distance runner
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Colin Sahlman is the latest Newbury Park High distance runner to emerge as the best in the nation, capping a historic cross-country campaign.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 7, 2025
But Calli Hauger-Thackery, a distance runner who has represented Team GB at the Olympics, says talking about its sporting impact is "still so taboo and it shouldn't be, because we're struggling with it".
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2025
But perhaps no name carries the power and poignancy of Steve Prefontaine, the gritty, charismatic distance runner from Oregon whose life ended in a car crash in 1975.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2025
“For a distance runner, there’s no place in the world like Flagstaff,” said Matt Baxter, who broke New Zealand’s national indoor record at 5,000 meters after moving to Arizona.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2024
He was the youngest distance runner to ever make the team.
From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand
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