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Show y 1( T pool copy The Salt Lake Tribune Sunday, January 22, 1984 D13 Hamilton Hits Skating Gold SrjTV fg 7 zF.Cf V -- r fkJ I By Dick Rosetta Tribune Sports Writer Scott Hamilton, flashing across the Salt Palace ice like a red, white and blue feather, found gold in Salt Lake City late Friday night. Now, be will try and discover if the mother lode stretches all the way to Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. The Hamilton, the three-tim- e defending world champion and now a four-tim- e U.S. Nationals champion, recorded the highest score ever by an American men's competitor, racking up four perfect 1.0's scores from the panel of nine judges aDd scoring 106 3 overall, believed to be a national record. Hamilton, bidding to become America's first mens Olympic gold medalist since David Jenkins did it in 1960 at Squaw Valley, stepped Into the arena More more than 11,000 fins and immediately set the capacity throng on its collective ear by minute program opening his 4 with a triple lutz. Seconds later, Scott pulled off a triple flip, the first time he had ever done it successfully in competition. He followed with a triple toe, the Russian split, moved into his jazz rendition and performed a triple toe and then a double axel, where he went a full three feet off the ice. By then, the champion had everybody eating from the palm of his hand. Indeed, he almost had the ice itself throwing up a white flag as he leaped into a triple salchow, leaped for the celling in another double axel and laughfinished with a ing all the way whizzing scratch pen. Then he bowed to the crowd. It should have been the crowd bowing to Hamilton as it stood en masse with a rousing ovation. Hamilton's flawless performance left even Mark Cockerell clapping. It was Cockerell, the youngster out of the Los Angeles Figure Skating Club, who had to follow Hamilton and, in the process attempt, nail down a berth in the Olympics and fend off Paul Wylie of Colorado Springs, who had skated as well as he ever has earlier in the evening. Cockerell, who was fourth after afWednesdays figures, then third ter Thursdays short program, rose to his pereonnal challenge and turned in scores of 5.7 and 5.8 to cement kis spot behind Hamilton and Brian Boitano. Boitano was the last skater of the 15 in Friday nights 4 V minute fres-tyl- e program, and he had to skate consistently to hold his spot among the top three and once again take second behind Hamilton. That's where he finished last at the Nationals in Pittsburgh. The official Olympic figure skating team will be selected Sunday -- , er-y w Ste - Ist A w ft WFWSf . v S - t 4r &&? Tribune Stott Photo bv Rovell Cotl Three beautful young women take a bow following honors in U.S. National Championship ladies figure skating Sat- - i I morning, but they will go by the scores the skaters accumulated in three days and. early .Saturday morning, the unofficial tabulations read Hamilton, Boitano and Cockerell. That trio will represent the country in what is regarded as this country's strongest figure skating year. Based on Hamiltons performance, he must be regarded as now a heavy favorite to win the Olympic gold. And in all probability, his indomitable exhibition here will make him a skater to be put on a pedestal at 8ar-ave- ja Hamilton's scoring from the judges, which will obviously go down in history, were 5 8, 5.9, 5 9, 5 9, 5 8, 5.9, 5 8, 5 9, 5.9 for technical merit and 6 0, 5 9, 5 9, 5.9, 6 0. 6 0, 6 0. 5 9 and 5 9 for composition and style. The 60 scores were Hamiltons first since he received two at the 1981 U S. Nationals at San Diego. To Hamilton and his coach. Donald Laws, the Salt Lake City excellence was a message to Europe and next month's Olympics. Theyll know about it (Scott's exhibition) in Europe tomorrow, Laws said. "Thats the message we that wanted to send from here Scott is a very confident No. I. Hamilton said, "I wanted to be strong I wanted to go into Sarajevo with all positives, no negatives. le urday at Salt Palace. From left, Tiffany Chin was second overall, Rosalynn Sumners first and Elaine Zayak third. d Sumners Earns F igure Skating T itle Continued From Page D-- l the other), as he pointed to the lineup of Chin, Sumners and Zhyak (the official lineup will be Sumners No. 1, Chin No. 2. and Zayfek No. 3). Perhaps it's not all thA much to stew about. As Sumners said, I was tense early in my program, but I proved I could pome badk from early mistakes. Alt my energy seemed to come at the last. I knew I had a job to do at the end and 1 pulled it out I like it when I have to come from behind. K excites me that I have to go back hometo Edmunds, Wash., in the Seattle area) and work hard to get better forthe Olympics. But then she carm back to her faH "That crary fa!f did shake me a little. It was not p hard jump. I foot. It was a wasnt right over fluke. I wont miss the next time," ry said the vfVacions blonde. One woultf hope not. The next time" will be at Sarajevo. They dont fcotton to falls in the Olympics. In view of the low technical marks (she had a 5.4 from judge Claire Fergusonf Jamestown, R.I.) Saturday, will Rosalynn toughen up the program for Sarajevo? 