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SPORTS The Des Moines Register DM Monday, July 17,2000 Page5C Iowa Open Golf Iowa City's Schmid has bonus on his mind Leaderboard FINAL which statistically played harder than any hole during the final round. A bogey on No. 17 last summer kept Schmid out of a playoff for the Waterloo Open title. "I was thinking retribution when I got to the tee," Schmid said. "Then I hit a skanky tee shot and thought, "Oh, great, now I can But Schmid holed the decisive putt, which broke four feet from right to left.

"The thing was just tracking right to the hole," Schmid said. Schmid then made a clutch six-footer for par on 18. "I just told myself, 'Make this, you don't want to have to go into a Schmid said. Stimmel, needing a birdie to tie, missed the green on the par-3 closing hole and made bogey to give Schmid a two-shot victory. Now comes another challenge at the same course, the Waterloo Open starting Saturday.

With the bonus hanging over his head, Schmid admitted he might feel a little extra pressure. "We'll see," Schmid said. "Ill tell you if I do next Sunday." Reporter Rick Brown can be reached at (515) 284-8162 or brownrnews.dmreg.com Stimmel, who led for most of the final round, shot a 6-under-par 31 on the front nine. Stimmel shot a 29 on the front nine in Friday's first round at Irv Warren, making him 14 under for 18 holes on that side. The back nine wasn't as kind.

Stimmel, who played in this year's US. Open, had a three-shot lead when he opened the door to his nearest challengers by making a double-bogey 7 at No. 12. Schmid, playing in the group just in front of Stimmel, caught him at 17 under with a birdie at No. 16.

He passed him with his dramatic 50-footer at the 207-yard par-3 17th, His final-round 8-under-par 64 and his 54-hole total of 18-under 198 earned Schmid a $15,000 first-place check. If Schmid wins the Waterloo Open this Sunday on the same course he won the tournament in 1996 and 1997 and was third last year he'll pick up a $20,000 first-place check and a $25,000 bonus put up by Warren Transport for capturing both events. "If I win that, I can take the rest of the year off," said Schmid, who finished two shots in front of Rick Stimmel of Cranberry, Pa. "It would be nice, I'll tell you that." Par 72-72-72216 Jeff Schmid 66-68-64-198 Iowa City Rick Stimmel 64-68-68200 Cranberry, Pa, Chris Tidland 75-63-64-202 Stillwater, Okla. Caine Fitzgerald 68-67-67202 Cedar Rapids Brett Paquet 66-66-70202 St.

Charles, Mo. Jeff Schmid wins Iowa Open, can win bonus by winning Waterloo Open. By RICK BROWN REGISTER STAFF WRITER Waterloo, la. Jeff Schmid has put himself in position to be a bonus baby. The 32-year-old golf professional from Iowa City holed a 50-foot birdie putt on the 17th hole to break a tie and win the Iowa Open Championship Sunday at the Irv Warren Memorial course.

Iowa Iowa family raises bar for weightlifters 000 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS iM 2000 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIAISS ACK AND FIELD SACRAMENTO HT TRACK AND FIELD SACRAMENTO Two Brads end Iowa Games with a gold medal in doubles racquetball. By ROB GRAY REGISTER STAFF WRITER Ames, la. The Lied Recreation Center resounded with the clinking of weight plates and the screeches and thuds of racquet-balls Sunday at the final day of the 2000 Iowa Games.

In the bench press competition, Larry Toomey of Cumming set a record for the Masters I (age 4049) division, 315-pound class with a lift of 435 pounds. He then turned his attention to 18-year-old son, Zach, who competed in the Teen (age 16-19) division, 205-pound weight class. "I'm training because I enjoy it," Larry said. "He's doing it for a football scholarship." Zach, who lettered in football and track at Valley, will participate in both at Truman State University in Kirksville, Mo. "I used to hate lifting weights," Zach said.

"Now the tables have turned." Larry, who at 41 feels as strong Jumping toward Sydney: With the grace of a bird in flight, Marion Jones shows the form that won the women's long jump title Sunday at the US. Olympic track and field trials in Sacramento, Calif. Jones rallies in long jump; Joyner-Kersee stays home See scores in Sports Roundup. in Pro Focus Floyd wins Seniors: Raymond Floyd birdied three of the last four holes and won his second Senior Players Championship title by one stroke when Dana Quigley bogeyed the last hole Sunday at Dearborn, Mich. Floyd, the 1996 champion who started the day at 9 under, six off the pace, shot 6-under-par 66 for a 15-under 273 total.

