| 100% | OSU | 3 | Where Jesse Owens ran college track, in brief |
| 32% | RACES | 5 | Runs in a track meet |
| 31% | MCING | 5 | Running the show, in brief |
| 30% | FOURGOLDS | 9 | Jesse Owens' medal haul at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin: 2 wds. |
| 30% | NYSE | 4 | Where Ferrari is "RACE," in brief |
| 29% | OWENS | 5 | Track star Jesse who won four gold medals in 1936 |
| 29% | ARDEN | 5 | Where to find "books in the running brooks," per Shakespeare |
| 28% | OCS | 3 | Where Army brass is trained, in brief |
| 28% | ORS | 3 | Where some replacements take place, in brief |
| 28% | SETTO | 5 | Brief run-in |
| 28% | TRIFECTA | 8 | Track wager where the bettor picks the first three finishers in order |
| 28% | DORM | 4 | Where a college student who's not in a frat might live |
| 28% | ALUM | 4 | Many a college interviewer, in brief |
| 27% | WALTER | 6 | ___ Payton, former NFL running back whose nickname was "Sweetness" in college |
| 27% | SIGEP | 5 | Largest college fraternity in the U.S., in brief |
| 27% | RELAY | 5 | Race where team members run in shifts |
| 27% | SOCAL | 5 | Where Orange County is, in brief |
| 27% | DEN | 3 | Where the Folketing sits, in brief |
| 27% | ROTC | 4 | Where majors have majors, in brief? |
| 27% | NYSE | 4 | Where 3M is MMM, in brief |
| 27% | THETOP | 6 | “Place where nobody goes,” in a 1984 Cure album’s title track |
| 27% | CIA | 3 | Where a mole shouldn't be, in brief |
| 27% | OED | 3 | Where Boxing Day comes before Christmas, in brief? |
| 27% | YMCA | 4 | Where volleyball and racquetball were invented, in brief |
| 26% | SNL | 3 | Long-running sketch show, in brief |
| 26% | POLEVAULT | 9 | Track and field event where athletes go higher than in the high jump: 2 wds. |
| 26% | YEMEN | 5 | Arabian country where Chandler ran away to get rid of Janice in "Friends" |
| 26% | NYU | 3 | Where Ross teaches paleontology on "Friends," in brief |
| 26% | YEMEN | 5 | Asian country where Chandler ran to, in "Friends" |
| 26% | HAITI | 5 | Modern-day locale of the place where the Santa Maria ran aground in 1492 |