cinder track
Example Sentences
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My friends and I were among the kids who occasionally did just that, and who, for fun, raced each other on that cinder track.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
That record was set on a cinder track, considered the best surface at the time.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2024
Bank was dismissed a few days after for shouting out over the staid Palmer as Mills sprinted the final 80 yards on the cinder track, the last time that surface was used at the Olympics.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2020
American swimmer Don Schollander took four gold medals, Czechoslovakian gymnast Vera Caslavska won three, and Bob Hayes tied the 100-meter world record of 10.0 seconds, the last Olympics run on a cinder track.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 14, 2020
The whole affair, as far as it concerned Cleggett, had been a matter of seconds rather than minutes; it was begun and over like a hundred yard dash on the cinder track.
From The Cruise of the Jasper B. by Don Marquis