Quigley, who has never won a major championship, shot a 7 1 to tie for second with Larry Nelson. Nelson had a round of 67. Roberts sets records: Loren Roberts got so far ahead in the Greater Milwaukee Open that all he had left to chase was history. Roberts won the tournament for the second time with the lowest-ever score (24-under 260) and the biggest victory margin in the event. He beat Franklin Langham by eight strokes.

Sorenstam wins again: Annika Sorenstam's only two birdies came over the final four holes as she beat Rosie Jones by a stroke to win the Big Apple Classic at New Rochelle, N.Y., her second straight win and her fifth of the year. Amaechi to stay: Free agent center John Amaechi told The Orlando Sentinel on Sunday that he will re-sign with Orlando and not join the Los Angeles Lakers. WNBA Stars: A sellout crowd of more than 19,000 fans is expected at America West Arena in Phoenix tonight for the second WNBA AU-Star Game The game begins at 7 p.m. and will be televised on ESPN. No deal for Carruth: Prosecutors have withdrawn plea offers that could spare former Carolina receiver Rae Carruth and three co-defendants possible death sentences if they are found guilty for the murder of Carruth's girlfriend, The Charlotte Observer reported Sunday.

Carruth's lawyer, David Rudolf, has said his client isn't interested in a plea agreement. Floyd S5( T'S Games as ever, suffered a training-related neck injury two years ago that left him powerless to lift even the 45-pound bar. In racquetball, Brad Hansen, ranked as high as fourth nationally in the 24-and-under division, poised for a repeat of last year's open singles final against Brad McCun-niff of Waterloo, ranked seventh nationally in the 30-plus division. Hansen won last year's match. The two had to transition quickly from friend to foe they had already secured the gold medal as a duo in open doubles.

"This is nothing new," McCun-niff said. "He's quick and puts a lot of pressure on me." After numerous pressure-packed national tournaments, both Brads enjoy the more relaxed atmosphere the Iowa Games offers. "It's not a lot of stress," Hansen said. Michael White and Kevin Bays-inger of Des Moines finshed second to Hansen and McCunniff in open doubles. White also devised a computer program to easily produce draw sheets and scorecards for the event.

"This is the first time it's been done in Iowa," White said. we'd still be close, but not as close as we are," said Sydney, who earned a bronze medal in the 17-29 age division. When Sydney was introduced to the sport at age 8, Melanie also began taking an interest. She dabbled in tae kwon do for a while, but returned from a layoff last year. "I guess I like the idea of being able to work your mind and body together," Slater said.

"IVe been pretty active all my life, but (tae kwon do) was something different. Something I wanted to try." State of the Games: Executive Director Jim Hallihan said he expected the number of participants at this year's Iowa Games to be down from last year, but exceed 15,000 for the sixth straight year. The Games has drawn more than 16,000 the past three years, but this year's event featured 23 fewer soccer teams. Bowling, basketball and soccer, however, all had more than 3,000 athletes. Exact figures won't be known until all of the entrees have been processed.

"We don't want to get caught up in numbers," Hallihan said. "What we stress is having fun, sportsmanship and building character through participation in sports." Hallihan said there were only a few minor disciplinary problems during the weekend, in which spectators were asked to leave a particular venue. Reporter Andrew Logue can be reached at (515) 284-8000 or logueanewt.dmreg.com Parents, children enjoy competition at Games DOUG MILLS ASSOCIATED PRESS and Amy Acuff beat Tisha Waller for the third spot in the jumpoff. Latasha Colander-Richardson won the women's 400 with a career-best 49.87, beating 1993 world champion Jearl Miles-Clark, the runner-up at 50.23. Michelle Collins got the final Olympic berth, finishing third at 50.29, Paul! ninth: Jacob Pauli of Northern Iowa finished ninth in the pole vault at 18-iy4.

