As far as volunteers go, he's kind of in a class by himself.

Smartness runs in my family. When I went to school I was so smart my teacher was in my class for five years.

Last year Duke had a monster recruiting class. This year North Carolina has a monster recruiting class. These two teams, with the way their personnel is rigged, should basically alternate Final Four appearances.

I think that the administration felt our numbers were going to be down and that Class A would be the best place for us. Although I was not happy with the decision, we are a very small school.

Owen is a class striker, with international pedigree who has scored goals consistently since turning professional. Punters seem to have grasped this fact and Newcastle may just have made a very good late buy as long as they can provide him with the service.

Despite the fact that we graduated the top athlete in Class M-S in Andrew Gould, the boys team should be very competitive again this year. In fact, we have the potential to improve upon last year?s campaign, in which we won most of our regular season meets and finished fifth at the Class meet. The 2006 squad should be well represented in almost every event.