European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 23, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 the stars and stripes monday March �3,1987 Lowd state claims Mcaa mat title College Park met. A Iowa stale s Bill Kelly pinned defending impound Champion Brad i Crith of Iowa in the third period saturday clinching inc Mcaa wrestling Lilly for the cyclones and denying Iowa a record setting 10th straight Crown. With inc score lied 2-2 in inc final 45 seconds Kelly caught 1 in Rich in a can dec then applied pressure for about 10 seconds before the referee slapped the mat bringing Iowa s Lilly Streak loan end. Iowa was trying to become the first school to win 10 consecutive Mcaa titles in any sport. The Only others to win nine in a Row were Yale in Golf 1905-13 and Texas nabs women s swim title Indianapolis a Junior Betsy Mitchell the world record Holder in the 200-Mctcr backstroke defended her College championship and claimed inc . 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 inc Mcaa swimmer of the year for her performances at inc Indiana University natatorium had a Lime of i minute 55.16 seconds in Cap luring her fifth Mcaa individual title and her third Here. Freshman Andrea Hayes of Texas was second in 1 47.84, just under inc 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 the 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 the Lead for Good with some 120 Yards to go. Mitchell who has a Street named alter her in her Hometown of Marietta Ohio was nearly two seconds faster than the former . Open Mark of 1 57.02, set april 8, 1981. Mitchell who Transf Rcd from North Carolina so she could meet Slider competitor finished with five firsts in the championship. She helped Texas set two Mcaa relay records earlier in the Mecl. Olympic Gold medallist Mary t. Meagher of California who skipped col lege Competition to prepare for the 1984 olympics claimed her fourth Mcaa title in the 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 i Louisville ended her College career we six Mcaa individual championships. J Sophomore Tami Bruce Success Jay defended her championship in thcjk50 freestyle taking the Lead from Ruby or up Patty Sabo of Texas about 750 inf into the race and building it with Eav Lap to finish in 16 02.15 More up eight seconds ahead of Sabo. F Stanford Sophomore Venjir Johnson was another successful deforming Cham Pion taking the Iod freckle in 48.82, with Cardinal teammates Dice Berzins second in 49.55. It was a fifth Mcaa individual championship for the 1984 olympian who wow two golds on relay cams and also captured a Silver medal in inc 100-Mclcr Butterfly. Senior Susie Rapp of Stanford the 1984 Mcaa Champion m the 200 won the event for the second Lime and set an Mcaa record of 2 11.93, with 100 breaststroke Champion t ratty Mcfarland of Texas finishing second. Southern Cal in track 1935-43. "1 was gelling tired of seeing that x All Over Iowa a smiling Iowa slate coach Jim Gibbons said. Gibbons was referring to the roman numeral dial Iowa coach Dan cubic had sewn on his team s singlets this season to represent their 10th title bid Iowa slate 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 Alger delayed the cyclones Victory Celebration when he decision cd no. 2 seed Kevin Jack son of Iowa stale 10-4 at 167 pounds. It really hurls we re not going to win the Algor said. It finally hit me his morning we going to win. T feel bad we could t do it for a Ricky Bonomo of blooms uni became Job acc time Champion by Ducci signing Penn state s ii Marlin 8-4 at till pounds Lehigh s Pulc yo7zojffc lop seed Al 142, pinned pal Santoro of 3 51 Carlton Haselrig of Pitt Johnstown Manoff a take Down with three seconds remaining to cd Jef a mall of Edinboro 4-2 in inc heavyweight Das John Smith 43-1, of old Bra stale pounded Gil Sanchez of Nebraska 17-4jrl 34 pounds. Sanchez was the Only wrestler to cat Johh this season. I porsche 962 s driven by to a photo mass left and Al 1 lob cart Lead Field into the Start of the so Brlej 12-hour endurance race. Porsche Swipp first four spots Rapf mass team wins at Sebring by fee Harris Serl Nofra a Bobby Rahal anon Ochin mass overcame Early pro arms and took advantage of the Trou ifs of Chip Robinson and Al Holbic Rie in the race to win inc be Bri mgr hour endurance race sat Unte winners put heir porsche 962 Olpe in Victory Circle giving inc Man company is 12lh consecutive Humph in America s oldest sports car in ranch cd Cal. But the Victory did not come easily for Rahal. The 1986 Indianapolis 500 Winner and mass a West German endurance Star who had to Chase the Porche 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 top four places and six of the pint seven. La was no runaway said Rahal. Referring to the fact thai the Robinson Holburt entry led for More than eight hours on the treacherous 4.11-Milc, is Lurn scoring International raceway circuit. We had our misfortune Early and they had theirs late but we ran hard All Day and were never out of it added Rahal whose first driving stint in the race was marred when a slower car forced him onto inc grass. Later the same thing happened to mass who struck a slower car at the same spot. The traffic was bad out there at inc 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 two laps at times. Mass said you never count yourself out completely in a race like this. We were Al ways in Contention. We just hoped something like that Turbo problem for inc Leaden would happen. You always during inc last few hours of the race the winning car had an apparent Short 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 muss. It was just in alternator problem and that is usually not too bad. We just had to keep the revs really chimed in Rahal the car ran beautifully All Day Robinson ran into the Turbo problem with about 1 i hours left i n the race. It look Only nine minutes to replace the Turbo but by then Rahal who drove inc final two hours had come from two laps Down to Lake n three Lap Lead 10 ahead of Robinson. Rahul of Dublin Ohio now has four career 1msa victories la was his lint at Mcbring. He was second Here in 1981. Mass who makes his Home in Monaco earned his first Camel it Triumph in 21 stans. The winners who earned 150,000, completed 298 laps and covered 1,224.78 Miles averaging 101.859 Mph on the shortened and re designed circuit. The race was slowed by sin full course caution rags and numerous incidents the most serious of which came in the pits during the ninth hour. Two crewman for the Ford Mustang driven by Bob Akin or. And former olympic decathlon Star Bruce Jenner were injured when Akin son of de fending Champion Bob Akin or. Mis understood a hand signal front a Crew Man and took off while Mike Hughes of Livonia mich., Giitl 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 Kendrich of Livo Nia when suffered undetermined Back in juries. Hughes who quickly regained cons Dou Ness. Was Down Liy helicopter to Raj front medical Center id St. Peters Burg where he was in stable condition. In Nark h was taken to Highland regional medical Center in Sebring for Nami nation then released. Robinson and Holb Crl took the Lead in the third hour on Lap w. And held it Lor 191 laps until their Turbo problem Kalial grabbed ilk it Ajun Lap 259. Third place went to tote per vhf driven by Brian Redman Chris inc incl and Elm i who were live laps Dawn
