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3DEC251994(4 4F SPORTS ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1994 1994: A LOOK BACK a foetus) By The Associated Press ARCHERY World Field Champions Recurve Bow Men Andre Parenti, Italy Women Jenny Siouall. Sweden Compound Bow Men Tom Hendriksen, Denmark Women Michelle Ragsdale, Tucson, Ariz. National Target Champions Men Jay Barrs, Salt Lake City Women Judy Adams, Scottsdale, Ariz. Men Elvis StOko.

Canada Women Yuka Sato, Japan Pairs Evgenia Shishkova and Vadim Naumov. Russia Dance Oksana Gritschuk and Evgeni Platov. Russia National Champion! Men Scott Davis. Great Falls, Mont. Women Tonya Harding.

Portland, Ore. Pairs Jenni Meno, Westlake. Ohio, and Todd Sand, Thousand Oaks, Calif. Dance Elizabeth Punsalan, Sheffield Lake, Ohio, and Jerod Swallow, Northville, Mich. European Champions Men Victor Petrenko, Ukraine Women Surya Bonaly, France Pairs Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergey Grinkov, Russia Dance Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean, Britain O-v AP season off to a bang with a victory in the Indy 500.

AUTO RACING IndyCar IndyCar Al Unser, Jr. Indy Lights Andre Ribeiro NASCAR Winston Cup Dale Earnhardt NASCAR Grand National David Green NASCAR Modified Wayne Anderson FIA Formula One Michael Schumacher, Germany Formula 3000 Marco Apicella, Italy World Rally Didier Auriol, France NHRA Top Fuel Scott Kalitta Funny Car John Force Pro Stock Darrell Alderman Pro Stock Motorcycle David Schultz IMSA World Sports Car Wayne Taylor GT Series GTS: Steve Millen; GTO: Joe Pezza; GTU: Jim Pace GT Endurance Cup GT1: Hurley Haywood and Hans Stuck; GT2: Mark Sandridge Supercar Series David Donahue Grand Sports Driver David Murry Sports Driver Forrest Granlund Touring Driver Dave Daughtery Barber Saab Diego Guzman SCCA Trans-Am Scott Pruett World Challenge Price Cobb Touring Car Neil Hahnemann Super Production Dave Jolly American Continental Mike Borkowski Spec Racer Pro Series Warren Stilwell BADMINTON National Champions Men's Singles Kevin Han, Palos Heights, III. Men's Doubles Tom Reidy, Tempe, and Ben Lee, Daly City, Calif. Women's Singles Joy Kitzmiller, Manhattan Beach, Calif. Women's Doubles Andrea Andersson, Tempe, and Liz Aronsohn, Scottsdale, Ariz.

Mixed Doubles Andy Chong, Miami Lakes, and Linda French, San Diego World Team Champions Thomas Cup (Men) Indonesia Uber Cup (Women) Indonesia BASEBALL World Series None AL MVP Frank Thomas, Chicago NL MVP Jeff Bagwell, Houston AL Cy Young David Cone, Kansas City NL Cy Young Greg Maddux. Atlanta AL Rookie of the Year Bob Hamelin, Kansas City NL Rookie of the Year Raul Mondesi, Los Angeles AL Manager of the Year Buck Showalter, New York NL Manager of the Year Felipe Alou, Montreal NCAA Div. I Oklahoma NCAA Div. II Central Missouri State NCAA Div. Ill Wisconsin-Oshkosh NAIA Kennesaw State, Ga.

JUCO Division I Galveston College, Texas JUCO Division II Lincoln Land C.C., III. JUCO Division III Joliet J.C., III. World Championships Cuba Little League Maracaibo, Venezuela BASKETBALL NBA Houston Rockets Most Valuable Player Hakeem Olajuwon, Houston Coach of the Year Lenny Wilkens, Atlanta Rookie of the Year Chris Webber, Golden State Sixth Man Dell Curry, Charlotte Defensive Player of the Year Olajuwon Executive of the Year Bob Whitsitt, Seattle CBA Quad City USBL Jacksonville Hooters NCAA Arkansas Naismith Award Glenn Robinson, Purdue Wooden Award Robinson Eastman Award Robinson Rupp Trophy Norm Stewart, Missouri NIT Villanova NCAA Division II Cal State Bakersfield NCAA Division III Lebanon Valley, Pa. NAIA Division I Oklahoma City NAIA Division II Eureka, III. JUCO Division I Hutchinson C.C., Kan.

JUCO Division II Joliet J.C., III. JUCO Division III Gloucester County College, N.J. International FIBA World Championships United States Goodwill Games Puerto Rico European Championships Joventut Ba-dalona, Spain England Thames Valley Tigers France CSP Limoges Germany Bayer Levenkusen Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv Italy Buckler Bologna Spain Real Madrid Women NCAA North Carolina NIT Oklahoma NCAA Division II North Dakota State NCAA Division III Capital, Ohio NAIA Division I Southern Nazarene, Okla. NAIA Division II Northern State, S.D. JUCO Division I Trinity Valley C.C., Texas JUCO Division II Southwestern Michigan College JUCO Division III Anoka-Ramsey C.C., Minn.

