1.   Among the U.S. women, Strug was third behind Shannon Miller in sixth and Dominique Moceanu in eighth.

2.   In his second-round race Sunday night, Johnson came off the turn running third behind Jamie Bautch of Great Britain and Davis Kamoga of Uganda.

3.   New York is now third behind California and Massachusetts.

4.   Payton, who started the past two All-Star games, is third behind Kidd and Lakers guard Kobe Bryant.

5.   The Celtics entered the third behind and hoped the tired leg principle would come into play.

6.   The Gators are first in The New York Times computer ranking and third behind Florida State and Nebraska in the two polls used by the bowl system.

7.   The state was third behind New York and California in number of feature films hosted.

8.   Angelika Neuner of Austria was third behind Otto, who leads the overall standings.

9.   Britain finished second overall with one win and Romania third behind two victories.

10.   Burns, driving a Subaru, was third behind Marcus Gronholm of Peugeot and Peugeot teammate Harri Rovanpera.