European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 11, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 29 wins Utey the . Hughes endured a Nightmare journey that began at a Estival. St. Louis apr it was a perfect finish to an absolutely Rotten Day for High jumper Tanya Hughes in olympic few a _ is ennui _ 10 . Friday in Portland ore., and ended at 1 30 .  three hours sleep and fighting Jet lag she High jumped 6 feet i inches her Best performance this year to take the Gold medal. A when you be been on a plane All Day you want to go out and do Well but you done to go overboard a Hughes said. �?�1 guess i was so relaxed i did no to  Hughes a four time Mcaa High jump Champion and 1992 olympian was in Portland for a track Camp. Due to a ticket mix up she ended up flying to Tucson Ariz where she attends the University of Arizona arriving at 2 . She caught the first flight out saturday at 6 50 ., but her problems were far from Over. When she arrived in St. Louis seven hours later she had to wait an hour and a half for a ride to the athletes Village. After getting processed it was another hours drive to the track a i Wasny table to take a Nap and just relax a Hughes said a i wondered what would be next.�?�. Hughes beat a Field that included two time olympic heptathlon Gold medallist Jackie Joyner Kersee who was competing on an exhibition basis. Joyner Kersee missed twice at 5-11 i before Clearing the bar on her final attempt. She then missed three times at 6-1 i. Percy Knox of Tucson ariz., repeated As festival Champion in the Long jump at 26-3%, two inches Short of his winning jump in 1993, Knox beat a Field that included seven competitors from the . Championships last month. A a. Ricky Barker of Euless Texas had a Strong and consistent second Day to win the decathlon with 7,650 Points. Barker finished first in the pole vault saturday at 16-2%, and also won the High jump on Friday. First Day Leader Matt Shelton of Chattanooga teifn., faded to third with 7,495 Points. Shelton was last , olympic festival in the pole vault and next to ast in the discus Sharon Hanson of Ventura Calif dominated the heptathlon finishing first in the 100-Mcter hurdles Long jump and javelin and second in three others. Hanson who was fifth in the 1992 olympic trials had Point total of 5,940, far Short  world record of 7,291. A Wendell Gaskin of Kansas City Kan won the menus 400 meters in 45.62 seconds while Nicole Green of Kansas state took the women a 400 meters in 52.70. Chryste Gaines of Dallas beat a Strong Field in the women a 100 meters that included Alice Brown a three time olympian making a record ninth festival appearance with a time of 11.32 seconds. Brown 33, had been at tempting to add to her  totals of seven Gold medals but has been battling stress fractures in both feet and finished seventh in 11.73. Rodney Lewis of los Angeles won the menus 100 me tors in 10.28 seconds Sheila Hudson Strudwick of Oakland calif., repeated As festival Champion in the triple jump going 45-2 a to can Agar from Georgia made news saturday in weightlifting one of 19 sports that were contested on. The next to last Day of the festival. Stephanie Bodie 16, of Savannah ga., virtually assured herself of a spot on the . Women steam for the world. Championships which would make her the youngest Ever to make the team. Bodie who competes at 130 pounds set women a Junior american records in the snatch clean and Jerk and total.  weight was a senior women a american record. She lifted 165% pounds in the snatch 214% in the clean and Jerk and had a total of 380%. She missed her first two tries in the clean and Jerk at 203% pounds. She then needed t6 add weight to the bar and make her last lift to win the Gold and All but lock up a spot on the world team. A a a in Mon top of the world right now a she said. A after the first two 1 was so mad at myself 1 was Yelling at myself inside. On the last lift i guess i was focused because i done to remember it. A a everything in be been working for the past few years Rode on that one  she would not know until after sundays final round whether she is on the team but the Only Way she  make it is if two of the 12 females who Are still competing shatter their career Best performances. Another lifter put his  in the record books Tim Mcrae of