The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, February 11, 1985, Page Page 15, Image 15
And he sings, too
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By Associated Pres
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. ? Carl Lewis ran an almost
perfcct 55-metcr dash, then sang an almost perfcct national
anthem Saturday in the Vitalis-U.S. Olympic invitational
track and field meet at the Meadowlands Arena.
The 23-year-old, four-time Olympic gold medalist started
slowly in the sprint, then accelerated quickly and won the race
for elite runners in 6.15 seconds.
After the race, the globetrotting Lewis, who received the
Jesse Owens International Amateur Athlete Trophy in New
York Wednesday and won the long jump in Los Angeles Friday
night, caught his breath and sang "The Star Spangled
Banner."
HIS SINGING was near-flawless, marred only by two
minor mistakes ? saying "as" instead of "at" and "for" instead
of "or." But his; voice was loud and clear.
Before singing, l ewis sipped on a cup of tea to soothe his
throat.
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Because of his weary cross-country schedule, however, the
somewhat tired Lewis did 1101 come close to breaking his world
indoor best of 6.02. tl
"1 just wanted to run a good technical race," he expalincd.
"I'm a little tired after going from East to West and back a
again."
BF.N JOHNSON of Canada finished second in 6.2, and
Lewis' former teammate at the University of Houston, Mark v
McNeil, was third in 6.22 Sam Graddy, the runner-up to lewis
in the Olympic 100-meter dash, wound up fourth in 6.25. e
Meanwhile, Olympic champion Roger Kingdom won a r
special exhibition in the men's 55-meter high hurdles, after he
appeared late for the the heats of the scheduled race. h
"There was a misunderstanding on my part," Kingdom 1
said. "I was mistaken about what time the shuttle bus was
leaving (the Meadownlands Hilton), and I was late. ^
"I'm glad I got the opportunity to run." ^
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KINGDOM SMARTLY capitalized on the opportunity.
His time of 7.03 was six-hundreths of a second faster than
he time of Cletus Clark, winner of the scheduled race.
Clark and the next four finishers in he scheduled race ran
gainst Kingdom and Canada's Mark McKoy, clocked in 7.07.
McKoy also placed second in the scheduled race in 7.16.
GREG FOSTER, the Olympic silver medalist in the hurdles,
vas absent because of illness.
In the women's hurdles race, Stephanie Hightwoer won the
vent for the fith consecutive time, in 7.56, easily beating
unncr-up Sharon Danville of Britain.
Danville, clocked in 7.62, edged Candy Young by onemndredth
of a second for second place.
Alice Brown, the Olympic silver medalist in the women's
00, won the 55-meter dash in 6.66.
Desai Williams of Canada won the men's open 55-meter
lash in 6.24, nipping football star Mike Morris of Syracuse
Jniversity, 6.25, and Brady Crain, 6.26.
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