AREA ATHLETES : WOMEN ROWERS DISAPPOINT FULLER AMONG EIGHT WHO FALL SHORT IN PRELIM.Byline: Jon Wilner Daily News Staff Writer They have pointed to the years together as their key to success. But Monday on Lake Lanier Lake Lanier (officially Lake Sidney Lanier) is a manmade lake in the northern portion of the U.S. state of Georgia. It was created by the completion of Buford Dam on the Chattahoochee River in 1956, and is also fed by the waters of the Chestatee River. , the American boat given the best chance for a gold medal gold medal traditional first prize. [Western Cult: Misc.] See : Prize performed as if its eight rowers and coxswain had been thrown together last week. The women's eight, with Westlake's Amy Fuller and UCLA's Catriona Fallon, fell behind Belarus early and never recovered in a preliminary-round race - losing by 3.84 seconds (a length). ``We have to put this behind us,'' Fuller told the Santa Barbara News-Press The Santa Barbara News-Press is a broadsheet newspaper based in Santa Barbara, California. History The News-Press asserts it is the oldest daily newspaper in Southern California, publishing since 1855. . ``I have to be a leader and be confident, because I'm the only returning medalist.'' The women will compete in the six-boat repechage rep·e·chage n. A trial heat, especially in rowing, allowing competitors who have already lost a heat another chance to qualify for the semifinals. Wednesday against Australia, Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. , Germany, Canada and the Netherlands. The top-four advance to Sunday's final. The last two go home. ``The same thing happened in Lucerne Lucerne (l  sûrn`), Ger. Luzern (ltsĕrn`), canton (1993 pop. (Switzerland),'' coxswain Yaz Farooq said of the biggest pre-world championship/Olympic regatta. ``We didn't do very well before the heats, and had a big win in the final.'' But the Lucerne experience may be a curse, not a confidence-builder. Several times in recent years the women's eight boat, victorious in Lucerne, failed to win the world title or Olympics. Dave, Chelsea. Chelsea, Dave: Thousand Oaks' lightweight four without coxswain rower David Collins also will participate in a Wednesday repechage. His boat finished second to Canada. However, Collins got his picture taken with Chelsea Clinton Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27, 1980) is the daughter and only child of former US President Bill Clinton and United States Senator Hillary Clinton. She was born in Little Rock, Arkansas. , who was watching the action on the lake. Historic homer: Sherman Oaks shortstop Dot Richardson Dorothy ("Dot") Gay Richardson (born September 22, 1961 in Orlando, Florida) is a former international softball player. She used to play on the sidelines at her brothers' baseball games. reclaimed the sixth-inning home run ball she hit Sunday in the United States' 10-0 victory over Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. . It was the first home run in Olympic history, since softball had been an exhibition sport until this year. ``A security guard got the ball back for me, and I threw it to my family in the stands,'' she said. When the time is right: USC's 6-foot-5 Dream Girl Lisa Leslie Leslie scored a game-high 24 points in a 101-84 victory over Cuba on Sunday. The Dream Girls are back on the court today, against Ukraine at noon. Hit the beach: Beach volleyball For the ball used in this sport, see . Beach volleyball is an Olympic team sport played on sand. Two teams, positioned on either side of a net which divides a rectangular court, hit a volleyball, usually using the hands or arms. competition begins this morning, and several local tandems have gold medals on their mind: Karch Kiraly Charles Frederick Kiraly, better known as Karch Kiraly (born November 3, 1960 in Jackson, Michigan), is an American volleyball player who is the only person to have won Olympic gold medals in both the indoor and beach versions of the sport. and Kent Steffes Kent Steffes (born June 23, 1968 in Pacific Palisades, California) is an American beach volleyball player. He was a gold medalist in the 1996 Summer Olympics along with Karch Kiraly. He attended Stanford, and later transfed to UCLA. He graduated with a degree in Economics. , Sinjin Smith Christopher St. John ("Sinjin") Smith (born May 7, 1957 in Santa Monica, California) is a professional beach volleyball player. He won one U.S. championship and two World championships with Randy Stoklos. and Carl Henkel, and Nancy Reno and Holly McPeak. (Kiraly, Steffes, Smith and McPeak attended UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX .) ``I don't think any of us thought this would become an Olympic sport,'' said Smith, who became the most popular and successful beach player of the sport's infant years. ``To see it come from no prize money to having prize money, sponsorship and television coverage is an incredible thing. I trained for the