BURRELL MISSES HEPTATHLON BRONZE.Byline: Daily News Staff and Wire Services Nobody was going to touch Sweden's Carolina Kluft,who sprinted easily away from the world's other best 30 heptathletes,including two former UCLA Bruins The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I-A as part of the Pacific Ten Conference. Athletic alumni Jackie Robinson, Rafer Johnson, Yang Chuan-kwang (C.K. , to win by 517 points Saturday at Olympic Stadium The Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the big centrepiece stadium of the Summer Olympic Games. Traditionally, the opening and closing ceremonies and the track & field competitions are held in the Olympic Stadium. . Shelia Burrell Not to be confused with Sheila Burrell. Shelia Burrell (born 15 January 1972 in Albuquerque) is a retired American heptathlete. Achievements Year Tournament Venue Result Extra 1999 World Championships Seville, Spain 11th Heptathlon , who started her heptathalon career in the early 1990s at 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 , ran with a stress fracture stress fracture n. A fatigue fracture of bone caused by repeated application of a heavy load, such as the constant pounding on a surface by runners, gymnasts, and dancers. in her right foot, moved from 12th to fourth overall, just missing the bronze medal. Burrell had a season-best 6,296 points, only 128 behindbronze medalist and training partner Kelly Sotherton Kelly Jade Sotherton (born 13 November, 1976) is an English heptathlete. Sotherton was born in Newport on the Isle of Wight. As a teenager, she played netball for Hampshire, but also won two English Schools’ championships in the heptathlon. of Great Britain. Michelle Perry, who lives in Woodland Hills, is from Palmdale and attended UCLA, couldn't duplicate the career day she had on Friday. She finished 14th with 6,124 points. ``My first Olympic Games,'' sighed an exhausted Perry, who struggled in the throws events. ``It was a very positiveexperience - and I finished.'' Burrell said she was disappointed because she came to Athenswanting to be on the podium ``very badly.'' Burrell had to make up at least 12 seconds on Sotherton in theconcluding 800 meters. But the Brit made sure that did not happen bysetting a personal record to win in 2 minutes, 12.27 seconds. Burrellwas fifth, in 2:15.32. ``So close, but no cigar, huh?'' said Burrell, who won bronze at the 2001 world championships. ``Man. That was pretty intense, once again.'' She said she would not be back in four years. ``I'm a two-time Olympian,'' Burrell said. ``I was 24th in Sydney, I'm fourth here, and I made it through an injury, and I made it through fighting, so I leave with my head lifted high.'' --More locals: Mark Williams, who played indoor volleyball at UCLA, advanced to the quarterfinals in men's beach volleyball with fellow Aussie Julien Prosser. ... Peter Wells, who is from La Canada, is 25th in men's mistral sailing. ... Lisa Wilcox, who lived in Thousand Oaks briefly but has spent the past 10 years in Germany This is a list of years in Germany. See also the timeline of German history. For only articles about years in Germany that have been written, see .
(French; “training”) Equestrian sport involving the execution of precision movements by a trained horse in response to barely perceptible signals from its rider. team. - Mirjam Swanson CAPTION(S): photo, 3 boxes Photo: SNAPSHOT American Kevin Burnham does a flip off his boat after he and Paul Foerster won the gold medal in men's 470 sailing Saturday. Susan Walsh/Associated Press Box: (1) HOW LOCALS FARED (2) TODAY'S TV HIGHLIGHTS (3) ATHENS TIME |
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