In the past five years the class has been full practically every semester, ... I think there was only one semester when we didn't have enough students.

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.

We have the numbers from the past. For many years, the Class A tournament was up in the 17,000 to 19,000 range, but in the last couple of years it's been down in the 12,000 to 13,000 range. When this year's tournament is over, we'll have those numbers to compare and we'll get a feel for it, but we'll certainly need two or three years before we'll have a more concrete comparison.

He's developed into an elite class of the some of the great distance runners we've had in the past. He could be a state finalist in either (1,600) or (3,200).

We know we have nothing to lose and everything to prove. We're past worrying about (Class) A and double-A.

In Florida, almost anyone can have access to the beach. Up until the past few years, a middle-class family could live within a bicycle ride to the beach.