Sports
Wheelchair mile record shattered at Classic
By Ashley Conklin
and lack Millikin
Emerald Sports Reporters
The 1989 Prefontaino Classii
was built up by the his names
Mac Wilkins, former Olyin
pic champion and world re
cord-holder in the discus: Mary
Slaney, current American re
cord holder in everything from
the 1,500 to the 10,000; top
women's quartermiler Diane
Dixon ami Mute h Reynolds. tin'
current world record-holder in
the 40U. were all marquee
names for the Mavward Kield
event
All were si rati hed from com
petition
As it turned out. the higKesl
cheers were reserved tor Drain
Blanchette, who broke the
world record in the wheeh hair
mill- !>\ mor»* than eight sec
omis ami aroused the a.HtiO In
attendanc e with an outpouring
of enthusiasm during his victn
r\ lap lil.im hette added the
mile record to Ins other two
world marks in the UK and
lfik races
"I wanted to break four min
utns. hut didn't plan a world
rec ord," tire 21 \ ear old
Springfield resident said "I
was holding h.u k ill lirsl. hop
ing thul the n'st of the pack,
would pi< k up the p.ne At the
81)0 mark, I loll I Ii.kI to leave
them
t.vun Williams, the Canadian
record holder in thi* i. Mill and
.1.000 meters rail awav from a
star studded liidd in I hi* l.ii(ll)
meters lo u in in 8 l ’ ‘IJ. the
fastest time in the world this
\ oar
Norway's Ingrid Kristiansen,
llic world record holder in the
0000 meters. 10,0(H) meters
.md iiiiiriithoil ret eived most ol
the attention coming in. hut
finished second m M r>!) 20
Former Oregon star Annette
1 Find was third in !);00 t> t
"To he honest it didn't both
er me tfi.it I didn't get a lot ol
attention coming in." Williams
Turn to < lassie, Page lb
Photo to Mark V Irn
The legendary Ingrid Kristiansen of Norway (!) led Canada's Lynn Williams (73} in the wom
en's 3.000. hut Williams t aught anti passed Kristiansen to win in 0:47.93.
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