I think he's talking about the mandatory track competitions high schools sometimes have, mine had it. I hated the shit but always did good, pain in the ass if you ask me. We also had mandatory "pushups, sit ups, high jump" etc....I used to love watching the people over 400 lbs doing it though. Now that was entertainment! or for the 1600 metre all the people who joined advanced dropping out before they were even done, or barely making it over the line then collapsing. We had one guy (steven race, yeah I know appropriate name) that I knew from grade school he won ALL the events in advanced everytime. That guy was a monster athlete.