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At Arlington High, Jones competed in soccer, field hockey, and track, but chose to focus on track as a collegian. — Alex Bensley, BostonGlobe.com, "Keeping track of a record-setting career for Arlington’s Abby Jones at Assumption," 27 June 2019 The last seven of those selections were collegians, including four seniors with little to no leverage. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Analysis: The draft is over. Now it’s time to see how the Padres can make their money work for them.," 7 June 2019 The midfield features Desiree Scott and Sophie Schmidt, both older than 30 with more than 140 caps each, alongside two collegians in Texas’ Julia Grosso and UCLA’s Jessie Fleming. — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, "World Cup Group E preview: Lieke Martens spearheads Dutch ambitions," 3 June 2019 Ohio State senior Zack Bazile capitalized with a season's best by 13 inches to win in a wind-legal 27-5 1/2, a school record that is the nation's longest jump by a collegian this season and the 10th-longest in the world. — Andrew Greif, OregonLive.com, "As Oregon's Damarcus Simpson struggles, Buckeye takes NCAA title with huge leap," 7 June 2018 Others are of the junior variety—collegians with long, flowing hair and cutoff shorts the size of underpants. — Kimberly Cutter, Marie Claire, "New York City Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen Is Making Her Hometown the Best Place on Earth for Women," 24 Oct. 2018 Rosen took too many hits as a collegian, which caused him to miss nine games over his last two years, and needs to learn to move better in general within the pocket. — Albert Breer, SI.com, "Josh Rosen: Where Most NFL Teams See an Enigma, the Arizona Cardinals See Their Future," 3 May 2018 Shelby Houlihan, Colleen Quigley and Kate Grace of the Bowerman Track Club opened the outdoor season in impressive fashion Friday night at the Bryan Clay Invitational by dusting the collegians in the top section of the women's 1,500 meters. — Ken Goe, OregonLive.com, "The Bowerman Track Club is off to a fast start outdoors: Oregon track & field rundown," 21 Apr. 2018 Last year, excluding foreigners and lottery picks (who sometimes skip the combine), only two U.S. collegians not invited to combine were taken in the 60-pick draft. — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Stay or go? SDSU's Jalen McDaniels continues to test NBA waters," 9 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'collegian.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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