Show B4 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday June 20 2004 Montgomery claims innocence to USADA By The Associated Press ' mal notice Now a USADA review panel will decide — perhaps by early whether to recthis coming week ' steroids and other banned substances Tim Montgomery the world’s fastest' :inan told the US Montgomery’s lawyer said the Agency he's done iKtliing wrong and ridiculed v sprinter will continue to fight for the vv' chance “to fulfill his dreams and impossible drug evidence against him V : “The truth will prevail” he said participate in the 2004 Olympics” : i Montgomery also identified banished Montgomery record holder in the " Anii-Dopi- ! ommend bringing drug charges against them v If they are found guilty of doping they would face minimum bans of two years ’ None of those athletes failed a drug test so the USADA is building cases based on documents and other circumstantial evidence deriving from the Bay Area Laboratory live case Documents from the grand ' jury investigation of BALCO were ' subpoenaed by a Senate committee and then turned oyer to the USADA 'Montgomery’s attorney Cristina Arguedas said almost all of the USADA’s allegations about Mont- - U gomery come from the files of Victor Conte — the founder of BALOO and one of four men who have plead-cd innocent to distributing steroids to top athletes Arguedas said in a statement that Montgomery and Conte had a “bitter falling out” around the same lime ' ' : Who’? he was asked : Kelli1 Whitfc" 7 Montgomery I so “She don't live with I don’t know howjJic would know” White the world champion in the : 7v 'women's 100 and 2(X) last yearr has relinquished thdw medals and accept ed a two-yesuspension for using W ar ' finish in the After his sixth-plac- e 100 at Saturday’s Prefontaine Classic In Eugene Ore Montgomery accused the USADA pf “making up rules” Montgomery and the other three Chiyste Gaines Michelle Collins and Alvin Harrison — had until day to respond to the US ADA's Fri- - : for- - - deadline Attorneys for Gaines and 'CoUins could not be reached j- ' 7 Montgomery’s girlfriend three- r time Olympic champion Marion Jones also is under investigation by the USADA but has not received a formal letter that the agency is pur- suing a case against her " - - ‘ Co-Oper- a- ' that most of those documents were ' : created making the documents “$us ' their on and unreliable face” pect The statement also claims the docu-- 7 merits are “riddled with errors inconsistencies and discrepancies’ V in Arguedas said one of the the USADA’s files dated July 2002 $ quotes Conte as saying: “It is time for Tim to start to cry like a baby A He could have had the world record ' ' : and been making a ton of money” ' Two months later Montgomery did set the world record of 978 sec- ondsat a meet in Paris '' “They act like I broke the world ' record with Conte’’ Montgomery 'A mentioned said of USADA then he “That lets you know I the wasn’t listening to him” p ' ’ Kay SmW ' Mi Brian ''Mum ' 21 rShaa ! - M - HI Barr ’ A- ' - - Kayi ail - ' ' ” ' ' ' ' J'' Bl Draw ' - ''’ 21 Kash 31 HI Beads way American could meet Federer A-Ko-ofl rival Sr a in final H WIMBLEDON England (AP) — Andy Roddick has what it takes to be a transcendent teri: we’ve got to1 try and win the tournament” 7 ' That of course includes Federer' on a'l 7-match grass-cou- rt nisstar winning streak and one of He boasts a highlight-ree- ljust three past champions in the men’s field A worthy ISO mph' serve that makes opponents'- ' The others are Lleyton Hewitt (2002) and 7 y Goran Ivanisevic (2001) who hasn't played whiff and spectators gasp He backs that up with a ferocious forehand while the rest of his hoe since collecting his lone major title and is ' is Brad game steadily improving under retiring after (he fortnight Gilbert’s tutelage “Next year I’m going to come as a member Os with a tie and drink the tea” said Ivanisevic'' It helps that he plays with a Connors-esqu- e 7 g fans after a : 32 “But this is going to be my last profession- energy that cati lead to ' al match and there’s no better tournament than fantastic point He even has a potential career-7 long foil: No 1 Roger Federer X yXi-'i Wimbledon to end it” ' i'J&C' And unlike'12 monthsago at Wimbledon where The man known as Never Borin’ Goran isn'V the only past champion relishing one last hur- play starts Monday