Related Clues:

• Served as manager of
• Competed in a sprint
• Competed in a race
• Was head of
• Was fast, or wasn't fast
• Liberal faction, with "the"
• Entered a contest
• Did an Olympic sport
• Participated in track
• Unraveled
• Was on a slate
• Obviously wasn't brave
• Made the newspaper
• Made one's escape
• Fled the scene