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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 26 the stars and stripes monday. March 23.1937 Iowa state claims Mcaa mat title College Park my. A Iowa slate s Dill Kelly pinned defending 126-Pound Champion Brad i Crith or town in the third period saturday clinching the Mcaa wrestling title for the cyclones and denying inn a a record Selling lib straight Crown. Wilh the score lied 1-2 in the final 45 seconds Kelly Coughl Penrith in a Cradle Hen applied pressure for about id seconds before the referee slapped the Mal bringing Iowa s title Streak to an end. Iowa Wai trying to become the first school to win 10 consecutive Mcaa Litjes in any sport. The Only others to win nine in a Row were Yale in Golf 190s-13 and Texas nabs women s swim title Indianapolis a Junior Detsy Mitchell the world record Holder in the 200-meter backstroke defended her College championship and claimed the . Open and Mcaa records in the event saturday As Texas won its fourth straight Mcaa division i women s swimming and diving championship. Mitchell voted the Mcaa swimmer or the year for her performances at inc Indiana University natatorium had p time of 1 minute 35.16 seconds in Cap luring her fifth Mcaa individual title and her third Here. Freshman Andrea Hayes of Texas was second in 147.84, just under the Mcaa Mark set by her teammate last year. The lady longhorns accumulated 648 a Points edging Stanford which finished second with 631 i Florida runner up the past two years finished third with 315. Followed by California with. 294 and Clemson at 243. Mitchell inc . Swimmer of inc year in 1986. Finished first in the 200 individual Medley and 100 backstroke earlier in the meet. The 22-year-old found herself trailing Stanford s Michelle Donahue after 50 Yards in saturday s event but took inc cad for Good with some 120 Yards logo. Mitchell who has a Street named after her in her Hometown of Marietta Ohio was nearly two seconds faster than inc former . Open Mark of 1 57.02, set by Tracy Caulkins on april 8,1981, Mitchell who Transl Rcd from North Carolina so she could meet a Liffor com petition finished with five firsts in the championship. She helped Texas set two Mcaa relay records earlier in inc meet. Olympic Gold medallist Mary t. Mag her of California who skipped col lege Competition to prepare for the 1984 olympics claimed her fourth Mcaa Lilly in inc 200-Yard Butterfly in 1 55.54. Kara Mcgrath of Texas was second in 1 57.36. Meagher 22, who set the world Butterfly records for 100 and 200 meters in 1979 when she was in High school at Louisville ended her College career Wilh six Mcaa individual championships. Sophomore Tami Bruce successfully defended her championship in the 1,650 freestyle taking the Lead from runner up Patty Sabo Oft tas about 7so Yards into the race and building it Wilh each Lap to finish in 16 02.15 More than eight seconds ahead of  or Sophomore Jenna Johnson was another successful defending Cham Pion taking the i x freestyle in 48.82, Wilh Cardinal Iru mate a Mcc bar ins second in 49.55. It was the fifth Mcaa individual championship for the 1984 olympian who won two golds on relay teams and i captured a Silver medal in the 1 Oil meter Bult Erflg. Senior Susie Kapp of Stanford the 1984 no a Champion m the 200 Hrcan stroke won the event for the second Lime and set an Mcaa record of 2 11.93, with 100 breaststroke Champion Tracey me Orlane Oft Cias finishing second. Southern Cal in track 193 5-4 3. I was getting tired of seeing thai x All aver  a smiling Iowa slate coach Jim Gibbons said. Gibbons was referring to the roman numeral that Iowa coach Dan Gable had sewn on bit team s singled this season to represent their i oth title bid. Iowa stale had five finalists in the 10 title matches and needed to win Only one of them to claim its first championship since 1978. Iowa s Royce Algor delayed inc cyclones Victory Celebration when he decision cd no. 2 seed Kevin Jack son of Iowa state 10-4 at 167 pounds. It really hurls we re not going to win the  Algor said. It finally hit me this morning we weren t going to win. I fed bad we could t do it for  Ricky Bonomo of Bloomsburg became a three time Champion by do visioning Penn slate s Jim Martin 8-4 it in pounds. Lehigh s Pete Vozzo he top seed at 142. Pinned Pat Santoro of