European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday july 11, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 25 Csc . S Muse Duncan sparkle writer Ipswich England Chicksands Maria Muse Duncan successfully completed her four title defens Ein the Safe track and Field championships by win Ning the women s open 100 and 200-meter races an leaping to a first in the High jump in sunday s final Day. Saturday Muse Duncan won her first Gold with record setting Long jump. But despite Muse Duncan s Success the unite kingdom sports conference took a Back seat to the Continental sports conference in the unofficial team title. The Csc amassed 295 Points the . Picked up 240.5 and the Mediterranean sports conference had67.5 unofficially that is. Sprinters Jeff Pickens and Prentiss Spivey of Rhein main and Long distance runner Norman Bouthiller of Berlin took men s open golds. Pickens started the Day by defending his 400 hurdles title with a 57.5 clocking. The time he admitted is slow but it was so by design. I took it Nice and easy he said he said. At the end i picked it up a Little because i wanted to put a Little psyche on the other 400 runners just to let the know i was Pickens also had the 400 run and the 1600 relay to take part in. Span Dahlem s Anthony Wilkins finished second at 58.3 and Lakenheath s Brett Garrett took third with58.6. Spivey and fellow Rhein mainer Lester la France finished 1-2 in the 100. Spivey crossed at 10.8 and Lafrance pulled a 10.9. I had to concentrate on getting out of the blocks said Spivey. La France chimed in normally i get out slow. But this time i got out real Spivey shot Back that s when i knew it was a la France nipped barely nipped Patrick Smith of Torrejon at the tape. Mediterranean sports conference coach Craig Den Nis who video filmed the race questioned the Deci Sion. British track officials quickly assured the coach that they had the right Man. Coach Dennis did t make a formal request of pro test he just queried said British track referee Bria Musgrove. He was shooting the video cassette recorder from the stands and really was t in line with the judging stand where three judges stand at the finish line to determine the Winner. His Angle was Bouthiller and Hahn s Charlie Lorch finished 1-2 in Safe track the 5,000. Bouthiller had a 15 43.7, while Lorch ran a 15 51.9. Torrejon s John Mitchell took third with16 08.8 other men s open winners Scott Sander of Torrejon won the discus with a 141-6 /2 toss to dethrone Pitburg s Michael Bennett who had a 139-2 a for second place. The . Swept the Long jump As Ulysses White of Chicksands Des Allen of upper Heyford and Mark Dawson of Chicksands finished 1-2-3. White had a 22-5, Allen 21 -9 and Dawson 21-6%. And Torrejon s Patrick Smith won the 200 by a hairs the top three finishers All had 21.9 times. Rhein main s John Young took second while Spivey received third. In the men s seniors Rhein main s James leak an Ramstein s James love took firsts. Leak turned in a 20-6 a Long jump to better Mike pounds of Ben Waters who had a 20-5 /2. Pitburg s Bill Raines took third with is Loz. Love set a record in the discus with a 141-8 throw and Raines took the Silver with a 101-11 a. Laken Heath s Ernest Lee took third with 98-11 a. Said love of his heave which bettered the men open winning distance i just love beating them Young the . Countered with three seniors titles two by Jeff Madison of Chicksands. Madison won 400 with 51.6 Topping Charles Gam Brell of Rhein main 53.7 and Larry Brewington of Hahn 54.6. He also won the 200 with a 22.9. Torre Jon s Carl Thome took second 23.9 and Chick Sand Srobert Chambers placed third 24.0. Mildenhall s Bill Bustin won the 5,000 eight seconds ahead of Ramstein s Mike Yarbrough. Bustin clocked 15 48.0. Aviano s Larry Reyes took Bronze with 15 58.2. In the men s masters Gene Sokolowski of Ramstein and Phil Sutton of Lindsey finished 1-2 in the discus and the Wiesbaden pair of Tom Waldrop and Tommy Roberts took 1-2 in the 5,000. Sokolowski had a winning throw of 138-11 i an Sutton threw 118-1. Waldrop s time was 17 18.0 and Roberts had a 17 41.5. In the 1,600 relays the . Open men and women won and the Csc senior men pulled through. Darin Johnson and Brett Garrett of Lakenheath Dennis Goodman of Greenham common and Davi Privott of Alconbury slipped by Pickens Span Dah Lem s Wayne Penn Spivey and Young. The . Had a3 24.4 to the Csc s 3 24.7. The Mac finished a Distant third with 3 43.3. The . And Csc women recorded the same time but Dorothy Williams of Chicksands leaned ahead of Rhein main s Teresa Rozier at the finish to Settle the 4 28.7 tie. Other . Runners were Alconbury s Lav Onda Potter and Donna Barrett and Chicksands Cas Sandra Knight. The Csc squad also included Pitburg s Kimberly Harris Wiesbaden s Belinda Raatz an Ramstein s Beth Jacobsen. The Csc seniors carried their weight blowing Pas the . And winning by eight seconds. Gambrell Span Dahlem s George Wesley Wiesbaden s Robert Owens and Brewington put together a 3 38.0 to win. In the women s open Pitburg s Katherine Loutchko and Jacobsen took women s open firsts for Csc to help defray Muse Duncan s efforts. Loutchko uncorked a 38-5 a shot put to outdistanced Andrea Summerlin of Iraklion who had a 34-2. Laken Heath s Cindy Rochefort took the Bronze with a 31-o a. Jacobsen nipped upper Heyford s Cathy Dowling inthe 3,000. Jacobsen timed in at 11 19.4 and Dowling had a 11 19.9. Ann Welton knocked 10 seconds off he personal Best to take third with a 11 41.2. The rest of the women s open belonged to Muse Duncan. I really wanted to go for my records this year said Duncan who owns the Safe Marks in the Long jump 18-11high jump 5-45/8 and 200 25.7and share the 100 Mark 12.5 with Veronica Davis who Origi Nally set the Mark in 1985 As a Ben Waters runner. About the 100 she said when i saw i was in the Clear i just did t keep in the 200, i Felt a twinge in my right hamstring and it made me Kinda nervous would it be a Hin Drance i