111.   After overcoming a poor start that included unexpected defeats on home ice, the Rangers are hitting their stride.

112.   After its opening game loss to Cobreloa and a slow start in the local Rio-Sao Paulo tournament, Sao Caetano has hit its stride.

113.   At the end, he hit his stride.

114.   Biakabutuka, beginning to hit his stride after missing training camp as a holdout, sprained his left knee in the first quarter.

115.   But once Lara hit his stride, the outcome was seldom in doubt.

116.   But so are the Packers, whose defense has hit its stride to match the balanced offense led by three-time Most Valuable Player Brett Favre and Levens.

117.   Cable said it was a case of Pak hitting her stride after the grueling five days at the Open.

118.   By midweek, even first-time Fashion Week runners had hit their stride.

119.   He pointed out that Tennessee started slowly last season before hitting its stride in October and November.

120.   He was the first to raise his head, get his arms pumping and hit top stride.