iFriday, September 30, 1988/The Battalion/Page 13
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oyners make for Olympic double trouble
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Flo Jo and Jackie are
told medalists-in-law again.
Porence Griffith Joyner fulfilled predictions of
jiething unbelievable” Thursday, breaking the 200-
fer world record twice in two hours at the Seoul
ppics.
wo world records, two gold medals and I’m not
M^hed." Flo Jo said.
eand record-smashing sister-in-law Jackie Joyner-
ee highlighted a day at the Games that belonged to
women: The U.S. team won the basketball gold
that the men couldn’t, and yet another tennis ti-
as left to be decided by Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sa-
d
re United States’ can-do boxers, meanwhile, had
fricans wondering if this could be another Mon-
eal
plis was called America’s worst Olympic boxing
— no names, no Hash, no chance. But U.S. boxers
dy are assured of eight medals — one more than
won in ’76 —and they’ll be going for six golds this
end, one more than Montreal.
Imost everybody said this team was not going to do
["Coach Ken Adams said. “We showed everyone
pecially Riddick Bowe, the New York super-heavy-
[ht. He took two standing 8-counts and nearly
'(make it through the first round, but he stormed
for a unanimous decision over the Soviet Union’s
yweight champion.
ter 13 days of Games, the medal count looked like
Soviet Union 95 total, 39 gold; East Germany 79
total, 31 gold, and the United States 61 total, 23 gold —
and closing fast.
America added one to its gold count in freestyle
wrestling when John Smith of Del City, Okla., out
pointed Stephan Sarkissian of the Soviet Union 4-0 in
the 136.5-pound division.
At the track, it was a bad day for East German Heike
Drechsler, beaten first in the long jump by Joyner-Ker-
see, whose brother A1 is married to Griffith Joyner,
then in the 200 by Flo Jo herself. In the process, Grif
fith Joyner also broke the 200 world record Drechsler
shared with another East German, Marita Koch.
“It was a tough day,” Drechsler said. “I gave my best,
but these two are very strong athletes.”
Griffith Joyner is the first American woman to hold a
200-meter record since Wilma Rudolph in 1960, and
the old mark of 21.71 first was set by Koch nine years
a g°- .
Griffith Joyner, her long hair flowing behind her like
the contrails of a jet, first broke the record in the semifi
nals, running 21.56.
Then, in the final, she sped to a time of 21.34, lower
ing the mark for the second time in two hours, and add
ing the 200 to the 100 gold she won last Sunday.
And she could get more, with two relays still on the
schedule.
“I know I can run much faster,” she said. “I felt very
relaxed. That’s the key.”
Before the race, A1 Joyner had predicted his wife
would do “something unbelievable,” adding: “She’s
been training since Nov. 1 just to meet the East Ger
man, and this is her day.”
Husband-wife pairs bring in gold
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) —
Meet Bobby and Jackie and Flo
and Al, two couples with a lot in
common.
They’re all in the same busi
ness: Husband and wife work to
gether. Nearly all of them are
named Joyner and together they
have a enough medals to open a
shop.
“It’s almost like a family af
fair,” says Jackie Joyner-Kersee,
the wife of Bobby and sister of Al.
There are differences, too, be
tween the couples and within the
couples.
Al Joyner is easygoing and jok
ing. He wears unobtrusive sweats
and an Olympic gimme hat en
crusted with Olympic pins. He’s
the quiet one at Florence Griffith
Joyner’s side, ushering her
through the media mob.
He’s also the proud husband
who lent his wife his own gold
medal as inspiration, then rushed
onto the field to sweep her off
her feet when she won her second
gold.
“I told her she was already the
Olympic champion to me, so I
gave her my gold medal,” he says,
then laughs. “I knew she had a
chance at three or four so I knew
I was going to get mine back.”
Bob Kersee is an intense man
in colorful running clothes who
roams the stands shouting en
couragements when Jackie’s on
the track. “Keep your rhythm
now, Jackie, come on,” he yells
even if Jackie is well ahead of the
pack. She’s his wife, yes, but she’s
also his student.
