Sentence examples similar to contest runner from inspiring English sources

Pack was a slam dunk contest runner-up in 1994, and was nicknamed Pac-Man for his monstrous dunks, occasionally gobbling defenders in his wake.

Four business students at the University of Chicago -- Scott Leigh, Greg Morishige, Karl Schmidt and Michelle Su -- were the contest runners-up but received no cash prize.

The DVD contains music videos for six singles; previously unreleased videos for other songs, including three contest runner-up videos and the winning video for "Blue"; and three trailers for Bikini Bandits.

In this contest, the runners held their arms close to their sides, as distance runners do today.

Wong received $500 for her design and was honored alongside the contest's runner-ups at a school board meeting.

Contests for runners and jumpers were to be found across the length and breadth of the continent.

Sherwood plainly senses an opportunity to get his charge's career back on track in the eight-runner contest.

The Washington Post recently declared him the winner of a Sweet 2016 contest of front-runners for the 2016 presidential race, though the governor has demurred.

The electorate's lack of enthusiasm has popped up again and again throughout the Republican contest, with front-runners rising and falling over the last few months.

By The New Yorker August 17, 2011 Early in the contest, some front-runners have emerged for the Republican nomination for President in 2012.

As a guest coach on "American Idol" recently Ms. Ross looked and acted closer to her actual age and sang not half as well as Melinda Doolittle, the contest's front-runner.