history: I went to my nieces performance last night and she placed 5th place. I was so sad about this.   Last night my neice placed 5th at her dance performance. She was so upset and so was I Why was she upset? Depending on how many people entered_comma_ fifth could be really good.
current: There were 30 girls. We worked very hard and felt she would place top 3 but what an outcome it was to be 5th. 
next: That's still really good! She did better than 25 other people. 