“I just get excited,” he says. “I
try not to, but it’s difficult for me
because of my love for the ath
letes that I coach.”
Florence is all business. She set
her goal to win two gold medals
and break world records. The fla
shy running clothes, red, white
and blue nails, and the Cleopatra
eyes belie a serious competitor
who chose her husband as a
trainer because, she said, he
could give her more time.
“All year I was training with Al
and I was determined not to let
Al beat me,” she says. “And I
knew if I wasn’t going to let my
husband beat me I didn’t want
any of the females that were here
to beat me.”
Jackie can be full of giggles at
interviews and wear a huge grin
when she knows she’s a winner.
But she also is reserved. She
couldn’t be talked into running in
her sister-in-law’s track lingerie
and thinks her husband’s antics
are sometimes, well, loud.
“Right now I can’t recall what
he said,” she said after winning
the heptathlon, “but when I’m
out there I can hear him calling.”
Unless you’ve been living in a
cellar the past week, you know
that Griffith Joyner has won gold
medals in the 100- and 200-meter
dashes. And she now holds the
world and Olympic records in
both.
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being in the limelight this year is the
ice of a good passing quarterback,
many Aggie football fans know, Texas
A&rM quarterbacks have not been exactly
outstanding since the record-setting Kevin
Murray left in 1986, Harris’ sophomore
year.
Craig Stump was no exception, so A&M
recruited high school All-American Lance
Pavlas, to Fill Murray’s shoes
Pavlas, dubbed “Little Vinny” when he
arrived on campus, was redshirted his
freshman year and split time last year with
Stump and the surprising Bucky
Richardson.
Richardson opened eyes when he
showed his tremendous speed, running for
an 82-yard touchdown last year against
Southern Mississippi.
He led the Aggies to their third
consecutive Southwest Conference
Championship with a running attack — and
left Harris out of the picture, although he
still remained one of the nation’s top punt-
and kick-return specialists.
Harris made his First notable appearance
in 1985. His 71-yard kickoff return set up a
score, keyed the Aggies’ 19-17 win against
Southern Methodist, and started the Aggies
on their way to their first SWC title in the
1980s.
Harris returned two punts for
touchdowns in 1987, including a key score
against Arkansas.
His receiving yardage declined from 326
yards in 1986 to 196 last year after Murray’s
departure.
With quarterback Chris Osgood reviving
the A&M offense, Harris could make a
notable comeback as receiver, as he had his
first big game of the season last week
against Oklahoma State with 109 yards on
nine receptions.
The game was second only to his career-
best — last year against Texas Christian,
when he caught five passes for 119 yards
and one touchdown.
Osgood could be the man not only to
bring back the Aggie offense back to the
position it was in Murray’s days, but it
would also bring the passing dimension
back from the dead with receivers such as
Harris, Gary Oliver, Shane Garrett and
Percy Waddle.
Another factor in Harris’ favor is this is
the time National Football League scouts
begin to look hard for speedy receivers, and
with a strong Finish this season he could go
high in next year’s draft.
Harris owns the school record for single
game punt-return yards (123 vs. Louisiana
Tech), punt return yards in consecutive
games (231), and the A&M record for
career kickoff-return average.
His feats have earned him honorable-
mention All-America honors last year and
preseason All-America credits this year. He
made the All-Southwest Conference first
team as both a receiver and return specialist
last year also.
With running back Darren Lewis’
outstanding performance last week, it is
likely that Texas Tech will focus its
defensive strategy on him instead of Harris.
Should Osgood have a good day passing
as he did with OSU, watch for Harris.
He could burn the mediocre Texas Tech
secondary for a long play with his quick
moves and 4.4 speed.
Head Coach Jackie Sherrill has displayed
he is not afraid to go with the big play,
letting Osgood throw deep to Harris,
Garrett, and Cornelius Patterson a number
of times against OSU.
Also, look for trick plays involving Harris
in possibly a reverse or a pitch back to Lewis
and going for it all.
Lewis is two-of-three on the trick play, as
Lewis’ last attempt was accurate but went
through the outstretched hands of Felton
Ransby in the end zone.
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