Word: sped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lopping 45 seconds off last week's time of 17:59, stricker--the 1980 National Junior 1500 meter champion--sped out in a fast 5:25 first mile, then ran side by side with teammate wiley to the finish line, outleaning her to win by a second...
What also raised many eyebrows was the second-place finish of sophomore Andy Gerken, who sped in only one second after Dixon. Even taking into account his strong training camp performance, few would have predicted that Gerken, who ran the same race in J.V. colors last year, would end up in the place position...
...woefully incompetent and was jailed in 1976 by the military junta for misusing public property. The military finally arranged her release to remove a rallying point for her still loyal followers, who remain the most potent civilian political force in the country. As the ex-President was sped under close guard from a courthouse to her suburban retreat 25 miles outside Buenos Aires, a small crowd of Perónist bystanders chanted her name. Three days later, she arrived in Madrid, and immediately went into seclusion. According to Argentine military authorities, she is free to return to Argentina...
...track team garnered 34 points over the weekend and placed fifth in the Heptagonal while the host Princeton Tigers sped to their first Heps victory since 1938. reaping 71 points on route to the lauels...
...removed had turned out to watch us poor, driven souls run by. To the right of our path in an empty field stood a small, unremarkable paint store with a ten-piece rock-and roll band perched on top. The music was such a boost that the entire pack sped up a full minute per mile, and I kept searching for hidden rock bands along the rest of the route...