31.   Nelson went on to win his first of seven consecutive division championships.

32.   Niederhoffer was a competitive legend at Harvard, where he won the first of ten national squash championships.

33.   Newnan won the first two years, East Coweta the third.

34.   Once you win the first, you understand what it takes and you have it.

35.   Ouimet won the first of three US Opens at the Brookline tract.

36.   Six seasons later, the Bulls won the first of their championships.

37.   Tara Nott won the first in weightlifting.

38.   That team, loaded with underclassmen and coached by Jackie Sherrill, returned the next year to win its first of three consecutive SWC championships.

39.   That year she also would win the first of five Elks Club-sponsored national free-throw shooting competitions.

40.   The Braves won the first and are still breathing.