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
Engelhardt was the Gatorade state girls’ cross-country runner of the year in the fall.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2023
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
A star student and a cross-country runner, she decided that she wouldn’t let her illness mess with her G.P.A., even when teachers told her she could coast.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2022
She’s wearing a team rosa shirt, but she’s not a cross-country runner.
From "The Running Dream" by Wendelin Van Draanen
