European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 26 b the stars and stripes Friday March 6, 1992 Roque Santos reacts wednesday alter besting Mike Barrowman left in the 200>mcter breaststroke in olympic trials at Indianapolis. A Santos upsets Barrowman Indianapolis a Roque Santos nipped Mike Barrowman at the Wall breaking his teammate s 3 i year winning Streak in the 200-meter breaststroke wednesday night. But both earned spots on the . Olympic team. Santos pulled off his upset in 2 minutes 13.50 seconds just four hundredths of a second ahead of world record Holder Barrowman who has the five fastest times in the event. Both swim for the curl Burka club in Maryland. A a we be raced every Day 100 million times a Santos said. A in practice the first summer i was there i neat Mike three times the whole summer. Those were the greatest Days of the whole summer. Quot to heat Mike any time is a great especially with an olympic berth at stake. The top two finishers in each event qualify for the . Team for the summer games in Barcelona. In wednesday nights other finals a Crissy Ahmann Leighton won the women a 100 Butterfly in 58.61, the second fastest time in history and summer Sanders was second. Both already had made the olympic team in other events. A Anita Nall who set a world record monday in the 200 breaststroke and olympic swim trials Meagan Kleine had the top two spots in the 100 breaststroke. A Dan Jorgensen and Sean Killion qualified in the 400 freestyle. Santos 24, came into the . Trials with the fourth Best time of All the competitors in the 200 breaststroke. But in the morning preliminaries Santos had the second Best time 2 14.60, behind Barrowman a 2 14.10. Santos previous Best time was 2 15.07, while Barrowman a world record is 2 10.60. A How can i be pleased swimming three or four seconds Over what 1 might be Able to do a Barrowman said. Barrowman who Hadnot lost a 200 breaststroke race since finishing fourth at the 1988 olympics knew Early in the finals he might have trouble. A it was a Good race until the dive a he said. A it Felt like All of a sudden i just finished the 1,000 freestyle real hard which happens once in a while in workouts. The heartbeats going real yet Barrowman led from Start nearly to the finish. A if another Guy had beaten me maybe head be disappointed he said. A but my buddy Over Here he a my teammate you know and it makes me real proud to say we trained together and we re going to the olympic games together so in a not Kleine certainly Wasny to. Last year she was ranked 32nd in the world in the 100-meter breaststroke. And last week she was in Kentucky competing for Henry Clay High school in the state girls meet. Wednesday morning she finished sixth in the preliminaries. But she came Back at night to earn an olympic spot. Nall 15, won the 100 breaststroke in 1 09.29. Kleine 17, was second in 1 10.08. A i had the swim of my life and it came at the right time a said Kleine who was fifth after 50 meters. Quot i did no to expect to make the team. In a Nall was third at the Halfway Point then overtook Tracey Mcfarlane and Kelli King and finished with the second fastest time Ever by an american. A my first Lap is always i shaky in the 100,�?� Nall said. A so i picked up at the Ahmann Leighton a senior at Arizona won the 100 Butterfly in 58.61. Mary t. Meagher who set the world record of 57.93 in 1981, is the Only other swimmer to break 59 seconds in the event. Sanders finished in 59.67. Blazers thump nuggets by the associated press Denver the Portland Trail blazers with Danny Ainge leading the Way with 23 Points in Reserve breezed past the Denver nuggets 129-100. Portland used its Bench most of the time As it shot 60 per cent from Aba the Field and led All the Way after taking charge just 90 seconds into the game. The Victory pushed the Trail blazers a full game ahead of the Golden state warriors in the Pacific division. It was Denver a seventh consecutive defeat. In other games wednesday jazz 102, spurs 93 Salt Lake City Karl Malone scored 26 Points 13 in the fourth Quarter As Utah broke away to defeat san Antonio. Lakers 101, nets 92 Inglewood Calif. The los Angeles lakers won for Only the second time in their last 12 games overcoming their lowest scoring first half of the season and beating new Jersey with 23 Points from Byron Scott. Cavaliers 109, Kings 108 Sacramento Calif. Craig Ehlo followed a steal with an eight foot jumper with 1.2 seconds left As Cleveland rallied for a Victory Over Sacramento. Celtics 125, magic 100 Boston a Larry Bird scored 17 Points and grabbed 14 rebounds in limited action for his second consecutive double double since a two month Layoff with a Back injury and Boston employed a balanced attack to defeat Orlando. 76ers 107, Hawks 102 Philadelphia Hersey Hawkins scored 31 Points including a crucial 3-Point shot with 35 seconds to play As the Philadelphia 76ers Defeated the Atlanta Hawks. Hornets 119, Bucks 110 Milwaukee Kendall Gill scored 20 of his 25 Points in the second half and Larry Johnson added 25 Points As the Charlotte hornets overcame a 17-Point first half deficit to defeat the Milwaukee Bucks Gretzky by the associated press Daly City Calif. A Wayne Gretzky had three assists to reach 1,500 for his career and the los Angeles Kings got three Power play goals to hold off the san Jose Sharks 4-3 wednesday night for their sixth straight Victory. The winning Streak is a season High or the Kings 30-24-13who moved six Points behind first place Vancouver in the smythe division. Los Angeles finished 5-1-1 against the first year Sharks. San Jose got a pair of third period goals the last with 4 40 remaining by . Quintin but it was not enough to Over come an Early three goal deficit As the Sharks 14-46-5 fell to 1-9-1 in their last 11 games. Gretzky a 1,500th career assist and third of the game set up Tony Granato for his 35th goal of the season Midway though the final period. In other games wednesday devils 5, rangers 4 new York new Jersey ended More than three years of frustration at Madison Square Garden As russian Rookie Alexander Semak scored twice in the second period. The devils were wingless in their last 10 visits to the Garden 0-7-3 and hurting after a 7-1 Home loss to the rangers on monday night dropped them 13 Points behind the Patrick division leaders. But they took command in the second period As Semak playing Only his 13th nil game showed the skills that made him a Star with the soviet Leafs 5, oilers 2 1 Edmonton Alberta pc Senseman Dave Ellett scored a pair goals 66 seconds apart in his 600th no game As Toronto beat Edmonton in the first visit to the North lands coliseum t two former Oiler stars. Glenn Anderson playing his first Gam in Edmonton since the oilers traded Hii to the Leafs last fall added a break aws goal Early in the third to secure the Victory Lor the Maple Leafs. Grant Fuhr the other former Oik great sent to the Maple Leafs in the de it that brought Vince Damphousse an Luke Richardson to Edmonton Stoppe 24 shots