Olympic Games in 1980 (in indoor volleyball) and didn't go, so I thought my Olympic dream had ended. To now end my career with the Olympics is incredible.'' La Crescenta's Gail Castro is also competing, with partner Deb Richardson. They are not expected to challenge for the gold. Unanimous No. 1: As the most populous state, California figures to have the most Olympians. But its lead is out of proportion to its population advantage. With 162 athletes, it dwarfs the second most-represented state, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , which has 35. They said it: Former Pepperdine volleyball player and current U.S. captain Bob Ctvrtlik on the difference between the men and women: ``The women have what they call a sports psychologist. The men have a guy who gets guys to talk.'' KEEPING WATCH OF AREA ATHLETES Athlete (City or School), event When they compete Amy Acuff (UCLA), long jump competes Aug. 1 Valeyta Althouse (UCLA), field prelims July 31 Larry Amar (Camarillo), field hockey Wednesday vs. India Ruben Benitez (Woodland Hills), track Friday and July 31 Ato Boldon (UCLA), track Friday and July 31 Brad Bridgewater (USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. ), swimmer Competes Friday Nick Butcher (Simi Valley), field hockey Wednesday vs. India Gail Castro (La Crescenta), beach volleyball Today prelims David Collins (Thousand Oaks), rowing Wednesday repechage Sheila Cornell (Woodland Hills), softball Wednesday vs. Taiwan Rich Corso (Van Nuys), water polo Today vs. Romania Mark Crear (Valencia), track Sunday first round Bob Ctvrtlik (Pepperdine), volleyball Today vs. Argentina Sandra De La Riva (Chatsworth), handball handball Any of a variety games in which a small rubber ball is struck against a wall with the hand or fist. It can be played in a three- or four-walled court or against a single wall by two or four players (in singles or doubles games, respectively). Friday vs. Denmark Gail Devers (Van Nuys), track Friday and July 29 Janet Evans (USC), swimming Failed to make finals Catriona Fallon (UCLA), rowing Wednesday repechage Joy Fawcett (UCLA), soccer Today vs. Sweden Denny Fercho (Ventura), handball Wednesday vs. Sweden Lisa Fernandez (UCLA), softball Wednesday vs. Taiwan Amy Fuller (Westlake Village), rowing Wednesday repecahge Troy Glaus (UCLA), baseball Wednesday vs. Italy John Godina (UCLA), field Friday and July 29 Dan Hackett (UCLA), water polo Today vs. Roimania Axel Hager (CSUN CSUN California State University Northridge ), volleyball Today prelims Sharon Hansen (Ventura), field begins Saturday Joseph Harper (Ventura), canoe prelims begin July 30 Frankie Hejduk (UCLA), soccer Wednesday vs. Portugul Carl Henkel (UCLA), beach volleyball Today prelims Victoria Herazo (Castaic), track July 29 Justin Huish (Simi Valley), archery Sunday prelims Bryan Ivie (USC), volleyball Today vs. Argentina Jacque Jones (USC), baseball Wednesday vs. Italy Nancy Kawar (UCLA, La Crescenta), field Sunday and July 31 J. Joyner-Kersee (UCLA, Canoga Park), Saturday and Aug. 1 Karch Kiraly (UCLA), beach ll Today prelims Balazs Kiss (USC), field prelims Saturday Josh Lakatos (Pasadena), shooting Won silver medal Lisa Leslie (USC), basketball Today vs. Ukraine Mike Marsh (UCLA), track Friday and July 31 Ben Maruquin (Ventura), field hockey Wednesday vs. India Holly McPeak (UCLA), beach volleyball Today prelims Inger Miller (USC), track July 31 prelims Reggie Miller (UCLA), basketball Wed. vs. Lithuania John O'Neill (Newbury Park), field hockey Wednesday vs. India Jeff Nygaard (UCLA), volleyball Today vs. Argentina Jim Parque (UCLA, La Crescenta), baseball Wednesday vs. Italy Mike Powell (UCLA), field Sunday prelims Suzy Powell (UCLA), field Sunday prelims Kristine Quance (USC, Northridge), swimming Wednesday Dot Richardson (UCLA), softball Wednesday vs. Taiwan Alex Rousseau (UCLA), water polo Today vs. Romania Annette Salmeen (USC), swimming Thursday and Friday Sinjin Smith (UCLA), beach volleyball Today prelims Chris Snitko (UCLA), soccer Wednesday vs. Portugul Tom Sorensen (Pepperdine), volleyball Today vs. Argentina Jeff Stork (Pepperdine), volleyball Today vs. Argentina Mike Terry (UCLA), track prelims Friday Chainey Umphrey (UCLA), gymnastics Today, ind. all-around Tom Vano (Simi Valley), field hockey Wednesday vs. India Fernando Vargas (Oxnard), boxing Second round Thursday Wei Wang (Pasadena), table tennis singles begin Wed. Jeff Weaver (Simi Valley), baseball Wednesday vs. Italy Paula Weishoff (USC), volleyball Wednesday vs. China Scott Williams (Newbury Park), field hockey Wednesday vs. India Jeff Williams (San Fernando), track July 31 prelims Elaine Youngs (UCLA), volleyball Wednesday vs. China CAPTION(S): Photo, Chart Photo: The U.S. women's eight rowing team lost to Be larus by 3.84 seconds in a preliminary-round race. Associated Press Chart: KEEPING WATCH OF AREA ATHLETES (see text) |
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