1.   As it turned out, there would not be another major meet in Paris for the next eight seasons.

2.   But the sight of Hall in leather motorcycle pants behind the starting blocks at major meets is more than some of the tradition-bound officials can tolerate.

3.   DIVING Citing a scheduling conflict with its trials, China has pulled out of a major international meet that begins in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., next week.

4.   He was sixth in the U.S. National championships, second in the World University Games and finished in the top five in six major European meets.

5.   His winning percentage has risen to respectable double digits for the last three major meets.

6.   It is being dragged down by a string of embarrassments, including the cancellation of two major outdoor meets this spring because of lack of interest.

7.   She has won a bronze medal in the Masters Nationals in solos, and she will compete in another major meet in Oregon in October.

8.   Since her recovery, she has won a major meet on the three-meter.

9.   Southern California also lost two major meets in the past decade.

10.   Stewart was referring to shaving his body, which many swimmers do before major meets to go faster.