1.   At the Olympic trials later this year, the top six will qualify for the Olympics.

2.   Austria, which came to Salt Lake without its top skier, the injured Hermann Maier, placed three among the top six.

3.   Both women are ranked in the top six in the world and are through to the third round of the U.S. Open.

4.   A Stanford spokesman, Terry Shepard, countered that the university was not complaining about its rank, which consistently has been in the top six.

5.   Alomar and Gonzalez are among the top six in hitting with runners in scoring position.

6.   But Fox and David Wesley are the only teammates in the top six.

7.   Eight shooters qualify for a shootout final in all events except trap, double trap and skeet, where the top six qualify.

8.   Elizabeth Punsalan and Jerod Swallow could crack the top six, which would be the best US finish in seven years.

9.   Els, from South Africa, is one of four foreign-born players among the top six.