FIBA World Championships Brazil Goodwill Games United States Jones Cup United States BIATHLON Olympics Men 10km Sergei Tchepikov, Russia 20km Sergei Tarasov, Russia 30km relay Germany (Ricco Gross, Frank Luck, Mark Kirchner, Sven Fischer) Women 7.5km Myriam Bedard, Canada 15km Myriam Bedard, Canada 30km relay Russia (Nadejda Talanova, Natalia Snytina, Louiza Noskova and Anfisa Reztsova) World Cup Men Patrice Bailly-Salins, France Women Svetlana Paramygina, Belarus National Champions Men 10km Curtis Schreiner, Saratoga, N.Y. 20km Robert Rosser, Bend, Ore. Women 7.5km Joan Smith, Honeoye Falls, N.Y. 15km Smith BILLIARDS Pro9-Ball World Champion Earl Strickland, Greensboro, N.C. U.S.

Open Efrem Reyes, Philippines Women's World Champion Ewe Mataya-Laurance, Sweden BOBSLEIGH Olympics Two-Man Gustav Weder and Donat Ack-lin, Switzerland Four-Man Harald Czudaj, Karsten Bran-nasch, Olaf Hampel and Alexander Szelig, Germany World Cup Two-man Pierre Lueders and Dave McEachern, Canada Four-man Hubert Schosser, Gerhard Redl, Harald Wenkler and Gerhard Hai-dacher, Austria European Champions Two-man Christof Langen and Peer Joe-chel, Germany Four-man Gunther Huber, Stefano Ticci, Antonio Tartaglia and Miro Ruggiero, Italy U.S. Olympic Trials Two-man Jim Herberich, Winchester, Mass. and Chip Minton. Macon, Ga. Four-man Randy N.Y.; Chris Coleman, Bingrnton, N.Y.; Joe Sawyer, Denver, and Schen- FOOTBALL Professional Super Bowl Dallas Cowboys NFC Champion Dallas Cowboys AFC Champion Buffalo Bills Most Valuable Player Emmitt Smith, Dallas Offensive Player of the Year Steve Young, San Francisco Defensive Player of the Year Cortez Kennedy, Seattle Offensive Rookie of the Year Jerome Bettis.

LA Rams Defensive Rookie of the Year Dana Stubblefield, San Francisco Coach of the Year Dan Reeves, N.Y. Giants CFL Grey Cup British Columbia Lions College 1993 National Champion Florida State Heisman Trophy (player) Rashaan Salaam, Colorado Maxwell Award (player) Kerry Collins, Penn State Outland Trophy (lineman) Zach Wiegert, Nebraska -Lombardi Trophy (lineman) Warren Sapp, Miami Davey O'Brien Award (quarterback) Collins Doak Walker Award (running back) Salaam Defensive player of the year Sapp Butkus Award (linebacker) Dana How- ard, Illinois Jim Thorpe Award (defensive back) Chris Hudson, Colorado Fred Biletnikoff Award (receiver) Bobby Engram, Penn State Bear Bryant Award (coach) Rich Brooks, Oregon Walter Payton Award (NCAA l-AA player) Steve McNair, Alcorn State Eddie Robinson Award (NCAA 1-AA coach) Jim Tressel, Youngstown State 1993 Bowl Games Gator Bowl Alabama Hall of Fame Bowl Michigan Citrus Bowl Penn State Orange Bowl Florida State i Rose Bowl Wisconsin Cotton Bowl Notre Dame Sugar Bowl Florida Fiesta Bowl Arizona 1994 Champions NCAA Division l-AA Youngstown State NCAA Division II North Alabama NCAA Division III Albion, Mich. NAIA Division I Northeastern Oklahoma NAIA Division II Westminster, Pa. JUCO Mississippi Delta C.C. GOLF PGA Masters Jose Maria Olazabal 1 U.S.

Open Ernie Els British Open Nick Price PGA Championship Price Presidents Cup United States PGA Seniors PGA Seniors Championship Lee Trevino Senior TPC Dave Stockton U.S. Senior Open Simon Hobday LPGA Dinah Shore Donna Andrews LPGA Championship Laura Davies U.S. Women's Open Patty Sheehan Women's British Open Liselotte Neumann du Maurier Classic Martha Nause Curtis Cup United States and Great Britain (tie) Amateur U.S. Men's Amateur Tiger Woods, Cypress, Calif. U.S.

Women's Amateur Wendy Ward, San Antonio U.S. Men's Mid-Amateur Tim Jackson, Germantown, Tenn. U.S. Women's Mid-Amateur Sarah In'--' gram, Nashville, Tenn. U.S.

