Statistics for American Distance Runners

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
Held every American record between 2000m and 5000m	Steve Prefontaine	93%
Silver Medalist in the Olympic 10000m, London 2012	Galen Rupp	85%
Three-time winner of the New York City Marathon, coach for the Nike Oregon Project	Alberto Salazar	80%
Last American to hold world record in the mile	Jim Ryun	63%
Kenyan-born athlete with twelve Olympic and World Championship Medals	Bernard Lagat	53%
Upset win in Olympic 10000m, Tokyo 1964	Billy Mills	45%
Won Olympic Marathon, Munich 1972	Frank Shorter	45%
Bronze Medalist in the Olympic 5000m, Tokyo 1964, Assistant Coach to Bill Bowerman	Bill Dellinger	23%
Four-time NCAA champion, best high school distance runner of his time	Gerry Lindgren	15%
Bronze Medalist in the Olympic 5000m, Mexico City 1968	George Young	10%
Winner of the 1980 Olympic Marathon trials, hopeful for boycotted Moscow Games	Tony Sandoval	10%