sprinter

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Unlike a sprinter, a base-runner must be in shape to start in either direction, and this can be done best and quickest by standing upright with the feet almost together.

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  1. A contestant in a sprint-race; a short-distance runner. Encyc. Brit., XXI. 61.

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  • He caught himself on one hand and came up like a sprinter, while reaching back on his belt for his keys as he went. —  Christopher Moore - You Suck
  • If Tenzing was right about the shark being a low-stamina sprinter, then it might still be possible to hold to the current status quo and try to wear the predator out. —  Warhorse
  • Caroline Ravello, media and communication's consultant for Thompson's management team, confirmed the sprinter will be kept at the hospital for observation for the next 24 hours. —  newsday.co.tt
  • Juan Manuel de Hoz Bravo was a lawyer and a former sprinter, and was President of the Iberoamerican Athletics Association (AIA) from its foundation in 1982 to this year 2008 in which he resigned due to health reasons. —  IAAF.org - News
  • Junior Ashley Farley is the Indians 'top sprinter, and sophomore Christina Delturco was the sectional champion last year in the 3,200.
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