"My school held a race and I WAS first place in the race." My son took part in a 60 meter running race. Students were assigned randomly to 8-person groups. My son won first place in his group. He said the topic sentence to his teacher. Does it sound natural? I have several options. I don't know which one sounds better. 1. I was first place in the race. 2. I was first in the race (without place). 3. I won first place in the race. I'm wondering if all of them are fine. How would you say this? Thank you. :)