Related Clues:
- Climbs swiftly
- Political contests
- Treadmill settings
- Regattas, for instance
- Competitive trials of speed
- Reaches great heights
- Flies heavenward
- Does 85
- Some fundraisers
- Touches the clouds
- 500 events
- They could be this puzzle's theme
- Heads for the stratosphere
- Competitions; ethnic groups
- Runners can have a day at them