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Show W K.i.' ' ; fun Ft:-:"- - Pii lull losers and coming events 7f j J i V : N - THE HERALD A 7r 1 IjM full report and commentary on winners, Sports -- 11 U Hf CI' , V '. . i j -- 5 security guard tries to catch a man who breached security and tried to run the steeplechase. Note Marsh 919 at back. A America's Henr Marsh falls as he reaches the finish line in the meter steeplechase won by Julius Korir of Kenya. 3,000 Marsh's Big " On V LOS ANGELES iLPI) -Olympic contender Henry Marsh collapsed of heat exhaus- Marsh collapsed at the finish line, suffering "severe exhaustion." said a doctor on the scene. He was treated at a medical station and returned to his hotel shortly thereafter. Julius Korir of Kenya won the gold medal with a time of 8.11.80. Mahmoud won the silver in 8:13.31 and Diemer took the bronze with a time of 8: 14 06. Marsh's time was 8:14 25. Salt Lake City The lawyer has been ranked No. 1 in the world in the steeplechase for the past three years and entered the Summer Games as the favorite for the gold medal. Just before the start of the Games. Marsh said winning a gold medal was his goal and " would be the pinnacle of this the athletic portion of my life portion." He first received worldwide attention in 176 when he reached the finals at the Montreal Olympics, but finished 10th in the race. Marsh was also named to the 1980 U.S. Olympic tion and was hospitalized briefly after finishing fourth in the steeplechase Friday night in Los Angeles. See other stories on 1984 Olympics on Pages 1,8,11,12. Marsh had been suffering from a virus for several weeks. stayed back for most of the race following his usual and surged into secstrategy ond place before being overtaken by Brian Diemer of the U.S. and France's Joseph He Mah-mou- d. "On that last lap, I moved up on the leader (Korir) until I was on his shoulder, which was right where I wanted to be," Marsh said. '"Then he put on a kick and I just couldn't keep up with him. "Then the Frenchman started moving up and I knew it was a race for the silver, but I couldn't keep with him. When Brian (Diemer) started moving up, I was racing for the bronze. That was important to me. winning a medal. I ran as hard as I could, but I just couldn't do it." Track and Field Team that stayed home from the Moscow Olympics. The last Utah resident to win a gold medal was sprinter Eddie Tolan, 52 years ago in the 1932 L A. Games. Mark O'Meara's 64 Provides PGA Lead GRAND BLANC. Mich. (LTD Mark O'Meara, winner of nearly $300,000 on the PGA tour this year without a single tournament title, shot an eight-under-p- Saturday to take a lead into the final round of the $400,000 Buick Open golf tournament. O'Meara's 202 total was a 54 for the Warwick Hills tournament. It put Club Country him one shot up on Lee Trevino, Payne Stewart. Japan's Isao Aoki and Denis Watson, a South African whose 63 Saturday broke the 64 hole-reco- one-stro- rd tournament i Al record single-roun- d for the course. Scott Hock and John Adams 204 and were in at Michigan native Dan Pohl was alone at 205. Gary Hallberg, the r 73 leader, shot and was in a group at "I don't know what it takes to win,"' said O'Meara, whose earn le ings totalled $299,051 after last week. "If I make the putts and things go my way, I might win tomorrow." Trevino. 44, said although he does not need the money, a victory would mean he could still compete with the younger players. "I still think I'm going to win." don't think there's any he said, question in my mind I can win. When you're playing good you can't wait to come back the next dav " one-ove- MM Bi-- t Mark O M. jca isao Aoki Lee Trev mo Dems Watson Pasne Stewan Jtitin Adams three-under-p- ar rain-delaye- second round Saturday morning, where she shot a five- - 11 7tMH-2- tI! Scott Hoch Dan Pohl 7M6h-2- 04 Jodi MuJd 6MS-TI-- t hip 6SHiHi8-2- 0l Bee Gar Haiioerg I KeiDrtrm A Bofcto . r. if V ' f y& i y v-sf- it'.: " " ;8rS La m O " . k. Ku Marsh, a Salt Lake City lawyer, is attended by trainers and doctors moments after he collapsed. Today in Platform Diving for History Ready Louganis - LOS ANGELES (UPI) American Greg Louganis, bidding to become the first male ever to sweep both Olympic diving events in the same Olympiad, finished first among the qualifiers in Saturday's platform diving preliminaries with a world best total point effort. Louganis. 