European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 26, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 32 the stars and stripes sports athletes Battle dehydration records fall in weight string swimming by Owen Canfield san Antonio a things heated up saturday in the . Olympic festival indoors and out. Competition was held in 20 sports in and around san Antonio White temperatures climbed to nearly 100 with about 40 percent humidity the heat caused at least one athlete to be treated for dehydration. Indoors weight lifter Sibby Flowers of Macon ga., set an american record in the Lolet poured class with a combined 319 /2 pounds in the snatch and clean and Jerk. It was her fourth straight festival Gold medal. The third place finisher in the same class 18-year old Lorcan firmer of Norman okla., finished with 253 i pounds to set an american Junior record. In the Pool which was a Cool 78 degrees four festival records fell and another was tied on the first night of swimming. Also saturday favorite Michelle Kwan a 13-year-old figure skater from Lake Arrowhead calif., held the Lead in singles after the technical program. Jenna Pittman of Newark del., was second and Natasha Kuchki of Canoga Park calif., was third. Or. Lawrence Magee of the University of Kansas the head physician at the festival said the trainers working with each sport Are aware of the need to push fluids on he athletes not just during and after competitions but also beforehand. The main thing we be stressed in addition to fluid intake is they need to be hydrated ahead of time be cause it s hot just walking around he said. . Olympic festival Magee said there had been no significant problems caused by the heat saturday. On Friday night More than 100 people were treated for heat related problems incurred while waiting for Public transportation to the opening ceremony. Five of those required hospitalization. At this level of Competition it s not a matter of if you re in shape or not. It s a matter of  to the heat and humidity Magee said. It s difficult for athletes training in Seattle or Michi  or somewhere up North and the next Day be out in 100-Dcgree, humid temperatures he said. Catherine Fox of Kansas City mo., started the re Cord setting night in the Pool by winning the 100-meter freestyle in 57.09 seconds. That broke the longest standing women s record in the festival 57.36 by Cynthia Woodhead of Colorado Springs colo., in 1979. Christian Claytor of Walnut Creek calif., broke the men s 200 breaststroke record finishing in 2 18.01. Both the men s and women s records fell in the 200 backstroke. Tate Blahnik of airman n.y., erased Rich Hughey s 1982 Mark of 2 03.61 with 2 01.81. Meanwhile Rachel Joseph of Springfield ore., sliced More than three seconds off the record with a 2 13.42 timing. Kerri Hale of Ann Arbor Mich., swam the 200 Butterfly in 2 14.99, tying an 11-year-old record. Kwan landed All her jumps cleanly including a difficult triple flip double toe Loop combination and received first place Marks from All seven judges. Michael Chack of Bricktown n.j., topped the men s technical program Aren Nielsen of Kansas City mo., was second and Damon Allen of Colorado Springs Colo was third. In men s basketball Joseph Blair of Arizona scored 21 Points and Burt Harris of Southern cat added 18 As the West opened play with a 117-111 Victory Over the South. The West had a 73-52 rebound Edge in Over coming a seven Point halftime deficit. Martice Moore of Georgia tech scored 23 for the South. In the late men s game Derek Anderson of Ohio state scored 29 Points As the North beat the East 129 120. Gary Trent of Ohio University had 19 Points and 10 rebounds. Rasheed Wallace who will be a freshman at North Carolina this fall led the East with 17 Points and six re Bounds. Johnny Rhodes of Maryland had 16 Points and six boards. In women s basketball Darlene Saar of George Washington and Jennifer Boucek of Virginia scored 15 Points each As the East beat the North 81-76 in Over time. Tawona Al Haleem of John a. Logan College scored 17 and Cindy Lamping of Purdue scored 15 for the North. In the other women s game Latina Davis of Tennes see scored 15 Points in leading the South to a 68-61 Vic tory Over the West. The South hit just 16 of 61 Field goals 26 percent. Azinger s 64 earns him 1-shot Lead Sutton mass. A the Cream Rose to the top in the new eng land classic saturday As Paul Azinger the top ranked player in the tournament fired a 64 to take a one shot Lead after 54 holes. Azinger had eight birdies and one bogey Over the 7,110-Yard pleasant Valley country club course and shot a 7-under round. His three round total