BRIEFLY KIRALY, LAMBERT, LOSE FINAL.Byline: Daily News Staff, Wire Reports Kevin Wong (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 ) and Eric Fonoimoana Eric Fonoimoana (born June 7, 1969) is an American volleyball player who currently resides in Hermosa Beach, California. He was born in Manhattan Beach, California, and attended UCSB. He is most notable for winning the gold medal in the 2000 Olympic Games. upset top-seeded 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. (UCLA) and Mike Lambert 22-20, 21-19 to win the Hermosa Beach Hermosa Beach (hûrmō`sə), city (1990 pop. 18,219), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1907. It is a residential suburb and a popular resort noted for its fine, sandy beaches and excellent surf. Open on Sunday. Wong and Fonoimoana, seeded ninth, split $20,000 for the victory. Kiraly, who was playing after separating his shoulder last week in a tournament at Belmar, New Jersey Belmar is a borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 6,045. The Borough of Belmar is governed under the Faulkner Act (Small Municipality) system of municipal government. , and Lambert shared $14,000. Kiraly-Lambert rallied to defeat second-seeded Todd Rogers Todd Rogers (born September 30, 1973 in Santa Barbara, California) is a top professional beach volleyball player on the AVP Professional Beach Volleyball Tour. Born in Santa Barbara, he attended San Marcos High School (Santa Barbara, California) After a successful one year career and Sean Scott 18-21, 23-21, 15-11 in the semis. DIVING: Olympians Troy Dumais and Laura Wilkinson tuned up for the Athens Games next month by winning titles at the U.S. National Diving Championships in Mission Viejo. Dumais, from Ventura, won the men's 3-meter springboard by almost 100 points over his nearest challenger for his third consecutive U.S. title in the event. Wilkinson took the women's 10-meter platform for the third year in a row and fifth year in the past six. TRACK AND FIELD: Yelena Isinbayeva reclaimed the pole vault world record at the Norwich Union International meet in Birmingham, England, and world champion Kim Collins led from start to finish in the 100 meters. Russia's Isinbayeva cleared 16 feet, 1/2-inch, breaking the previous mark of 16 feet, set by Svetlana Feofanova on July 4 at Iraklion, Greece. COLLEGES: Ben Martin, football coach at the Air Force Academy from 1958-77, has died. He was 83. Martin, who died Saturday, recently had a heart attack. |
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