31.   A lot of players like the idea of teams from Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Canada and the Dominican Republic competing at full strength.

32.   A native of Troy, Ala., he had competed at Southern University of Baton Rouge, La.

33.   A lot of guys just want to compete at their level.

34.   A robot named MiniBob was among those competed recently at Trinity College in Hartford to see which one could find a candle flame fastest and extinguish it.

35.   Advisers reminded her how rare an achievement this would be, to compete at the highest level in such different worlds.

36.   After competing at the Janet Evans Invitational, Krayzelburg has a good idea of how to set a world mark after Heyns made quick work of two of them.

37.   Adolescent swimmers face an upstream battle against fully developed athletes who have been training and competing at a world-class level around the calendar for years.

38.   Airline employees throughout the European Union worry increasingly about their jobs and pay levels as airlines battle to compete at a time of falling regulatory barriers.

39.   After the NCAA meet, many of the runners will vie for a spot on the U.S. team that will compete at the World Cross Country Championships.

40.   Alexandra will compete at the Pan American Games, beginning today.