European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 19, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                February the stars and stripes Page 25 tournament grind has begun along the prep the has staged its basketball tournament already and the coaches selected their Al conference squads during the league and tournament Champion Lakenheath and Asl placed two men each on the six Man Dale the tourneys and Tony Marsh were chosen from Bruce Smiths Lakenheath club and Baylor Semple and Lars Anderson made it from the others selected were upper he Fords Gary Blankenship and Woodbri Dees Jay league and tournament Champion Asl and which finished second in both each had two girls selected tourney map Colleen Oshaughnessy and Lillian Naegeli making it for Asl and Paula Phillips and Cheryl Avent earning recognition for Lakenheath s Paula Rice rounds out the avents was an All Europe performer for Frankfurt during the 197879 the basketball Campaign started much earlier than the rest of the seasons and the tournament was scheduled prep pickins was glad of that arrange ment because it offered the first Opportunity in 12 years to cover a championship normally it conflicted with other tournaments and we usually went in other directions because More schools and competitors were officials at London ran an excellent the timing was almost perfect with no delays and the Quality of play was quite London athletic director Blan Palmer came up with appropriate certificates of recognition when it became apparent the official Dodds awards we rent going to be available in time for Spain meets on tap the Italy and Spain championships take place this weekend at Vicenza and on their Vianos boys and Naples both 120 this loom As the teams to beat in Down in Torr Jon White appears to be the team to beat in the girls its anybody game in in the boys Zarago Torr Jon White and Rota All tied for the regular season it would be really great if the boys and girls coaches involved in the Italy and Spain tournaments could get together and select their Al conference All the coaches should also be getting their Al Europe nominations prepared and they should be sent on to As soon As on other the Battles for league championships continue to Wax a key girls confrontation is scheduled for this weekend when Wei Bruecken invades Munich for a Silver division South the visitors bring a 23 game winning the longest current into the Mustangs Munich counters with eight straight the last loss coming at the hands of the trojans in the championship game of the Germany class b tournament last another girls Jim Elliotts Wiesbaden has constructed a modest win the warriors have chalked up 11 straight victories in the Tough Blue division compete Baum older also is undefeated after to games this year in girls Competition and owns an 11game win the last team to beat Dave Wittes team was we Bruecken in the semifinals of the 1980 Germany class b they have no conference engagements next whose winning string is 14 and Berlin Are the Only boys teams who can finish with perfect records this the bears have chalked up 10 straight Victo Ries this year and appear to be the class of the Silver division North although which lost a no conference opener to has been improving steadily and owns a seven game winning the bears entertain the Blackhawk next mat titles to be determined a couple of wrestling tournaments Are also on this weeks Simonella will play Host to the Italy championships and in Ciurlik will stage the Turkey the continuous Parade of naming championships continues with some sort of tournament each week Between now and the ides of the Turkey basketball finals and Bennor mat finals Are next week at Ankara and on the March 57 shape hosts the Bennor basketball tournament while the Germany and mat finals unfold at Baum older and and the Winter sports action comes to a screeching halt the weekend of March 1214 with the staging of the Germany class a and class b basketball the class a is carded for Mannheim with Munich holding the class b there have been a few complaints about some of the Germany wrestling coaches mane vering their grapplers around so that they wont have to meet out standing performers from other schools in the same weight classifications before the regional a or of protects a wrestlers record and could result in a possibly higher seed for the Germany regional and but is it really in the True spirit of the program prep pickins believes it appears that the wrestling program May have gone Down Hill from the Peak Success it enjoyed a couple of years for some there Doest appear to be the interest among the some schools that have had an abundance of athletes in All weight classes Over the years have been forfeiting individual matches this Wuerzburg Mentor John Sellers has noticed a he said saturday when he called in his results that things certainly have changed in the last few we still have the kids running around the Halls at but we cannot get them out for wrestling like we could in the they seem to have other things on their minds in other like upper for the interest is coach Tom Sanders has Complete varsity and Junior varsity clubs and the turnout has been reflected by the fact that the hadies have enjoyed considerable Success of they have won two straight championships and Are favored to win again this a test of their championship potential comes this weekend when London holds an invitational meet for All five the hadies also Are undefeated in 23 straight dual meets Over the last three there was an error in the reporting on last weeks wrestling quadrangular at Heidel in the photo we Wiesbaden was listed As an undefeated team but Heidel Berg coach Paul Lasker informs that his Lions Defeated the warriors army Walker puts ship into efforts for olympic sport by Bob Dillier staff writer Germany Joe Berendt literally lives the 1960 hit song walk dont Berendt is a race Walker a practitioner of that Little known olympic sport that puts enough exaggerated hip move ment into a stride to turn a Hollywood Starlet Green with although Hes not faster than a speeding Berendt can outpace most physical training formations with both feet solidly planted on the and he leaves local joggers behind in his Hes Good enough at the Craft to be rated 10th in the United states Over the 20kilometer Berendts Best time is less than eight minutes behind the fastest american a two time Walker on the All army track got an auspicious introduction to the at the i had one year of College mostly As a distance said the Lake Superior state College my times were All right for High but i want really that competitive for so i looked around for a different after trying the pole High jump and Berendt discovered the school record for the two mile race walk was 24 i i could do that Back in his first attempt during his Sophomore he lowered the record to and finished fourth or fifth in the in his senior Berendt finished fourth in the two mile Al the National association of intercollegiate athletics naia indoor finals in Kansas the other runners said they Mustoe mis counted my said because before that nobody had Ever heard of Berendts efforts improved he finished fifth in the naia out door 10kilometer finals at one Sec Ond behind fourth Berendt was relatively inexperienced in the there Are Only four or five major olympic distance races yearly throughout the United so much of a walkers time is spent in solitary train after entering the army in september Berendt continued his track career at fort and competed on the 1979 Allamy track and Field team at the Presidio of san there he met his future Sally my now the Community skill qualification testing officer for a distance she started then returned to running this this year she Hopes for a berth on the Allamy team in the or meter she already meets Allamy standards for the 800 and has run a now with the army medical Materiel Berendt also Hopes to return for the Allamy which runs from april 22 to May and wants to compete in the National 20kilo meter set for May 3 in that race could qualify him for the 20 Kilometre race at the National sports set for late july in the sports fest is part of a newly re vamped olympic designed to Vaai quarterback dismissed up Mike Virginia military starting Quad has been dismissed because he was absent without school officials Joe he Rundt on solitary walk help the United Stales Field its Best ath letes for the quadrennial to help him Berendt follows a rigid training right now in in the buildup phase of he i lift weights about three times a week and walk for an hour Early in the and another two hours after Berendt figures Hes hitting about per mile on Good Days during this phase of during Berendt walks a mile be tween to in Berendt begins his Active Rac ing phase with a 20kilometer race at bad training during the Active phase differs from his buildup in the Active i try to get in four to eight Miles in the morning and another five to 10 Miles in the said although race walking is a solitary Berendt says theres plenty to do during a youve got to concentrate on your and How you youve got to be sure your arms Are rotating correctly and your legs Are hitting he says the exaggerated hip motion plays a key role in Good hip motion rotating the hips Forward lets you get an extra centimetre or two out of a that saves Over a 20 Kilometre that can mean taking 200 less Berendt said there were Only two Basic rules a race Walker must there must be unbroken Contact with the he that eliminates because both feet Are in the air during a the other Rule requires the Lead leg to be perfectly or locked sometime before passing under the As a race walking int growing by leaps and Bounds like according to but it is safer for Par foot problems Are said because the legs dont Pound into the ground with the same Force that a runner and for training is a splendid Way to see the German