24. who won the gold medal in the springboard compe- tition earlier this week, performed a nearly flawless series of The three-tim- e world champion wound up the preliminaries with a total of 688.05 points, eclipsing his previous mark of 687.90 he set in winning last year's FINA Cup. Li Kongzheng of China, who had lead after seven dives before giving way to Louganis, was second with 615.69 points. American Bruce Kimball, the leader after the morning compul-soriecould not keep pace with the leaders and fell to fourth after the sixth dive of the day. s. Louganis. silver medalist in the event at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, was second after the compulsory dives. He still trailed Li by seven points entering the seventh dive. But the Mission Viejo. Calif, diver, considered the best in the world for the past several years on both boards, registered his second highest total of the day on his specialty, a 3 H a 91 20 somersault tuck to take the lead for good. NCAA Louganis. a 'three-tim- e champion from .California-Irvinreceived six 9.5s and one 9.0 from the seven-judg- e panel. e, He bettered his old mark by posting a prelim high 91.80 on his a reverse 3 l2 somerfinal dive sault. Unlike his springboard program. Louganis did not receive any 10s during the prelims, whose totals do not count in today's finals in which he will try to give the United States its first gold medal in the event since Robert Webster won in 1964. ou consistent was Louganis over the last five dives that he did not receive a score lower than 80. Li, considered the veteran of the Chinese squad at age 25, got his top score of 89.76 on a reverse three and one half somersault tuck. But on his next dive, the eighth, he was slightly off on an inward three and one half somersault tuck and yielded the lead to Louganis. Li had led Louganis at a meet at the pool on the Southern California campus last March, only to lose to the San Diego native on the final dive. Tong, 21, won the Asian Games in 1982 and was a bronze medalist at the World University Games in 1983. 0M7.7J-2t- )lj THa-sa dampen 7Ma.71-- Juki Foacat tlJ LPGA Utah Golfer C laims PCAA maveur SAN FRANCISCO (UPI -Kurt Bosen, heavy under-pa- r 67. before taking on the equipment operator from Bounticourse again in the afternoon and ful. Utah, turned in a par 71 posting a advantage over Friday at the famed Olympic Club's Lakeside course to win the defending champion Patty two-sh- 18th annual iPar I'arner I'attv Sheehan Uit ,erniain Juh InKter K'ttm Walton Kalln hil wtt! Pacific Coast Ama- teur golf championship with a SIN M Writ Vlruiiu CUlUr JortWJe J 1 tj.a rsJL - ( ' , 68WT-2- 03 Corner By Two in HIGH POLNT, N.C. (UPI) -JoAnne Carner overcame the burden of having to play extra holes Saturday and fired a 69 to take a two-shlead into the final round of the LPGA's $180,000 Henredon Golf Classic. Hall of Famer, The looking for her second win this d year, had to finish her Ao ; six optional dives in the afternoon session with only one one having a degree of difficulty under 3.0. Oyea Grud Blase, Mirk.. iPirTti ( four-da- y Tti total of seven-over-p- birdie three on the fifth hole and that sort of pumped me up." Bosen added. "I felt good after that." Bosen finished two strokes ahead of Sam Randolph. Santa Barbara. Calif., who finished second for the fourth time in a major amateur tourney this summer. 291. 7H7b-20- C 7l7.' tit) 7lM7j ill 7 W7I 72 ;t 71 211 in "I kept the ball in play all day.'' said Bosen, whose golf swing would make purists wince. "I rhinwfl m from 'SO feet ioi .i Third-roun- d leader Jay Walkm-sha- of Edmond. Wash., and the University of San Francisco, had .i balky putter and had to settle 7H and Ihinl place ;ii Im ,i On the short but tough par 3 eighth hole. Bosen and Walkin-shaarrived at the tee dead even. Bosen knocked is shot seven feet from the pin. Although he missed his putt. Walkinshaw was trapped and had to settle for a double bogey five. Bosen never trailed after that. Former BYU golfer Jeff Ellis of Oak Harbor. Wash., took fourth with a 298. while Bart Bryant of Las Cruces. N.M.. and Gary Van-u- r of Albany. Calif., tied at 299. w There were no sub-p-ar rounds Friday on the Olympic Lakeside course, which has hosted two legendary U.S. Opens and will again be the scene of the nation's most prestigious golf tourney in 1987. The difficulty of the course could be seen by the fact that former U.S. Amateur champ Crosby and John Brodie, n Francisco 49er. quarterback who tried his luck briefly on the pro tour, both had scores well al ex-Sa- over 300. |