of 13-under 200 was one stroke off the tournament record. One stroke Back was Azinger s close Friend Bobby Clampett who broke a Streak of 20 straight pars with a Birdie on the third Hole and came in with a 4-under 67. David Peoples played himself into a four Way tie at 10-under with a near flawless 62, tying the course record set in 1989 by Nick Price. When i birdied 11 to go 8-under i started thinking you can t shoot 59, there s no Way " Peoples said. Turned out he was right As he missed Birdie putts of inside seven feet on the last two holes. Tied with Peoples at 203 were Bruce Fleisher Winner of the 1991 new England classic Bob Estes and third round Leader Willie Wood. Colbert leads by 4 grand rapids Mich. A Jim Colbert shot a 4-under-Par 67 sat urday to take a two stroke Lead after two rounds of the senior pea tour s first of America classic. Colbert opened a two stroke Lead Over Lee Trevino and Bob Murphy with 18 holes to play. Trevino also had. Of %.0 y a. Of Joyc Frap David Peoples. Record tying 62 a 67, and Murphy shot 68. Butch Baird who tied the course record with a 63 in taking the first round Lead shot 72 to drop three strokes Back. Ken still also trails by three after a second round 66. Couples tops skins game Caledon Ontario a Fred couples made a Birdie putt on the third Hole saturday to win two skins and take the Lead after the first round of the Export a inc. Skins game at Devil s pulpit. Couples won $20,000 for the putt while Ray Floyd and Jack Nicklaus each won one skin Worth $10,000. Nick Price was shut out. Earnhardt triumphs in Fram filters 500 by Mike Harris Talladega Ala. A Dale Earnhardt won the wildly competitive Fram filters 500-Kilometer race sat urday at Talladega super Speedway hold ing off Busch grand National series Reg ular Randy Lajoie. After nearly continuous shuffling among the leaders Early in the 117-Iap, 311.22-mile event the cars up front were running in tight single file formation until Michael Waltrip made a move to pass fellow Lascar Winston cup Star Earnhardt on Lap 115. Waltrip did nose ahead for a moment but quickly fell Back As the top eight cars battled for position with Earnhardt s Chevrolet Lumina regaining the top spot. Ernie Irvan. Another Winston cup Reg ular moved up to second and was trying to get a run on Earnhardt on the last Lap when he was tapped from behind by Tracy Leslie and spun onto the infield grass in the Backstretch. Irvan s wheels came off the ground  Chevy came Back Down on its wheels and he spun to a Safe Stop. Meanwhile Lajoie who had fallen from third to ninth on the restart on Lap 109 following the last of five cautions charged toward the front. He drove his Lumina from ninth to second in the final two laps barely hold ing off Terry Labonte for second and Fol lowing Earnhardt across the finish line by about three car lengths. Leslie finished fourth followed by pole starter Bill Elliott who also will Start from the pole in sunday s diehard 500 Winston cup race on the 2.66-mile Oval. Robert Pressley was sixth with Wal trip seventh and Sterling Marlin eighth. Earnhardt who now has 20 career grand National victories and two this season led eight times for 60 laps As there were 24 Lead changes among eight Drivers. A crowd of about 25,000, coming out despite temperatures reaching past 100, saw Earnhardt average 146.801 Mph. The Winner collected $24,700. We were just out dueling pm out there. I thought Ernie might have some thing for me there at the end Earnhardt said. But that 72 Leslie was pretty wild All Day. He Flat turned Ernie around and got him up in the  Richard Lasater whose car Slid on its roof Down the first turn banking and then flipped several times in the infield grass before coming to rest on its wheels was driven to regional medical Center in Anniston for precautionary a rays of his right shoulder. Marlin moves up 71 notches Talladega Ala. A Sterling Marlin was easily the fastest qualifier saturday in second round qualifying for sunday s diehard 500 at Talladega us per Speedway. Marlin who was 33rd Friday in the opening round of time trials jumped to the 22nd starting position improving his top Speed from 188.189 Mph to 189.451. We were a Little faster said Marlin whose second qualifying Lap on Friday was hampered by a Beer can thrown onto the track. The top 20 positions were filled Friday with Bill Elliott winning the pole at 192.397 Mph. Marlin was the fastest of 14 Drivers who made qualifying attempts on sat urday moving in Between Ted Musgrave and Morgan Shepherd who were among 13 Drivers who stood on their first Day times. Bobby Hillin or. Was next at 188.790, taking the 29th starting position