ERIC RISBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS Playing around: Marion Jones, left, laughs with Jackie Joyner-Kersee after the long jump final. Jones won, but Joyner-Kersee was sixth, ending her bid to compete in a fifth Olympics. TRIALS, from Page 1C jump all year," Jones said. "That it came at the Olympic trials is great. I'll be ready for Sydney.

"Knowing in my heart that I can jump very far and run very fast, that's what motivates me." Jones, encouraged by Joyner-Kersee throughout the competition, knew she was in trouble before her third jump. "I thought I have one more shot and if I dont get it, it will be over," she said. Michael Johnson, attempting to make history like Jones, won the men's 400 at 43.68 seconds, the world's fastest time this year, meaning he will have a shot to become the first Olympian to win that event twice. Johnson, also the world record-holder in the 400 and 200, will go for a sweep of those events at the trials. If he wins the 200, he also would have the opportunity to win both at the games, something no one ever has done.

"I'm relieved," Johnson said. "I'm on the Olympic team and all that money I spent on tickets for my parents won't go to waste." The men's and women's 1,500 also produced some scintillating times. Regina Jacobs made her fourth Olympic team in the women's 1,500, winning her third consecutive trials title at 4:01.01, the third-fastest in the world this year. Jacobs, 36, outdueled her longtime rival, Suzy Favor Hamilton, down the stretch. Favor Hamilton, the second-fastest in the world this year, was second at 4:01.81, while Maria Runyan, the legally blind runner, earned the final spot on the 1,500 team, placing third at 4:06.44.

"I think my vision is just a circumstance that happened, and I dont look at it as a barrier," Runyan said. Gabe Jennings, the NCAA GAMES, from Page 1C "I don't think there's any question it's a family thing," Hallihan said. "There's nothing greater than seeing families competing together. The kids see all the work their parents put in." Jerry Nystrom, 36, of Boone won four gold medals in swimming Saturday, but took his greatest pleasure in watching his 11-year-old son, Taylor, take the lead in a retroactive dual with his father. "This morning I got all my ribbons out from when I was 11," Jerry Nystrom said.

"We compared the times and he's beating me. It's great incentive for him and it's very special to me to see how he's progressing." Nystrom has issued a challenge to his son. If Taylor beats him in a 50 freestyle race, Nystrom will pay his son $100. So far, dad is 2-0. "He's not quite there, but every time we're at the Boone pool, he reminds me," Nystrom said.

Repeating as women's form champion in tae kwon do is just the first in a series of upcoming milestones for Slater. Next week, she will take a test to move up to brown belt one level ahead of Sydney. After getting married on July 28, Slater plans to enter her first road race on Aug. 4. She also plans to continue ballroom dancing.

Tae kwon do, however, is the activity that has helped her bond with her son. "If it wasnt for tae kwon do, Kids Are FREE! champion from Stanford, took the men's 1,500. He ran away from the field in winning at 3:35.90, the fastest by an American this year. Jason Pyrah finished second at 3:36.70 and Michael Stember, Jennings' teammate on the NCAA championship Stanford team, was third at 3:37.04. For the first time since the 1936 trials, there was a jumpoff for a team berth not one jumpoff but two.

The first was in the men's pole vault, where Lawrence Johnson won at 19-12 and Nick Hysong was second at 18-9. Then, Chad Hailing beat Derek Miles and Pat Manson in the jumpoff. In the women's high jump, Karol Damon and Erin Aldrich clinched spots on the team by clearing 64, in nami Iowa Cubs vs. Tacoma FOR TICKETS: (515)243-6111 1-800-GO-I-CUBS www.iowacubs.com sane giffliria? GREAT AMERICAN TRAIN SHOW Hundreds of tables of national train dealers from across America! Our exclusive layout for you and your kids to operate! Over 10 beautiful operating model train layouts! 16 Free modeling workshops All Day Long! Adult admission only $6.00, good for BOTH days! Kids under 12 are admitted FREE! Saturday Sunday, July 22 23 to both days Veterans Memorial Auditorium 833 Fifth Avenue Des Moines, IA From 1-235 North South Exit Fifth Street South, take Fifth Street 1 block South; Veterans Memorial Auditorium is on your left Special Offer: Bring This Ad For $1 Off Admission! tLMiprrp.ro.) Crispy Chicken3 ML Sandwich ONV I Everyday IE WHO-TV NIGHT VtHOTV.