Sentences with phrase «first race finish»

When Timberwolf senior Kate Pinder came running across the line for her first race finish, it thrilled teammates, peers and spectators alike.

Rachel Andvig and Rachael Franklin set the tone for Oxford in the first race finishing 1st and 2nd in the 200m IM.

Not exact matches

After the first five races, there was a clear split: Team A placed first after every single race, and Team F had finished dead last.

Audi's Super Bowl ad features a young girl blazing to a first - place finish in a go - cart race while her father, standing on the sidelines, wonders how he can explain to his daughter why it is that men are paid more than women.

Tipping his hat to Morgan Stanley analyst Keith Weiss, who came up with the concept of the race to $ 1 trillion in a recent research note on Microsoft, Cramer decided to look at all four contenders and speculate on which one might cross the «finish line» first.

After routing Clinton in New Hampshire and finishing a strong second in Iowa, states with nearly all - white populations, Nevada's Democratic caucuses gave Sanders his first chance to prove he can win over black and Hispanic voters and compete nationally as the race moves to states with more diverse populations.

After our education plan finished first in the «Race to the Top» federal funding competition for its capacity to improve student performance, we continue to move forward.

Nicola Muscat, a swimmer from Malta, sheepishly admitted eating a McChicken sandwich three days before her first race (she finished seventh in her 50 - m heat).

The battle among payment network providers has come down to a two - company race, and Mastercard (NYSE: MA) wants to cross the finish line first.

At the time of the first blast, he was waiting near the finish line to watch his father complete the race.

He was God's man who triumphantly finished his race having fought the good fight, and having kept his faith firmly focused on the kingdom of God first.

The winner of a heat will be determined by the first barrel race car to cross the finish line by its FRONT WHEELS.

Having failed to qualify for the previous race René Arnoux managed to finish fifth by virtue of simply staying on the track to score his first points for two years, and the last of his career.

The most amazing thing about this year's amazing American League race is the fact that the Chicago White Sox, who haven't finished first since 1919, are going to win the pennant.

Andrea Cesaris crossed the line in fourth with teammate Bertrand Gachot just behind him in fifth, giving the tiny Jordan team not only it's first points, but a double points finish just five races into its debut season.

It seems to me that Sanchez is disrupting the whole dressing room, leaving our club to fall out of the title race, and are now on course to miss out on a top four finish for the first time since 1995.

Park, a 44 - year - old consultant, had 14 first - place and seven second - place finishes in the 43 - race season of the Susquehanna Yacht Club.

This was the first race without a minimum pit stop time and thankfully things went pretty smoothly - well, unless your name is Lucas di Grassi, who suffered a car issue shortly after pitting and finishes the first third of the season with no points to his name - not great for the defending champion...

It wasn't enough to win the title, but he set up his championship - winning season in 2016 by taking victory at the first four races, giving him a seven - race run of P1 finishes.

«It's more or less the same goal as Indianapolis - first of all, try to learn different driving techniques, try to learn from the specialists of endurance races, try to be a better driver when the 24 hours finishes.

Patrick was the first woman to lead the Indy 500 and in 2009, finished third to become the most successful female driver in the race, so it'll be a fitting race to end her career at.

Though he won only one race, Kenseth cruised to his first Cup title on the strength of 25 top 10 finishes.

Berger had three podium finishes from the first four races and heading into the Monaco weekend was determined to add another one.

But Spurs and their long suffering fans will probably be happy about the recent comments from Campbell on the current title race, reported by Metro, because he reckons it could be heading towards the first time since Arsene Wenger took charge that the spuds finish above Arsenal in the Premier League table.

Truex and Busch finished first and second in that race, while the other two finalists, Keselowski and Kevin Harvick, lacked the same raw speed in their Fords.

Reigning Cup champ Jimmie Johnson didn't win the first race of the Chase, but his solid finish sent a powerful message nonetheless

The Form shows Lebón is fromUruguay, that he has not won in 10 months, that he finished 11th of 12 starterstwo weeks before at Belmont in his first race in the U.S..

Points leader Dale Earnhardt Jr. has finished in the top 10 in each of the first five races this season, though he hasn't yet managed to win.

If this year's title race unfolds similarly to how the previous two finales did, to claim a career - first championship Edwards will need to win Homestead outright — not just be the highest finisher among the four title eligibles.

