- Achieved first place - Came first - Came first in race - Conquered characters now return - Got Olympic gold - Sounds like one was the champ - Succeeded
- Drawn race - Late warm-up for tie - Photo finish - Poor date kept head, somehow, and found tie - Situation in which race competitors finish exactly level - Tie - Tie for first place
- In the first place - Innovatively - In the original time, or in an original manner;
primarily; from the beginning or origin; not by derivation, or
imitation. - At first; at the origin; at the time of formation or
costruction; as, a book originally written by another hand.