 6.39 seconds on March 3 in Atlanta.

That exceeded the record of 8.6 meters, set in 2006, but remained below the 9.3-meter flood walls protecting central Budapest.

In addition to about 40 current meters set in place for one year, four main campaigns were conducted with a sampling strategy guided in real time by infrared satellite information.

John B. Townsend, a spokesman for AAA, attributed the decline to smartphone apps that allow people to pay for street parking, monitor the time on the meters, set up alerts about the expiration time, and renew if necessary without having to return to the vehicle.

In active RFID the working distance can be much longer (a few hundred meters, set by the link budget).

Hughff threw a cell phone 95.08 meters at the 2007 GoldenPalace.com U.K. Mobile Throwing Championships, besting the former record of 94.97 meters set back in 2005.

Mike Powell of the United States still holds the official long jump record at 8.95 meters, set in 1991.

The record spit to beat is 66 feet, 11 inches (20.41 meters), set in 1989 by Jack Dietz of Chicago, organizers said.

His school record of 10.04 seconds in the 100 meters, set in 1968, lasted for 12 years until it was broken by James Sanford with a time of 10.02.