1 dont think $o. I just backed off a triple Salchow at the start and missed a double axeL If I had hit them both, my technical mark would have been n. ch higher. As it was, Sumners exceptional high marks in composition and style pulled her through to more points 103.10 to 102.90 but Chin was awarded the overall freestyle victory because she had five firsts from the judges while Sumners had just four. No Smugness Chin, looking prim and pretty at no smugness, howthe interview ever, even though she had just adwhipped two World champs mitted that she was very pleased with the early part of my program. This was the first time I had ever done a triple jump in competition. Its quite an honor to win today after going against two World champs. I fell (stumbled) on a double axel. I was tired. . . really, really exhausted. I had done three triple jumps. I just wanted it to be over Ask if her main goal was to win the Olympic gold, Chin, representing the San Diego Figure Skating Club, said "My mam goal is to be the 1988 Olympic champion. This one (Sarajevo) will he a good experience. I just want to make them notice me this year." Dyiag at the End Zayak, resplendent iu a blue, outfit, could have won back her Nationals title. But she got tired. '7 was sort of dying at the end. On the triple toe, I couldn't land because I was tired. I just didnt have my mind into it at the end. Can the 1982 World champ "get her mind back into it at Sarajevo? Ill be goihg for the gold. But my coach (Peter Burrows) and me have a lot of work to to in two weeks. Remember, Ive been third before. I know what it feels like. I hope they (the Europeans) are looking at our marks today and think we are down. That way, they wont work so hard and theyre going to get fooled. Rosalynn, who did her figures so effortlessly Thursday, was reminded that the figures pulled her through to her second Nationals title. "Thats a switch. I used to be weakest in figures. But let me say again that were (with her Coach Lorraine Borman) not going back to Washington to change things. I didn't want to peak here anyway. This (the seconds in the short program and long program) will give me something to shoot for in the Olympics. What Salt Lake City meant to me was a buildup of my confidence in the figures. I know what I can do in freestyle skating. Friends Again? Perhaps the most noticeable development (other than Chins stunning victories of Friday and Saturday) to come out of Salt Lakes first-eve- r Nationals was the apparent "thaw" in the relations between Sumners ar.d Zayak, who hugged each other for an interminable period on the awards stands ("Our sequins got hooked together, Sumners said). oft-co- "Were going to be isolated from the crush of the press at the Olympics. Well be able to relax some," Rosalynn said. Were even going to have a long talk tonight now that the competition is over." To which Elaine responded, "Dont be too sure of that, as she reached over to hug Rosalynn. Garland Wins Bass Tourney LAKE HAVASU CITY. Ariz. (AP) Bobby Garland of St. George, total of 16.11 Utah, had a two-da- y pounds to win the $43,000 Western Bass National Tournament here Saturday. Garland, in second place after Fridays opening round, won the $7,455 top prize while defending champion Dave Gliebe of Stockton, Calif , came in second place with a 15.26 total and look $4,350. The St. George angler caught seven fish Friday, of which he was able to keep five. He caught three fish Saturday, which he didn't think would be enough. "I still thought I was about one fish short of winning the tournament," said Garland, who caught most of his bass m 10 to 15 feet of water. Fishing was tough all day." Garland could be the first man in the history of Western Bass to win three straight tournaments if he wins a February event at Lake Shasta, Calif. Third place went to Harald Hermann of Lake Havasu at 12 92 pounds and was worth $2,290 while Mike Folkestad of Norco, Calif, took fourth with 1185 pounds. Open 9:30 a.m. 'til 6:00 p.m. Monday thni Saturday 175 West 1300 South Month-End-Clearan- Phone:483-196- 0 ce dDUJTTILIETr STTdDlME is fully warranted. 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