Have spiked track shoes been allowed in the Mile Run during CFA?

Colleges and Universities A-Z Military Academy - West Point
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<p>Based on what I read in the CFA Instructions, I’m unclear because it calls out special items including special shoes for some events but not others:</p>

<p>“Candidates should wear clothing and shoes that are appropriate for physical training, such as shorts, T-shirts, socks and running shoes (tennis/basketball shoes are not recommended for the 1-mile run). Any item that gives a candidate an unfair advantage is not permitted during the CFA.”</p>

<p>So, while a discussion about whether or not spiked track shoes might be considered an unfair advantage (interesting discussion topic but not exactly what I’m asking for) I am wondering if anyone has ever actually known spiked track shoes to be used or explicitly denied them to be used?</p>

<p>Or is this something we should ask of USMA directly?</p>

<p>Thanks in advance,
RLTW</p>

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<p>If the instructions say you should wear "running shoes" I would wear running shoes as opposed to spiked track shoes.</p>

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<p>Thank you, and while I appreciate your view, with all due respect the question I'm asking is for historical data only:</p>

<p>"has ever actually known spiked track shoes to be used or explicitly denied them to be used?"</p>

<p>Thanks once again for your help.</p>

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<p>I took my CFA without them cause I was at Summer Seminar when I took it and didnt think to bring them</p>

<p>I took my ROTC fitness exam with them though put down my sprinter 4:40 1200 and came back in a 60 second 400 to finish in 5:40</p>

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<p>RLTW - I ran your question past a RC in admissions and "you are welcome to use spiked track shoes if you want to" :)</p>

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<p>no offense, you arent going to be able to use spikes when you do the actual apft when you get to west point. So I don't see why you would use them in your cfa.</p>

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<p>Thanks everyone for your help.</p>

<p>FYI, my son wants to attend USMA and is in a youth org with many fitness competitions and they explicitly state in which events spikes are or are not allowed. I honestly would not have thought of it without that experience triggering my curiosity. </p>

<p>So it was simply my own looking at the CFA document which talked about some shoe recommendations that, for me, made the question worth asking.</p>

<p>Rather than trying to noodle it out on my own I just figured I’d ask whether it had been done before or not, with the underlying assumption was that it had probably already been addressed by someone in the past and whether or not I thought they should or should not be allowed was irrelevant if there was some history.</p>

<p>Thanks again! I do appreciate everyone’s input.</p>

<p>RLTW</p>