Also, officials said, ways must be found to make American runners faster.

Once a strength, the middle distances have become no man's land for American runners.

He was the dominant American 800 meters runner from the mid-1970s through the mid 1980.

After being down for several years, American 100-meter runners are back on top.

Young American runners had to finance their own training and travel for competition, a demand nearly impossible to meet.

Until men, mosquitoes such as the American runners could continue to plague them.

"Do you think if a white American runner had won the last few years, they'd be cutting prize money?"

American runners, caught between their own economic needs and a real desire for maximum competition, are unsure what is best.

"He was one of the great American runners, but he never reached his peak."

The decoy rarely worked, but American runners have been more daring.