Boys Champs begun in 1910 â Wolmers High School won. Girls Champs begun in 1957 â St. Hildaâs High School won. Boys Champs was held separately from Girls Champs. In 1999, Boys and Girls Champs were merged into one event. There was no Champs held in 1944 (Boys Champs), 1958, 1959 and 1960 (Girls Champs)
It actually takes the Earth 23 hours, 56 minutes, and 4.09 seconds to turn once on its axis compared to the background stars. The night sky, showing 6 hours of rotation captured by long-exposure.
scythian1950 has the right answer. It takes 23 hours 56 minutes and 4 seconds for the Earth to rotate 360 degrees (one sidereal day) and approximately 24 hours to go from noon to noon (one solar day). If it takes 365 1/4 days to orbit the Sun, then the Earth has to rotate nearly 361 degrees to get back to noon. About the only thing I have to add is that 24 hours is the MEAN solar day, or the average amount of time it takes the Earth to rotate from local zenith (noon) to local zenith (noon).