quarter-miler

Or a track coach in Mississippi can plug in the specifications of the sort of runner he needs -- say, a quarter-miler, with a personal best of 49 seconds, a 3.5 grade-point average and a 24 ACT score, and a Web site produces a list of candidates.

The Do-It-Yourself Athletic Scholarship 2008

My uncle Tony was a quarter-miler at Cornell, so the family said, 'Then he'll go there.'

Kurt Vonnegut Meet Jon Stewart James Brady 2006

Still thinking of himself as quarter-miler, Phillips went to Kentucky, staying two years before transferring to Arizona State, where Kraft had become head coach and hired Anderson as an assistant.

USATODAY.com - Phillips has inside track on long jump gold 2004

After quarter-miler Jeremy Wariner won his second gold medal in the Olympics, he didn't surprise anyone Saturday when he announced he was turning pro.

USATODAY.com - Wariner keeping it in the family 2004

Who would have believed the only man to win two gold medals at Olympic Stadium besides Hicham El Guerrouj would be a quarter-miler who finished third last year in the Big 12?

USATODAY.com - Young track stars boost U.S. medal count 2004

I knew him by reputation as a famous quarter-miler.

Not George Washington — an Autobiographical Novel 1928

In a preliminary heat, he ran the fastest time of any quarter-miler this year, 44.35 seconds.

NYT > Home Page By JERÉ LONGMAN 2011

He adds: He has all the attributes to be a quarter-miler but he hasn't taken a liking to the event.

Evening Standard - Home Matt Majendie 2011

In a preliminary heat, he ran the fastest time of any quarter-miler this year, 44.35 seconds.

NYT > Home Page By JERÉ LONGMAN 2011

An athlete bearing the weight of a nation can have spectacular triumph, as quarter-miler Cathy Freeman did at the 2000 Sydney Games, where she lit the torch and stood as a symbol of pride for her Australian Aboriginal people.

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