2024-03-13

From the Observer, Sarasota, Florida, the results of their high school athletics. The results are all in metric units, and in the case of field events, (pole vault, long jumps etc,) no conversion to feet and inches are given.

The one exception is a comparison given at the end of the article to emphasise the magnitude of the difference between two results:

After reaching the district stage of the postseason as a freshman, with a best vault of 3.45 meters, Bates is ranked sixth in Class 4A as of March 12 with a vault of 3.96 meters, set March 7 at the Riverview Ram Invitational. 

That may not sound like a big difference to non-metric system users, but it's approximately a difference of 1 foot, 8 inches. In the context of pole vault, that's a sizable difference. Bates is still approximately one foot, four inches behind Class 4A leader Ezra Huber of Bartram Trail High, but he has until May to see if he can make up the difference, or at least get into medal position.