Pittsburgh in 3 52. Cartton Haselrig of Pitt Johnstown managed a take Down with three seconds remaining to Edge Dean Hall of Edinboro 4-2 in the heavyweight class. John Smith 43-1, of Oklahoma state pounded Gil Sanchez of Nebraska 17-4 at 134 pounds. Sanchez was the Only wrestler to beat Smith this season. App now porsche 962 s driven by Jochen mass left and Al Molbert Lead Field into inc stun at the Sabring 12-Hnur endurance race. Porsche sweep first four spots Rahal mass team wins at Sebring by Mike Harris Sebring Fla. A Bobby Rahal and Jochen mass overcame Early problems and took advantage of the troubles of Chip Robinson and Al Holbert late in the race to win he be bring 12-hour endurance race sat urday. The winners put their porsche 962 prototype in Victory Circle giving the German company its 12th consecutive Triumph in America s oldest sports car endurance event. But the Victory did not came easily for Rahal inc 1986 Indianapolis 500 Winner and mass a West German endurance Star who had to Chase the porch 962 of Robinson and Holburt until it filled with a broken Turbo Charger less than two hours from the end of the race. Porsche which has 16 victories in 35 races Here swept the we four places and six of the first seven. It was no runaway said Rahal referring to the fact that the Robinson Holbert entry led for More than eight hours on the treacherous 4.11-mile, 15-turn Sebring International raceway circuit. We had our misfortune Early and they had theirs Bic but we ran hard All Day and were never out of it added Rahul whose first driving stint in the race was marred when a slower car forced him onto the grass. Later the same thing happened to mass who struck a slower car at the same spot. The traffic was bad out there at the Start said Rahal. But both the car which had some body damage and the Drivers survived the Early incidents. Even though they were behind by almost to laps at times. Mass said you never count yourself Oul completely in a race like this. We were Al ways in Contention. We just hoped something like that Turbo problem for the leaders would happen. You always  during the jail few hours of the race the winning car had an apparent shun circuit in the alternator which caused a misfire in the engine and some loss of Power on the Straightaway. We did not expect it to get worse said mass in was just an alternator problem and that is usually not Loo bad. We just had to keep the revs   chimed in Rahal the car ran beautifully All Day  Robinson ran into the Turbo problem with Riboul 1 Vij hours left in the race it took Only nine minutes to replace the Turbo nut by then Rahal who drove the final two hours had come from to laps Down to take a three he Lead 10 ahead of Robinson. Rahal of Dublin Ohio now has four career Simsa victories. It was his first at Sebring. Me was second Here i n 1981, mass who makes his Home in Monaco earned his first Camel it Triumph in 21 starts. The winners who earned �50,000, completed 298 laps and covered 1,224.78 Miles averaging 101.859 Mph on the shortened and re designed circuit. The race was stowed by six full course caution flags and numerous incidents the most serious of which came in the pits during inc ninth hour. Two crewman for the Ford Mustang driven by Bob Akin or. And former olympic decathlon Star Bruce pc incr were injured when Akin son of de fending Champion Bob Akin sr., mis understood a hand signal from a Crew Man and took off while Mike Hughes of Livonia mich., still had the fuel Hose attached to the car. Hughes was dragged about 50 feet before the jammed fuel valve came off the car and he was thrown to the ground and knocked unconscious. Meanwhile the Hose snapped Back and hit crewman Bob hand Rich of Livo Nia who suffered undetermined Back in juries Hughes who quickly regained Cun Spinu Ness was flown by helicopter to Bay from medical Center in is. I eters Bun where he was in stable condition. Ilen Rich was taken to Highland regional medical Center in Sebring for examination then released. Robinson and Holbert look the Lead in the third hour on Lap 69, and held it for 141 laps until their Turbo problem. Rahul grabbed the Lead on Lap 254. Third place went to the i Orche driven by Brian Redman. Chris in wifi l and Elliott Forbes Robinson who were five laps Down  
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