European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 6, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday february 6,1993 sports the stars and stripes Page 33 Street of Shizu Kunishi Japan a Germany a Miriam Vogt won the women a combined Competition in the world Alpine ski championships on Friday and american Picabo Street cashed m the race of her life for a Silver medal. Street the second racer of the Day turned in a stunning downhill run getting to the Bottom of the it Milc mount to Takakura course in 1 minute 26.64 seconds. A Only two racers were Able to get within a second of her and one was Vogt who is among the Best downhill cars in the world. Vogt placed second in 1 26.87 and with her second in thursdays slalom portion of the event easily won the Gold. A a in a very Happy with the Good result a Vogt said. A it was Good skiing and i enjoyed it. There was a bit of wind but i skied Well. The reason was hard a a a in a very Happy and very surprised a Street said. Quot i Felt really Good after my run and i was psyched with my skiing. The fact that i won shows me that i do have a Good feeling about How my skiing is. I think to win to know that i was the fastest one Here today is the Best thing. I knew 1 could be in the top five and i was hoping for top after Austria Sanita Wachtor shaded Vogt by .02 seconds in the slalom it was expected those two would fight a private Duel for the Gold. No one reckoned that Street Only 15th. In the slalom could threaten. But the 21-year-old from Sun Valley Idaho thrust herself into medal Contention by attacking from the Start. She poled furiously away from the Start House and then sat Back on the tails of her skis to get an extra Little boost As she headed into the Speed robbing Flats at the top of the course. She stayed in a tight aerodynamic tuck for fully 45 seconds coming out of it to negotiate the first of several High Speed turns leading to the finish. Up is world Alpine skiing when Street finished she saw that she had beaten the first starter by Over 2 seconds. She knew she was fast she did no to realize just How fast. Wachtor a competent Down Hiller despite being considered a slalom and giant slalom specialist was the eighth starter. When she finished in 1 29.04, streets name remained atop the intermediate combined standings. It was then that Street gloved hands to Mouth and tears Welling in her eyes realized Only Vogt stood Between her and a Gold medal. And Vogt proved to be too much. She actually .03 seconds faster than Street on the upper portion of the track but gradually lost time through the turns at the Bottom. She finished in 1 26.87, second race and easy Winner of the Gold. Under a scoring system whereby a racer is penalized for the number of seconds by which she trails the race Winner Vogt had a combined penalty for the two races of 3.39. Streets penalty was 32.15, All of it coming in the slalom. Wachtor had 33.52, All in the downhill a the Snow was softer today so it was harder to go fast and to follow in a line behind the people who were in front of you a Wachtor said. A i turn too straight on and lost about a second. In a satisfied but it could have been Switzerland a Chantal Bou Nissen the 1991 world combined Champion did no to get a medal this time but made up for a desultory slalom performance by placing third in the downhill .69 seconds Back of Street. She settled for 10th Overall. The race was run in Brilliant Sunshine with Little if any wind a decided departure from the blizzard conditions of the previous two Days. Until fridays Victory streets biggest achievement was winning the Overall title the last two seasons on the nor am circuit the training ground for skiers hoping to Advance to world cup level. Germany a Miriam Vogt Heads for the Gold Friday in combined beats Iowa 78-77 with last shot by the associated press they be dominated College basketball news for the last couple of weeks because of a tragedy and the inspired victories that followed. On thursday at Champaign Urbana iii., the ninth asked Iowa Hawk eyes were once again the focus this Ime because of a wild game with Illinois 13-6, 6-2 big Len that was won on the last play a desperation 3-Jointer by Andy Kauffmann that caught All net and ave the Zillini a 78-77 Victory. �?o1 think anyone who was Here tonight witnessed Al nost an unbelievable