Daytona Beach fla., competing at 167% pounds set american records in the snatch 314 pounds and with his total 699% saturdays schedule also included the final night of menus gymnastics where Gold medals were determined in each of the six disciplines. The big Winner in gymnastics was Steve Mccain of Urcla who won two Gold medals two silvers and a Bronze. Mccain won the vault with a score of 9.55 and finished in a three Way tie for first in the parallel bars with a score of 9.3. Hts shared that Gold with Rob Kieffer of Austin Texas and Bill Roth an assistant coach at Temple. Another double Gold medallist was Mehai Yagiu of Albuquerque n.m., who won on the High bar and the Pommel horse Roth 24, won Silver medals in the floor exercise and the vault. Jeff la to of Norman okla., the oldest competitor at 25, Picl ced up a Gold on the rings and was Bronze medallist in the vault and High bar. The other Gold medal went to Jay Thornton of the University of Minnesota in the floor exercise. In baseball the West won its first game in the round Robin tournament beating the East 8-5. Both teams Are now 1-2. The South completed round Robin play unbeaten with a 10-7 Victory Over the North 1-2. A two run double by Adam Piatt of fort Myers fla., broke a 7-7 tie in the seventh. The South was to play the East for the Gold medal. Out of shot at Bonus motor racing by the associated press Cleveland a a1 Unser or. Cost Penske teammate Paul Tracy a shot at a $1 million Bonus beating the Canadian by .11 seconds for the pole for sundays Budweiser Cleveland grand prix. Unser driving an Wilmor powered Penske racer clinched his third pole of the year saturday Matching his career total prior to 1994. Unser averaged 143.983 Mph for his Best Lap around the 2.37-mile, 10-turn temporary Road course at Burke lakefront Airport to Tracy a 143.716 Mph. Emerson Fittipaldi made it a sweep of the first three spots for Marlboro team Penske going his fastest Lap at 143.387 Mph. Tracy the defending Cleveland Champion had won the provisional pole Friday and needed to stay on top for a Chance at a $1 million Bonus offered by Imp the race promoter. The Bonus was offered to a Driver fulfilling four criteria Victory at Detroit which Tracy won last month Victory at Cleveland a race record in either event Tracy set a record at Detroit and a pole at either race Nigel Mansell won the pole at Detroit. A the incentive to win the pole is the pig cup the championship a Unser said. A a that a a million dollars at the end of the year that i want a piece of. That a what in a working for. Its a shame Paul had a shot at the million and lost  the pole changed three times in the lust five minutes of qualifying after a red Flag stopped the session when Michael Andretti a car stopped on the course. Mansell held the highest qualifying Speed at the time and the top Speed Over the next few laps went to Unser then Fittipaldi then to Unser again. Tracy who had missed part of the session after his car hit a Cone in the first few minutes turned in his Best Lap at the end a but it Wasny to enough. Mansell finished fourth with a top Lap Speed of 143.354 Mph followed by Jacques Villeneuve at 143.092. Elliott sets track record Loudon . A Bill Elliott set a track record in leading second Day qualifying for sunday3"slick 50 300 at new Hampshire International Speedway. Elliott slap of 128.005 Mph saturday on the 1.058-mile Oval broke the Mark of 127.197 set less than 24 hours earlier by pole Winner Ernie Irvan. The difference for Elliott and three other Drivers who were faster saturday than Irvane a record Lap was the weather which was overcast and about 20 degrees cooler than the mid-90s that hampered fridays qualifiers. Elliott was to. Start 21st in sundays 42-car Field. Rick Mast was close behind Elliott a Ford thunderbird at 127.967. Pruett nabs trans am win Cleveland a Scott Pruett drove his Chevrolet Camaro to a Flag to Flag Victory at the Burke lakefront Airport circuit his second Victory of the year in trans am championship Competition. Pruett starting from the pole managed to avoid several incidents including a first turn crash involving four Fords. Pruette a teammate Jack Baldwin finished 2.770 seconds behind to give Chevrolet its first 1-2 finish of the season. 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