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coaching crisis

Coach Kelly needs your help

I’m too busy on the track
to waste time fiddling with
my computer. Can you help
me process my athlete data?

The coach is an old friend, and you’d love to help. His crack squad of U10
athletes has been training hard. With each 600m run they do, Coach Kelly
has recorded their time in a text file on his computer. There are four files in james.txt
all, one each for James, Sarah, Julie, and Mikey.

julie.txt 2-34,3:21,2.34,2.45,3.01,2:01,2:01,3:10,2-22

2.59,2.11,2:11,2:23,3-10,2-23,3:10,3.21,3-21
2:22,3.01,3:01,3.02,3:02,3.02,3:22,2.49,2:38
2:58,2.58,2:39,2-25,2-55,2:54,2.18,2:55,2:55
sarah.txt mikey.txt

Initially, the coach needs a quick way to know the top three fastest times for each
athlete.

Can you help?

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