By then, he was already one of the top middle-distance runners in North America.

After a successful career as a youth, he rose to become one of Asia's best middle-distance runners.

Baala is considered to be the best French middle-distance runner of all time.

After the war, Hill returned as a middle-distance runner.

He was a middle-distance runner at the University of Memphis.

Aouita, the world's top middle-distance runner at the moment, had no such difficulty in his race.

"He has a chance to be one of the best middle-distance runners Jamaica has ever seen."

At school Smith was a noted middle-distance runner, and recreational taxidermist.

He established himself as one of South America's best middle-distance runners on the track later that year.

As expected, the best young American athletes here were sprinters, middle-distance runners and jumpers.

In Spain, middle-distance runners spend the winter running cross-country or distance races.

Jacobs, 40, is the United States' top female middle-distance runner.

Middle-distance runners talk about pacing oneself as an art, in which case this was a masterpiece.

He was one of Britain's greatest middle-distance runners and had an amazing sprint finish.

Slaney, as a middle-distance runner, talks about approaching her peak even now.

In his final race of the season today, he could emerge as America's most promising young middle-distance runner of the past 20 years.

When a friend invited him to run the mile a year ago, he resisted, saying, "I'm no middle-distance runner."

It was disappointing to read, however, that he "is trying to become the first Jamaican to make a name mainly as a middle-distance runner."

Born in Ternopil, she started her career in athletics as a middle-distance runner.

This could aid 400 m runners in their stamina, or help a middle-distance runner to gain speed.

But as a middle-distance runner on the track team, he was untested, unranked and uninspired.

Before, Clause had been a middle-distance runner.

Erik Nedeau born August 30, 1971, is a former international class middle-distance runner.

Clinton said she discovered that she could relate best to middle-distance runners because they tend to be readers and thinkers.

"Lots of great runners in my day started playing soccer as young kids, and it is great training for a middle-distance runner.