NOT many would associate the sleepy town of Oxford with world-class speed.

At Miami, however, the backs and receivers have world-class speed, unlike anything Williams had to contend with in Brooklyn.

Nellum was told by doctors that he would probably never again reach world-class speeds as a runner.

Then his world-class speed became erratic, partly because of undisciplined training.

And I can run the 40 in 4.5; that's close to world-class speed.

He can continue straight ahead and engage his world-class speed.

I can go out and run a 100, but not at a world-class speed.

God-given world-class speed, her seventh-grade gym teacher had told her.

Barber ran about 90 yards in 17 seconds, not world-class speed.

But that was world-class speed you saw today.