cross-country runner
Example Sentences
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As I became a teenager and a cross-country runner, complaints were voiced about my various odors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
Her time of 16 minutes 54 seconds was the fastest 5K by a Maryland girls’ cross-country runner since MileSplit began tracking times in 2000.
From Washington Post • Oct. 18, 2022
Would-be crush Cayden Decker, a white cross-country runner once coached by Yara’s mom, now manages a members-only fishing and hunting club with access to Lake Palmdale, where Campbell’s body was found.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2022
Ku Stevens was a state champion, and the fastest high school cross-country runner in all of Nevada.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021
She’s wearing a team rosa shirt, but she’s not a cross-country runner.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
