Award Benchmarks

The Presidential Physical Fitness Award Benchmarks (85th Percentile)

In order to qualify for this award, participants must achieve at least the 85th percentile in all 5 activities represented below. These standards are based on the 1985 National School Population Fitness Survey and validated in 1998, by means of comparison with a large nationwide sample collected in 1994.

Boys

Age Choose One: Shuttle Run (seconds) Choose One: Choose One: Choose One:
Curl-Ups (# one minute) Partial* Curl-Ups (#) V-Sit Reach (inches) Sit and Reach (centimeters) One-Mile Run (min:sec) Distance Options** Pull-Ups (#) Rt. Angle Push-Ups (#)
(min:sec) 1/4 mile (min:sec) 1/2 mile
6 33 22 12.1 3.5 31 10:15 1:55   2 9
7 36 24 11.5 3.5 30 9:22 1:48   4 14
8 40 30 11.1 3 31 8:48   3:30 5 17
9 41 37 10.9 3 31 8:31   3:30 5 18
10 45 35 10.3 4 30 7:57     6 22
11 47 43 10 4 31 7:32     6 27
12 50 64 9.8 4 31 7:11     7 31
13 53 59 9.5 3.5 33 6:50     7 39
14 56 62 9.1 4.5 36 6:26     10 40
15 57 75 9 5 37 6:20     11 42
16 56 73 8.7 6 38 6:08     11 44
17 55 66 8.7 7 41 6:06     13 53

Girls

Age Choose One: Shuttle Run (seconds) Choose One: Choose One: Choose One:
Curl-Ups (# one minute) Partial* Curl-Ups (#) V-Sit Reach (inches) Sit and Reach (centimeters) One-Mile Run (min:sec) Distance Options** Pull-Ups (#) Rt. Angle Push-Ups (#)
(min:sec) 1/4 mile (min:sec) 1/2 mile
6 32 22 12.4 5.5 32 11:20 2:00   2 9
7 34 24 12.1 5.0 32 10:36 1:55   2 14
8 38 30 11.8 4.5 33 10:02   3:58 2 17
9 39 37 11.1 5.5 33 9:30   3:53 2 18
10 40 33 10.8 6.0 33 9:19     3 20
11 42 43 10.5 6.5 34 9:02     4 19
12 45 50 10.4 7.0 36 8:23     2 20
13 46 59 10.2 7.0 38 8:13     2 21
14 47 48 10.1 8.0 40 7:59     2 20
15 48 38 10.0 8.0 43 8:08     2 20
16 45 49 10.1 9.0 42 8:23     1 24
17 44 58 10.0 8.0 42 8:15     1 25

 

The National Physical Fitness Award Benchmarks (50th Percentile)

In order to qualify for this award, participants must achieve at least the 50th percentile in all 5 activities represented below. These standards are based on the 1985 National School Population Fitness Survey and validated in 1998, by means of comparison with a large nationwide sample collected in 1994.

Boys

  Choose One:   Choose One: Choose One: Choose One:
Age Curl-Ups (# one minute) Partial* Curl-Ups (#) Shuttle Run (seconds) V-Sit Reach (inches) Sit and Reach (centimeters) One-Mile Run (min:sec) Distance Options** Pull-Ups (#) Rt. Angle Push-Ups (#) Flexed-Arm Hang (sec)
(min:sec) 1/4 mile (min:sec) 1/2 mile
6 22 10 13.3 1 26 12:36 2:21   1 7 6
7 28 13 12.8 1 25 11:40 2:10   1 8 8
8 31 17 12.2 0.5 25 11:05   4:22 1 9 10
9 32 20 11.9 1 25 10:30   4:14 2 12 10
10 35 24 11.5 1 25 9:48     2 14 12
11 37 26 11.1 1 25 9:20     2 15 11
12 40 32 10.6 1 26 8:40     2 18 12
13 42 39 10.2 0.5 26 8:06     3 24 14
14 45 40 9.9 1 28 7:44     5 24 20
15 45 45 9.7 2 30 7:30     6 30 30
16 45 37 9.4 3 30 7:10     7 30 28
17 44 42 9.4 3 34 7:04     8 37 30

Girls

Age Curl-Ups (# one minute) Partial* Curl-Ups (#) Shuttle Run (seconds) V-Sit Reach (inches) Sit and Reach (centimeters) One-Mile Run (min:sec) Distance Options** Pull-Ups (#) Rt. Angle Push-Ups (#) Flexed-Arm Hang (sec)
(min:sec) 1/4 mile
6 23 10 13.8 2.5 27 13:12 2:26   1 6 5
7 25 13 13.2 2 27 12:56 2:21   1 8 6
8 29 17 12.9 2 28 12:30   4:56 1 9 8
9 30 20 12.5 2 28 11:52   4:50 1 12 8
10 30 24 12.1 3 28 11:22     1 13 8
11 32 27 11.5 3 29 11:17     1 11 7
12 35 30 11.3 3.5 30 11:05     1 10 7
13 37 40 11.1 3.5 31 10:23     1 11 8
14 37 30 11.2 4.5 33 10:06     1 10 9
15 36 26 11 5 36 9:58     1 15 7
16 35 26 10.9 5.5 34 10:31     1 12 7
17 34 40 11 4.5 35 10:22     1 16 7

Notes

*Norms from Canada Fitness Award Program, Health Canada, Government of Canada with permission.

**Note: 1/4 and 1/2 mile norms from Amateur Athletic Union Physical Fitness Program with permission.