middle distance runner
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As a teen, Fraire spent three years on the Burbank High School track team as a middle distance runner and four years on the school’s cross-country team, frequently ranking in top spots during meets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
Welsh middle distance runner Heyward, who was fifth at the bell, accelerated on the final bend to pass Garcia but was always too far back to threaten Ingebrigtsen.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 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 former Olympic champion middle distance runner also said restoring trust in the sport after the scandals of the last year was a long-term project.
From Reuters ● Feb. 17, 2016
