Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Laurence Eugene \"Lon\" Myers (February 16, 1858 – February 16, 1899) was an American sprinter and middle distance runner.Myers won 28 national championships. He also set world records at 11 different distances, and held every American record for races 50 yards to one mile. Myers set the world quarter-mile record while running the final 120 yards without his right shoe. He finished another race that he won running sideways, in conversation with a runner who had boasted that he would defeat Myers."@en }
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- Lon_Myers abstract "Laurence Eugene \"Lon\" Myers (February 16, 1858 – February 16, 1899) was an American sprinter and middle distance runner.Myers won 28 national championships. He also set world records at 11 different distances, and held every American record for races 50 yards to one mile. Myers set the world quarter-mile record while running the final 120 yards without his right shoe. He finished another race that he won running sideways, in conversation with a runner who had boasted that he would defeat Myers.".