MONDAY IN ATLANTA : HIGHLIGHTS & LOWLIGHTS.ON THE DOT: Sherman Oaks' 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. hit a three-run homer to lead the U.S. women's softball team to a 9-0 win over the Netherlands. 1-2 PUNCH: Beth Botsford Beth Anne Botsford (born May 21, 1981) is a former backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won two gold medals as a fifteen-year old at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. stands atop the victory stand after joining with U.S. teammate Whitney Hedgepeth Whitney Lynn Hedgepeth (born March 19, 1971 in Colonial Heights, Virginia) is a former freestyle and backstroke swimmer from the United States, who won two silver medals at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia: in the 100m and 200m Backstroke. to produce a 1-2 finish in the 100-meter backstroke. The U.S. women also edged China in the 400 freestyle relay. On the men's side, Gary Hall Gary Hall can refer to several people:
Thomas ("Tom") Andrew Malchow (born August 18, 1976 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics. (200 butterfly) won silver medals. LAST RESORT: It would take a major calamity for Carl Lewis to make the 400-meter relay team, U.S. men's track coach Erv Hunt said Monday. ``Somebody would have to get hurt - probably five or six guys,'' Hunt said. Lewis, in his fourth and final Olympic appearance at age 35, qualified only in the long jump. Hunt named Leroy Burrell, the fourth-place finisher at the trials, as the fourth member of the relay team with Olympic 100 qualifiers Dennis Mitchell, Jon Drummond and former 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 Bruin Michael Marsh. BEST BETS SWIMMING: Tom Dolan, who won a gold medal in the 400 individual medley Sunday, will seek another medal, this time in the 400 freestyle. U.S. medalists Amanda Beard and Angel Martino also race again, Beard in the 200 breaststroke and Martino in the 100 butterfly. WOMEN'S GYMNASTICS: The U.S. women, who trail the Russians by 0.127 points, have an excellent shot at winning America's first Olympic gold medal in the sport. But it will take flawless performances from the team dubbed ``The Magnificent Seven.'' BEACH VOLLEYBALL: The boys and girls boys and girls mercurialisannua. of the beach - Karch Kiraly, Sinjin Smith, Linda Hanley, Holly McPeak, et al - begin their debut run at the Olympic Games in matches on the trucked-in sand at Atlanta Beach in Clayton County International Park. Nineteen countries are entered. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos, Chart Photo: (1--color) Sherman Oaks' Dot Richardson hi t a three-run homer to lead the U.S. women's softball team to a 9-0 win over the Netherlands. (2--color) Beth Botsford stands atop the victory stand after joining with U.S. teammate Whitney Hedgepeth to produce a 1-2 finish in the 100-meter backstroke. Chart: MEDAL COUNT |
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