For the first for Danny Welbeck, Elneny could be seen watching with great intent as his team - mate raced onto his perfectly - weighted through - ball before finishing with aplomb and netting that crucial away goal.

Kevin Harvick's streak of finishing first or second in eight consecutive races ended when he placed ninth Sunday.

Running against Danica for the first time since February, Townley managed a lead - lap finish at Michigan and had his second - best result in seven races this season.

So even though Townley began his NASCAR career in inferior equipment compared to JR Motorsports» Patrick, he still had a better average finish during his first six races than she does.

In the first race, the ladies» giant slalom, Joan Hannah of the U.S. finished third, behind Fr √ § uleins Jahn and Erika Netzer of Austria, Barbara Ferries and Jean Saubert, two other American girls, coming in fifth and sixth.

Still, it could be argued that actually Rodgers really benefitted from a specific set of circumstances that year — Luis Suarez being at the very top of his game (something that would have happened under any manager), Daniel Sturridge staying relatively injury free (clearly a bit of a one - off, based on his record since), and above all a lack of real competition elsewhere: Chelsea were in transition and poor in their first season with Jose Mourinho back at the helm, Arsenal imploded as they usually do after a fine start, and Manchester United were nowhere to be seen in terms of the title race with David Moyes» disastrous reign seeing them finish 7th and struggling to cope with the retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson.

Whether it's near misses, cruel defeats or bad luck, there have been some brilliant F1 drivers who have never finished first in a race.

IF CLINT BOWYER wins his first Nextel Cup race this season, which many in the Cup garage believe will happen, then he may feel better about his seventh - place finish in last Saturday night's Pepsi 400 at Daytona than he did at the time.

Louis van Gaal lost both Anthony Martial and Matteo Darmian before kick off and in the first half respectively, as they bid to apply pressure on their rivals above them in the race for a top - four finish.

At Le Mans Porsche came within a few seconds of winning its first Le Mans 24 Hours - A 908 was leading on the last lap but suffering from brake problems, which allowed the Ford GT40 of Jacky Ickx to pass it and win in one of the closest finishes in the history of the race.

Add to that the 25 - mph head winds expected for the first half of the race and the rolling terrain of Central Park in the last three miles and El Mouaziz, a poor finisher known to crumble on hills, barely seemed to stand a chance.

The 28 - year - old ketch TICONDEROGA, skippered by Robert F. Johnson of Portland, Ore., sliced more than 12 hours from the course record logged by Bolero in 1963 and crossed the finish line of the 844 - mile Miami - Montego Bay race first, after 4 days 23 hours 8 minutes 57 seconds.

He was D4D's Driver of the Year in 2007; in 2009 he he was named Rookie of the Year and became the first D4D driver to win a touring series race in the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West; and in 2010 he added a third victory and finished third in the West championship.

It was already a serious feel - good story, but that first race has come and gone and having qualified fifth, he went on to finish a remarkable third - less than a year after his accident.

He did pretty well too, finishing the race in 10th for his first points since the Spanish GP way back in May.

Ally Zirkle, who led for much of the first half of the race, was expected to finish second, followed closely by Ramey Smyth, who came all the way back from 30th place to finish third.

In addition to points awarded based on the finish each week — 40 points for the winner, 35 for second place, 34 for third, down to one point for those 36th to 40th — this year brought a new system, with points for the first two stages of each race.

Baseball 1960 will be remembered as the year Ted Williams retired with a Frank Merriwell flourish and Stan Musial didn't; the year the Pittsburgh Pirates won a pennant and made the oldtimers happy by hitting behind the runner; the year the New York Yankees took a.001 lead into the second week of September then vigorously won the race with 15 straight and a record number of home runs (193); and the year nice guys Warren Spahn, Pete Runnels and Dick Groat finished first.

Rival Stevens was no pushover: he finished second in his first race despite a wild rollover flip that detained him for a bit, but managed only third place for the rest of the day's activities.

We finished second in the race which was unfortunate, not first.»

Having spent most of May driving a fast, competitive car and being in the running to win a race for the first time in years, Fernando Alonso says he is excited to go back to Formula 1 to drive a slow, unreliable one where even the idea of a 12th - place finish would seem a bit optimistic.