middle distance runner

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"If he can log that, he could technically end up as the most successful British middle distance runner we have ever had."

From BBC • Jul. 21, 2022

Former and current athletes include Kendall Spencer, a long jumper who went to New Mexico; Megan Koch, a middle distance runner from Colorado College; and Madeleine McKenna, a volleyball player from California University of Pennsylvania.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 10, 2021

I did a report on an Olympic middle distance runner named Brenda Martinez, who had a positive test for antidepressants that she was taking.

From Slate • Jul. 12, 2021

The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Friday imposed a four-year period of ineligibility for Russian middle distance runner Mariya Savinova-Farnosova, saying there was "clear evidence" she used banned performance-enhancing substances.

From Reuters • Feb. 10, 2017

Knight, 77, was a middle distance runner in college who began the company in a handshake deal with Oregon coach Bill Bowerman in 1964, with each putting up $500.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 1, 2015