HOBART, Australia (AP) - Libby Lenton set a world record for the women's 100-meter butterfly Monday at the Australian Short Course Championships.

A special thread RosaryMarket personal use for threading a strong and elegant rosary together. The length is 100 meters. On the average a rosary would take about two (2) meters of wire or thread.

ZURICH, Switzerland (AP) - Asafa Powell needed three days to get to this meet because of all the airline disruptions in Europe.

WACO - If the start of a 10-game football regular season was synonymous with the 100-meter dash in track, the opening game would be the act of coming out of the starting blocks. And both Temples Bryce Monsen and Wylies Bill Howard feel their teams need to explode out of the proverbial blocks when the schools meet at 7:30 p.m. today in the final game of the H-E-B Heart of Texas Kickoff Classic at Waco ISD Stadium.

Asafa Powell equaled his 100-meter world record last night in the Weltklasse Golden League meet, the third time he has run the distance in 9.77 seconds.

Former Olympic champion Allen Johnson beat 110-meter hurdles world record-holder Liu Xiang of China at the World Cup on Sunday. TRACK & FIELD

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