Sentence examples for the first runner from inspiring English sources

I say George Steinbrenner emerges before the first runner leaves Hopkinton tomorrow morning.

He was the first runner to break a four-minute mile 100 times.

Before the race, Asmerom said that Keflezighi told him that the first runner at the 5-kilometer mark received $500.

Stationed on First Avenue appeared to be two cameras capable of capturing the first runner as he emerged.

When Piazza threw out ALFONSO SORIANO on Sunday, it was the first runner he had nabbed since April 6.

The first runner had reached second at the time of the throw, but the batter had not reached first.

"The first runner-up is Colombia".

The first runner-up was "Take a shot down the field".

"The first runner-up is Colombia," he went on, "Miss Universe 2015 is Philippines".

Host Steve Harvey mistakenly named Gutierrez the winner instead of the first runner-up, the real winner was Miss Philippines.

"The first runner-up is Colombia," Harvey announced, in a moment that will surely live in pageant infamy.