came out of the blocks As hard As i could adjust last year the blocks were a problem for Muse Dun can who slipped coming out in the 100 finals race and had to make up big met rage against a Fleety Rene Toliver of Span Dahlem last year. This Vear i be been getting out Good. Last year i d get out of the blocks but would t about the High jump Muse Duncan missed the Challenge of Toliver who pushed the contest to a re Cord making Effort for the Champ last year but dropped out at 4-107/s. I was disappointed Renea went out so Early said Muse Duncan who finished with a 5-0%. I was anticipating a close contest like last year. She just did t jump maybe not Well in the High jump but Toliver an the Csc Crew were jumping with Joy afterwards. Aussies Bonk on unknown swimmers by Walt Morrissette staff writer Darmstadt West Germany the australians Pride themselves on sur prising the world with swimmers you never heard of during olympic years As when Jon Seiben beat West Ger Many s Michael Gross in the 200 Butterfly at the 1984 los Angeles games. They expect the 1988 Seoul games Tobe no different. You can look for Seiben and 16-year-old Wunderkind Andrew Baildon to Challenge the world s Best i Seoul according to australian coaches Here with their youth team for the solar super cup championships that ended sunday. They even expect a group of Dis Tance swimmers from Sydney to Chal Lenge the mighty East germans. The Best of these swimmers is Janelle Elford. Kirk Marks is coaching director of swimming in Sydney. I m responsible for 35,000 swimmers he said with enthusiasm As he surveyed the championship prospects of his swimmers. We have a contingent of distance swim mers out of Sydney who will be Strong for Seiben 22, is trying to win the 100butterfly Gold in Seoul mainly because he won the 200 Gold in ," Marks Woodhouse 23, is another Veteran of the la. Games. Hell swim the 200 and 400 individual All our sprinting Hopes have been placed on Baildon Marks said he been a bit of a giant killer for Baildon a 6-foot-4, 150-Pounder, challenged the world s Best in the pan Pacific championships at Brisbane Australia last August. In that race Tom Jager of los Angeles broke fellow Ameri can Matt Biondi s world record in the 50-meter freestyle. Jager took first with a 22.32. Biondi matched his previous world record at22.33. And Baildon in his first International race took third at 23.36. He a swim the 50 and 100 free in Seoul. The aussies have a surprising amount of depth on the women s Side. Our hardest Choice is for them Topick out which event they have the Best Chance of getting a medal Marks is especially critical for Janelle Al Ford. She can swim All the events in the top 10 times in the this includes the 200 Butterfly the 200 individual Medley the 400 individual Medley the 400 freestyle and the 800 free. She won All these events at our olym Pic trials in May Marks said. For More australian depth Donna Procter currently has the second Best time sin the 200 Butterfly and the 200 and 400 individual medleys. Her Best in the 200butterfly is 2 14, three seconds off the world record Marks said. Sheridan Burge Lopez another member of Sydney s Dis Tance contingent has the second Best time in the world in the 400 free. Perhaps Australia s biggest Surprise is that they won t Field a Seoul olympic team in what has traditionally been their strongest event the 400 free relay. The aussies took the Silver medal in los an Geles in this event. It s been called our mean machine Marks said. We could t get four swim mers up to our Standard. Our Standard for the olympic trial was to be within the top 12 times in the world. No negotiation. One swimmer missed by 1-100th of a one key to australian olympic Suc Cess is they plan ahead. Way ahead. Their youth team is training in Darm Stadt now for the 1992 summer olym pics in Barcelona Spain. Each time the Young australians come to Darmstadt to train for future olympic com petitions they get a trip around the world. This is the third time around the world for us the third time in Darmstadt said Joe Seddon executive director of the new South Wales swim team a group of six 13-17 year Olds swimming with 60 other club teams Here for medals. Their itinerary is an enviable one. Roget Here the team flew from Sydney to Bangkok 9 a hours Bangkok to Lon Don 12 /2 hour Sand London to Frank Furt 2 hours Seddon said. For the return shuttle or the other half of the world trip the team will Fly Back to London then take a 12-hour flight Tolos Angeles. After some Southern califor Nia surfing and sightseeing it s nine hours to Auckland new zealand then two More hours Back Home to Sydney. And its All paid for by an Exchange agreement Between the West German government and the state government of new South Wales said Alan Thompson coach of the new South Wales team. Airfare outfitting accommodations Are All free Thompson said. We hos German swim teams As Well. We be been Here for two weeks Well do some sight seeing As the germans Are Good to us Seddon said. They come Back to Australia we come Here our kids stay with German fam Ilies. We treat it As More of an educational experience than anything swimmers from Australia the nation of 16 million people Down under to compete against the . 240 million and the .s.r. 300 million it mean slots of Long travel. We re rather isolated Seddon said. That s Why we have to go where the Competition is. We be always got to com Pete out of season. Summer everywhere else is the Middle of Winter for us. But we be got the next world championship sin Sydney in 91 and we should do better there than we be done in 20 future Surprise 16-year-old Simon Mckillop Davies is Here. He won10 Gold medals in the australian juniors championships including titles in the100, 200, 400 and 1500 freestyles and 100 and 200 Butterfly. He also helped set National relay records in the 200 individual Medley and the 200 Why in t he swimming in Seoul it s not his time yet Marks time is next time Barcelona 92
