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
This foot belonging to the runner gold medal winning, middle distance runner, Steve Ovett.
From BBC • Jul. 1, 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
