1.   He has won two nationals, but his career has stalled, probably somewhere in his cranium.

2.   He, of course, is the first to do it by winning the national all-around.

3.   Kwan won the nationals last year in San Jose, where Galindo knocked off Eldredge.

4.   Nikki, a brown belt, has won junior nationals in her age category five consecutive years.

5.   She and Pierce went on to win the nationals.

6.   She did win the nationals last month without a coach.

7.   The Popes won the national indoors in Cincinnati three weeks ago and the national clay courts in Sarasota, Fla., last November.

8.   Winning nationals, Galindo has found, brings not just opportunities but expectations.

9.   A year ago, she won the nationals in Philadelphia with eight perfect scores, even though a stress fracture of a toe on her left foot bothered her.

10.   But he won nationals with his jumps.