"I thought the runner beat the ball to the base," Valentine said.

But, Magrane said later, "He said the runner beat the throw."

In order to be safe a runner must beat the ball to the bag.

Other runners were beating me, so in my last year in high school I moved up to 1,500 meters.

If the runner beats the throw to the plate, the hitter gets the credit.

The bet is that the runner at third can beat the first baseman's throw to the plate.

The first five runners all beat the old Olympic record time (set by Dupureur in the semifinals).

As is so often the way, the runner up tortoise beats the X Factor hare.

"The runners of today can beat Jesse Owens's record."

He made one throw attempting to get a runner at third, and the runner beat it, but Jordan showed a decent arm.