game. In be never witnessed one Ike that in 50 years of basketball As a player and a Oach a Illinois coach Lou Henson said. In other top 25 games no. 8 Arizona crushed Stanford 6-61, Pacific upset no. 10 univ 62-56, no. 13 Wake Forest topped North Carolina state 65-54, no. 18 Tulane owned Virginia tech 72-59, no. 21 Utah Defeated Wyoming 88-64, Clemson surprised no. 22 Georgia tech 43-80 and no. 24 Virginia beat Maryland 70-68. Iowa a loss was its first since the death of starting for Vard Chris Street who was killed in a car crash Jan. 19. Rhe Hawk eyes 14-4, 3-3 had won twice since then Oming Back from a 10-Point deficit in the final two min ites to defeat Michigan state in their first game after streets death and beating no. 7 Michigan last sunday Vith streets parents at the game. Kaufmannn a game Winner thursday came after the Iowa players had already celebrated what they thought a win. Iowa went ahead 77-75 when a rebound selected into the Basket off the hand of an Zillini player. The clock ran Down to .5 seconds but the. Officials used that Illinois had Malieu timeout a second earlier my the game clock was reset to 1.5 seconds. After a timeout . Wheeler launched a Long in funds pass that Kaufmann snared in the front court. Is a. E dribbled spun and launched a three Pointer from �?T>out22feet.College basketball Bullseye. A in practice we Seldom Ever score on that play something usually goes wrong a Henson said. A this is perfect a said Kaufmann a senior. �?o1 literally dream about stuff like this and for the team it was a great . 8 Arizona 96, Stanford 61 at Ticson ariz., Arizona stretched its winning Streak to 12 games by dominating Stanford on the boards. The wildcats 14-2, 8-0 Pac-10 out rebounded the Cardinal 54-24 and opened leads As big As 42 Points in the second half. A the inside strength top its toll not Only in running the court but it took its toll in banging with the bodies Quot Arizona coach Lute Olson said. The wildcats used a 12-0 run Early to go ahead 15-2, and after Darren Allaways jumper pulled Stanford to 19-8, it took another 4 07 for the next Cardinal 62, univ 56 at Stockton calif., it was As . Rider goes so goes univ. Rider averaging 35 Points in his last seven games missed his first six shots and finished w Ith just 16 Points As the running rebels lost to Pacific for the first time in their last 27 games a a Streak that dated to Jan. 3,1972. Univ finished 1 for 16 in 3-Point attempts. A this is the biggest win since in be been Here but 1 Felt we could play with them. Its not a total Surprise a said Pacific a fifth year coach Bob Thomason. The tigers 10-8, 6-4 big West went ahead for Good after they held univ 13-2, 6-2 without a Basket for 5 08 late in the game. No. 13 Wake Forest 65, . State 54 at Raleigh ., Rodney Rogers scored 21 Points and Randolph Childress added 20 As Wake Forest 143, 6-2 won its sixth straight Atlantic coast conference game. The Victory forged a three Way tie atop the conference standings Between the Demon deacons no. 6 North Carolina and no. 12 Florida state. The Wolf pack 5-11, 1-7 made Only 6 of 23 3rpoint . 18 Tulane 72, Virginia tech 59 at Blacksburg va., Tulane won its 11th straight game getting 18 Points and seven rebounds from Center Anthony Mccu. Reed had 14 Points and All four of his 3-Pointcrs in the first half As the Green wave 16-3, 6-0 built a 3529 Lead. The homies 8-8, 1-5 Cut the deficit to two Points twice in the second half but Tulane pulled away Down the stretch to snap Virginia techs two game winning . 21 Utah 88, Wyoming 64 at Salt Lake City Byron Wilson and Maik Rydalch scored 16 Points each Josh Grant contributed 14 Points and 14 rebounds and Phil Dixon added 12 Points As the utes 16-3, 9-1 rolled Over the cowboys pm. 4-6 in a Western athletic conference 83, no. 22 Georgia tech 80 at Atlanta Clemson 11-6, 2-6 acc overcame the absence of an injured starter and a fouled out starter to end a 20-game losing Streak in acc Road games. Georgia tech 11-6, 4-4 had rallied from a 70-60 deficit with 5 48 remaining but the tigers took the Lead for Good with 47 seconds left. No. 24 Virginia 70, Maryland 68 at College Park md., Sophomore guard Cory Alexander scored a career High 27 Points and Doug Smith made the decisive Basket with 1 31 left As Virginia 134, 5-3 ended a three game skid in the Atlantic coast conference