Roddick now possesses some- winner Martina Navratilova 47 rah Nine-timthing essential to consistently contending at Grand Slam tournaments: a Grand Slam tiderA' vv'and walking away from the' game at' earned in September at the US Open season’s end competes in singles here : “I was playing really well at Wim-- y v for the first trme sinc 1 y i' Wxth tennis’ TV ratings in decline ''apd bledon last year but pteybe 1 didn’t: have the belief that I have now- - Now some observers worrying' aloud about is wori an mat one having definitely '‘ advantage for me? Roddick said “v always talked about before I’d won a Grand Siam that the only fear is the fear of the unknown People would ask ’Can you Win v K record-breaki- ng - ‘ - high-fivin- 'P Z ie r e V about RoddickFederert in the s not a dbne deal that they! 11 meet " ' Wimbledon final ’natural lyA group of ’ ararent depth in tennis (something play'’7f:o also inter as a lack one Would be'could inteivene including Tim Henman whqno of talent) preted top - surprised if Roddick and lgchkmpionfivwill reprise hisroletheGreatBritish 'Federer square off July4 for the championship for the locals’ first male champion isirice )936: Achariging bfthe guard could be hi the offing: Wift Andre Agassi out Citing a hip injuiy it’s the fust time in 16 years neither he nor theietued Pete Sampras is entered Agassi is one of more than a dozen men who are sidelined including 2002 runner-u- p David Nalban£an'who with- drew Saturday with a tom abdominal miiscle r ‘T’m disappointed that Andre isn’t able to Apost at Wimbledon this year IJtnow how much v it means' to fans to have him on court nnd I AP photo hope he’s able to play soon” Roddick said “There will be a lot of action for fans to keep Andy Roddick serves- to Patadorn Sriehaphan during a match at the Queen's Clubgrass court tennis tournament in London on June 1 1! Roddick is considered a favorite at this year’s Wimbledon: up with since the rest of us will be giving it all '" x' a -- v :'VV WW i!: 5 m race - ' - thing this week" Helton said “But at the same time we continue to look at the thing! wc can do particularly in pra- cedures related to not racing back to the yellow and the chain of things that ha ve1 - occurred because of that move “We are looking very hard- ait how to simplify thase V things to where NASCAR the competitors and the fans can BROOKLYN Mich(AP)w NASCAR president Mike Heh ton would give plenty to see a nice wmple race today at Michi- gan intenational Speedway Two weeksof mistake y confusion and tcKi niany laps' : under the caution flag have left the stock car sanctioning organization in direhced of a ' ’ prbblemdree weekend “We can only hope that happens It would he good for eeryh(Kly" Helton said Sat- urday between the final prac-- v ' tiye sessions for the DHL 4f ft “I think the ideal situatu i is for us to get through a cou- ' pie of races with no strange occurrences in them” Helton added “But more importantly if something that we've not seen yet occurs our reaction to it needs to be solid and as good as it' can be" k - Helton has been put in the uncomfortable position of hav- ing to apologize for gaftes by NASCAR officials at Dover and Pocnno the past two weeks Most of the problems have stemmed fn n NASCAR's continuing etToils to figure out a e way to freeze the field when the caution flag conics out Until last fall the drivers were allowed to race back to the fiagstand a dangerous practice but considerably easier to score The last two races have been marred by extended cau- tion periods as officials scrambled to get the cars in the proper order on the track before waving the green flag “We're not changing any- - i caution period NASCAR had explained its new pitting procedures to the drivers in a meeting before the race and johnson who was leading stayed on track while drivers behind him saw the green flag and pitted ' That cost Johnson considerable track position but he eventually was able to overcome the mistake and win the race — saving NASCAR further embarrassment ’ m m “ mm Others' include to Wih¥ Robin Soderling and Joachim Johansson and ' (if health handblii Of that grbup only Safilil owns a Siam title 'and for many' talented players’ 'it’s that’s the toughest- Tederer followed his brealcZZ - “I feel like there are not many guys left who really have an edge onme” says Federer'against Roddick: :'? mW Ia I ' III 1L 11 ‘X 'iff rtfs ? m m Bi GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP (AP) The ball bounced the right way for Denise Killeen on Saturday Now she is in the running for her first LPGA title In the second roupd of the ShopRite 7 ’ w tr N-J- - Jeff Gordon who starts from ' the pole in today 's race said he believes NASCAR has just ten caught by circumstances “There are so maiiy factors and things that can go wrong during a race” the four-tim- e scries champion said “NASCAR has done a phenomenal job on things for many years They 're nnder a big microscope and they've made some big mistakes" One of those mistakes came at Pocono when Gordon's teammate Jimmie Johnson Was caught off guard when the NASCAR flagman on pit road mistakenly opened the service ' lane a lap too soon during a fail-saf- I’’’ s E ’ understandit” ’ - - -- s Ph Vf: v - at the All England Ciub rib hi (L be O LGPA Classic Killeen birdied the 337-yapar-- 4 17th hole with a shot that looked as if it came from a miniature golf game rd be in ' th be P1 Deep io the fairway rough after her tee shot Killeen used a pitching wedge to loft a high-archishot that dropped near 7 the back of the green The ball seemed to 7 "catch on the fringe cut following it in a semicircle before rolling downhill and 7 coming to rest 3 feet from the pin: ' She hit the birdie putt picked up another birdie on the 18th and finished with a 65 taking a two-shlead into the final round ng Bi in go do O an te Ph ot “Once those good things start to hap- pen you try to build on them” she said Winless in 12 years as a pro Killeen was at 12 under heading into Sunday d Giulia Sergas was two shots back while CristieKerr and 1 amateur Paula Creamer were also in contention four shots off First-roun- er the lead Killeen of Marietta Ga played error-fre- e golf while playing partner Sergas birdied three of their first four holes' lead taking a two-shAfter shooting even par for five holes Killeen made short putts for birdie on the sixth and eighth holes and then finished with a flourish She birdied the last four holes for a two-da- y total of 130 tying the Classic record for 36 holes She had the same score in Friday’s open-in- g ot ' round Once she’d made the birdie at No 17 she picked up another stroke on the 18th landing her second shot on the ' d hole and two- -' green of the putting for another birdie She wasn't worried about her tendency to start slowly “I knew eventually I would start to hit 508-yar- ' AP photo Denise Killeen tees off on the ninth hole during the ShopRite LPGA Cfassic Saturday in Galloway Township NJ a little better which I did and then I started to hit it bad again in the middle and made a lot of good and finished very well” Killeen said Finishing well hasn’t been her strong point Since joining the tour in 1992 Killeen has never finished better than a tie for fourth She has missed the cut in four of 10 events this year But on Saturday she had her own rooting section — son Drew and daughter Kaleigh this is the first day he “My wanted to come out and watch me” Killeen said Sergas of Trieste Italy used a deft touch with her pitching wedge to set up birdie putts of 3 feet on No 2 and 9 feet on No 4 A pair of bogeys — she drove into the d rough on the eighth hole and the 2th green — set her back ' but she bounced back with two more birdies after that She too was optimistic about her - chances for her first LPGA title “I feel really calm I usually get ner-vous like my heart beats really fast I don’t know (it's) surprising I’m really calm And 1 just wantto play” Sergas said Creamer a high school senior playing with her boyfriend as her caddie had nine birdies — including five in a row — en route to a 64 that put her in con- tention One of them came when she hit a downhill putt on No 4 “I have been in a couple of LPGA tournaments and I really didn't do much up to my standards and I thought 'Paula you need to kick it in gear here' This golf course sets up well for my ' game and as long as the putter is hot here I'll keep it real low" said Creamer of Pleasanton Calif Defending champion Angela Stanford missed the cut — which was par — by one stroke Eighty-tw- o players will compete in the final round of the $1 3 million event Top prize: $195000 35-fo- ot ' three-putte- 1 ' Pi ' ye str a 1 ne so 2C Oi ye m ov 19 so sa at ni tr lo in ne |