Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday June 28 1987-- 21 Lewis wins long jump - SAN JOSE Calif (UPI) The only inspiration Carl Lewis needed to win the greatest long jump competition of all times was to glance down at his jersey There stuck on the strap was a black ribbon so small it was hardly visible to the fans gathered nearby in the stands But to Lewis it was large as a poster saying “win baby win baby” The ribbon was in memory of his father who passed away this spring Lewis said two weeks il ago he was going into the Track and Field Championships with the goal of winning three events in memory of his father USA-Hob- On Friday he won two Lewis was pushed to the limit in the men’s long jump by both Larry Myricks and Mike Conley before coming away a winner with a leap of 28 feet 4 12 inches All three jumpers surpassed 28 feet marking the first time in history such an performance had taken place “When tiie competition gets that way Carl’s adrenline starts pumping" said Tom Tellez Lewis’ coach “I felt once Myricks jumped far Carl would follow He needs those kids to jump far in order to get the best out of him’’ However unknown to the fans Lewis came into the morning event injured On a preliminary long jump Thursday Lewis felt a strange sensation in his left knee the one he had operated on last September “After tiie first jump it (his knee) was hurting” Lewis said “But I decided to keep on jumping” Lewis’ knee stayed loose enough for him to capture the 200 title later in the evening in a time of 2012 Meanwhile Duncan Atwood coming off an suspension for testing positive for steriods won the men's javelin throw Friday track championships Atwood from Seattle unleashed a series of 261-- 1 250-- 268-- 271-- 5 253-- 1 and 260-to down favorite and American record-holdTom Petranoff Atwood who was allowed to compete by the six-thro- w 0 5 0 er Carl Lewis clears 4Vt Inches in long 28-fe- jump at US track and field championships US Track starting May 13th says he missed the sport during his forced absence “I had planned to take the 1888 season off anyway but not quite in the fashion I did" he said “I really missed the people around the IAAF again sport” With the worry of competing erased from his mind Atwood was able to work on the minute details of his throwing style “I continued to train” he said “I did a lot of sprint training I became a much better thrower because I stayed out of the weight room The javelin is not a weight event it's more of a gymnastic event It takes more than strength to win” On the subject of drug testing Atwood said he was for testing but said athletic pharmacopoeia and common knowledge is quickly outdating the testing methods “I think drug testing is great but I don’t know how well it works” he said “A lot of people are learning washout times There are crazy rumors about new compounds things you can’t even detect But these are things I hear I’m no biochemist” Atwood is concerned about the chaotic situation in Seoul South Korea the site of the 1988 Olympics “It sounds like a real mess” he said “Just like the last two It will be my third Olympics where there has been a destruction of the Olympic image If it gets any worse over there I might give up my spot to the fourth-plac- e finisher I don’t want to die for someone else’s cause" In women’s competition Sheila Hudson set an American record in the women’s triple jump Friday by clearing 45 feet 5 4 inches Hudson of the University of California bettered her previous record of 2 2 set June 6 in the NCAA Championships at Baton Rouge La 1-- 45-- 1-- Woman walks to new US record Calif (UPI) -Torrellas set an SAN JOSE Maryanne American record at the USAMobU Track and Track notes Field Championships Friday but don’t look for her name in the headlines of your local sports pages Torrellas a mother of three from Clinton Conn won the women’s 10 kilometer walk in a time of 47:238 eclipsing her own American record of 49:161 Instead of finishing jto the roar of the crowd Torrellas crossed the finish line to the applause of about 10 people in the stands who happened to come to the meet well before the more publicized events began However the lack of recognition did not seem to bother Torrellas who came into the meet looking to set the American standard “I thought the record would go in this race” she said “I thought whoever won the race would get the record” When asked how she managed to keep her concentration for such a long period of time Torrellas replied: “I had the idea in my head that it was like a car race I imagined myself as a racecar and I was eliding up the gears until there were just a few people left At the end of the race it was just a matter of leg speed” Henry Marsh the leading American steeplechase runner of this decade finished fourth in his qualifying heat on Thursday But the Bountiful Utah native said there was nothing to be concerned about “The object of qualifiers is to make the finals” he said “I want to save as much energy in the qualifiers I use Thursday as a preparation day for Saturday - best Johnny Gray 800-met- er has been America’s runner sags he overshadowed by Great Britain’s Sebastian Coe and Steve Cram too long Gray’s goal for this season is an assault on Coe's world record time of 1:4173 set in Florence tJlalyinl981 “The world record is within my grasp” boasted Gray “I should have had it last year That’s my goal for this season” Last year Gray recorded a 1:4348 at a meet in Europe However his time in the qualifier on Thursday was 1:4762 Despite rumors that Carl Lewis is on the outs with sportwear giant Nike Inc the e Olympic gold medalist refused to take a shot at the Oregon company “Fve always been with Nike equipment” said Lewis who reportedly has a contract with the firm “I’ve always been a loyal person to the company Whether we are bickering or not is not Important Ifeel that I’ve always been a good ambassador for them I’m not the kind of person to lash back at them” four-tim- six-figu- re Butch Reynolds from Ohio State has captured the media's attention in the men’s 400 meters this year by running two of the best times ever in the event at sea leveL His performances have also caught the attentions of his competition particularly Darrell Robinson The two never have met but Robinson has watched Reynolds perform twice this year at the Big 10 meet and the NCAAs Court rules USOC has i to Olympics’ rights - The (UPI) homosexCourt told Supreme uals this week they cannot call a sports event “The Gay Olympics” upholding the US Olympic Committee’s exclusive rights to control use of the word “Olympic’’ The justices on a 2 vote upheld provisions in the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 which word gves the status “Olympic” However the justices split on the issue of whether the Olympic Committee had enforced its right to the trademark in a discriminatory manner with two Justices saying discrimination had occurred and two others saying the issue should go to trial The San Francisco Arts ft Athletics Inc which brought the appeal after it was fold it could not use the phrase “Gay Olympics” hsd argued that the word was generic and could not be a trademark Writing for the court Justice WASHINGTON 7-- H 1 Lewis Powell said: “Congress reasonably could conclude that the commercial and promotional use of the word ’Olympic’ was the product of the uSOC’s own talents and energy the end result of much time effort and expense "Because Congress reasonably could conclude that the USOC has distinguished the word 'Olympic' through its own efforts Congress’s decision to grant the USOC a limited pro- perty right in the word 'Olympic' falls within the scope of trademark protections and thus certainly within constitutional bounds” The court also concluded there was no basis to claims the Olympic Committee discriminated against homosexuals by preventing them from using the word while allowing other groups to do so Because the US Olympic Committee is a private group the justices said it u not 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