Sentence examples for exceptional runner from inspiring English sources

He was also an exceptional runner after making a catch.

A fine but not exceptional runner until this season, Yegorova has sliced more than nine seconds off her personal best in the 3,000 meters in 2001, beating Szabo twice, and has improved on her best 5,000 time by 40 seconds in the last two years.

Lost in the reminiscence is the fact that the Dolphins have an exceptional runner in Lamar Smith, who had 144 yards rushing last week against the Patriots and who will try to carve up a Jets run defense that ranks last in the league.

I wouldn't say who I'd start if they were on the same team, but I'd find time for all of them". Although Lewis, a senior, is not considered a breakaway threat, he clearly has certain attributes that make him an exceptional runner.

Now, with Daniel Nava out, Rafael Ortega is hitting second the rest of the time, and he is an exceptional runner.

We saw a lot of it this year because the N.F.L. happens to have a few quarterbacks who are exceptional runners.

With respects to the Kenyan question, the next step is to ask whether the prevalence of this characteristic is greater in the Kalenjin population, because that may start to uncover why they are able to produce so many world class athletes, not neglecting the fact that the culture and training environment that has been created in Kenyan "unearths" so many of these exceptional runners.

He made his mark as a home-run hitter and an exceptional base runner.

He is essentially a neutral defensive player, but an exceptional base runner (30 steals in 37 attempts through Friday) who entered the weekend as the N.L. leader in home runs, R.B.I., total bases and O.P.S.

In a fascinating book on the limits of human performance, Alex Hutchinson quotes the coach of marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe on what made her such an exceptional long-distance runner: "Her capacity to hurt herself was unprecedented". Great performers, Hutchinson shows, are able to cross pain thresholds most of us wouldn't go near, and keep going.

"I was one of those far from exceptional high school runners who arrived at Haverford and was swept along by the program and Tom's teachings," said J. B. Haglund, who as a senior in 2001-2 won the Division III championship in cross-country, 5,000 and 10,000 meters.