The President's Challenge.

Join us on April 21 at the Tulip Time Scholarship Games and test your fitness! If you match the standards in exercises like curl-ups, the shuttle run, the V-sit reach, the one-mile run, and pull-ups, you could earn the most coveted award. The award is earned by athletes in the top 15 percent of kids in the country.

Curl-Ups

Measure your abdominal strength; see how many curl-ups you can do in one minute.

Pull-Ups

See how many pull-ups you can do. (There is no time limit.) Grasp a bar using an overhand or underhand grip. Keep your legs straight. Pull your body up until your chin comes over the bar; then let yourself back down.

The Presidential Physical Fitness Award * Qualifying Standard *

Age           Boys              Girls

One-Mile Run

Six     10 min., 15 sec.   11 min., 20 sec.
Seven    9 min., 22 sec.   10 min., 36 sec.
Eight    8 min., 48 sec.   10 min.,  2 sec.
Nine     8 min., 31 sec.    9 min., 30 sec.
Ten      7 min., 57 sec.    9 min., 19 sec.

V-Sit Reach (distance beyond heels)

Six         3 1/2 inches       5 1/2 inches
Seven       3 1/2 inches           5 inches
Eight           3 inches       4 1/2 inches
Nine            3 inches       5 1/2 inches
Ten             4 inches           6 inches

Shuttle Run

Six         12.1 seconds       12.4 seconds
Seven       11.5 seconds       12.1 seconds
Eight       11.1 seconds       11.8 seconds
Nine        10.9 seconds       11.1 seconds
Ten         10.3 seconds       10.8 seconds

Pull-Ups

Six                    2                  2
Seven                  4                  2
Eight                  5                  2
Nine                   5                  2
Ten                    6                  3

Curl-Ups (in one minute)

Six                   33                 32
Seven                 36                 34
Eight                 40                 38
Nine                  41                 39
Ten                   45                 40