BRIEFLY.Byline: Staff and Wire Services Track star Jones gets another win Marion Jones Marion Jones, also known as Marion Jones-Thompson (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California), is an American former athlete in track and field. She was the winner of five medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, which she later relinquished after (Thousand Oaks Thousand Oaks, residential city (1990 pop. 104,352), Ventura co., S Calif., in a farm area; inc. 1964. Avocados, citrus, vegetables, strawberries, and nursery products are grown. High) easily won the 100meters at the FBK FBK Fondazione Bruno Kessler (Italian) FBK Fédération Belge de Kinésiologie FBK Finet.binaries.keskustelu (binary newsgroup created to replace sfnet.tiedostot R.I. Games in Hengelo, Netherlands, on Sunday, finishing in 11.16 seconds. Jones started slow, but hit her stride in the middle of the race and pulled away from the rest of the field. ``A win is a win,'' Jones said. ``I am extremely delighted ... I want to go back home and train for the nationals. I hope I can keep this form.'' Emma Ania of Britain was second in 11.59, followed by Angela Williams Angela Williams (born 30 January 1980 in Bellflower, California) is an American athlete. Starting for the American national team in 2001, she won a silver medal in the 60 metres competition at the 2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships. of the UnitedStates in 11.60. Jones ran 11.06 earlier this month in Mexico, the second-best time in the world this year. It was her first race after an 11-month absence during which she battled injuries and doping doping, in electronics: see semiconductor. Altering the electrical conductivity of a semiconductor material, such as silicon, by chemically combining it with foreign elements. allegations. --Justin Gatlin overcame chilly, damp conditions to win his 100-meter race in 9.88 seconds, tying the meet record at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Ore. Jamaican Asafa Powell, who shares the world record of 9.77 with Gatlin, won a separate 100 race in a wind-aided 9.93. BASEBALL: Former Chatsworth High All-American second baseman Willie Cabrera has signed with the Atlanta Braves organization. Cabrera, the 2004 Daily News Player of the Year, was drafted by the Braves in the 14th round last June and spent this spring playing a second year at Pierce College. He is scheduled to report to mini-camp in Florida after finishing school next week, then is slated to be used as an infielder and outfielder at rookie-level Danville (Va.). As a high school senior, Cabrera broke the California state single-season record for hits when he had 72 en route to leading Chatsworth to an undefeated season and national title. Cabrera was one of the leading hitters in the Western State Conference this year for Pierce. -- Heather Gripp CYCLING: Ivan Basso won the Giro d'Italia race in Milan, Italy, dominating the 21-stage event to win his first major title.The 28-year-old Italian now goes after a rare double in the Tour de France Tour de France World's most prestigious and difficult bicycle race. Staged for three weeks each July—usually in some 20 daylong stages—the Tour typically comprises 20 professional teams of nine riders each and covers some 3,600 km (2,235 miles) of flat and after finishing second to Lance Armstrong last year. VOLLEYBALL: Misty May- Treanor and Kerri Walsh swept the women's final of the AVP AVP arginine vasopressin. Cuervo Gold Crown Huntington Beach Open, defeating Rachel Wacholder and Elaine Youngs, 21-16, 21-12. |
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