Senior Amateur O. Gordon Brewer, -Huntingdon Valley, Pa. U.S. Women's Senior Amateur Marlene Streit, Ontario, Canada U.S. Men's Public Links Guy Yamamoto, rf -Waipahu, Hawaii U.S.

Women's Public Links Jill McGill, Denver College Men NCAA Division I Stanford; Justin Leonard, Texas NCAA Division II Columbus; Briny Baird, Valdosta State NCAA Division III Methodist; Scott Sco-vil, Christopher Newport NAIA Huntingdon, Henrik Nystrom, Lynn, Fla. JUCO Division I Scottsdale C.C, Harris, Wallace College, Ala. JUCO Division II Tyler J.C., Texas; Brooks Blackburn, Augusta Tech, Ga. JUCO Division III Nassau C.C, N.Y.;' Arjun Atwel, Nassau C.C. Women NCAA Division I Arizona State; Emilee Klein, Arizona State GYMNASTICS Artistic National Champions Men Floor exercise Jeremy Killen, Columbus, Ohio Pommel horse Mihai Bagiu, Albuquerque, N.M.

Still rings Scott Keswick, Los Angeles Vault Keith Wiley, Tallahassee, Fla. Parallel bars Steve McCain, Los Angeles High bar Keswick Women All-around Dominique Dawes, Gaithers- burg, Md. Vault Dawes Uneven bars Dawes Balance beam Dawes Floor exercise Dawes World Champions Men All-around Ivan Ivankov, Belarus Floor exercise Vitaly Scherbo, Belarus Pommel horse Marius Urzica, Romania Rings Yuri Chechi, Italy Vault Scherbo Horizontal bar Scherbo Parallel bars Huang Liping, China Women All-around Shannon Miller, Houston Vault Gina Gogean, Romania Uneven bars Luo Li, China Balance beam Miller Floor exercise Dina Kochetkova, Russia European Championships Women All-around Gina Gogean, Romania Vault Lavinia Milosovici, Romania Uneven bars Svetlana Chorkina, Russia Balance beam Gogean Floor exercise Lilia Podkopayeva, Ukraine NCAA Men Team Nebraska All-around Dennis Harrison, Nebraska Rings Chris LaMorte, New Mexico Parallel bars Richard Grace, Nebraska Vault Steve McCain, UCLA Floor exercise Mark Booth, Stanford Pommel horse Jason Bertram, California Horizontal bar Jim Foody, UCLA Women Team Utah All-around Jenny Hansen, Kentucky Vault Hansen Uneven bars Beth Wymer, Michigan; Sandy Woolsey, Utah; and Lori Strong, Georgia Balance beam Hansen Floor exercise Hope Spivey-Sheeley, Georgia Rhythmic Gymnastics National Champions Overall Tamara Levinson, Silver Spring, Md. See CHAMPS, Page 5 Kayak Cathy Hearn, Bethesda, Md. CHESS Professional Chess Association Garry Kasparov International Chess Federation Anatoly Karpov CURLING World Champions Men Canada; skip.

Rick Falk Women Canada; skip, Sandra Peterson National Champions Men Bemidji, skip, Scott Baird Women Denver; skip, Bev Behnke Al Unser Jr. got the motor sports ectedy, N.Y. BOWLING Men PBA National Championship David Traber Tournament of Champions Norm Duke U.S. Open Justin Hromek ABC Masters Steve Fehr U.S. Amateur Pat Healey, Jr.

Seniors Showboat Invitational Tommy Evans PBA Senior Championship Gary Dickinson Women Sam's Town Invitational Tish Johnson U.S. Open Aleta Sill WIBC Queen's Anne Marie Duggan U.S. Amateur Liz Johnson BOXING IBF Heavyweight George Foreman Cruiserweight Alfred Cole Light Heavyweight Henry Maske Super Middleweight Roy Jones, Jr. Middleweight Vacant Junior Middleweight Vincent Pettway Welterweight Felix Trinidad Junior Welterweight Jake Rodriquez Lightweight Rafael Ruelas Junior Lightweight John John Molina Featherweight Tom Johnson Junior Featherweight Vuyani Bungu Bantamweight Orlando Canizales Junior Bantamweight Harold Gray Flyweight Pichit Sithbangprachan Junior Flyweight Humberto Gonzalez Mini Flyweight Rattanapol Sor Worapin WBA Heavyweight George Foreman Cruiserweight Orlin Norris Light Heavyweight Virgil Hill Super Middleweight Frank Liles Middleweight Jorge Castro Junior Middleweight Julio Cesar Vasquez Welterweight Ike Quartey Junior Welterweight Frankie Randall Lightweight Gusshie Nazarov Junior Lightweight Genaro Hernandez Featherweight Eloy Rojas Junior Featherweight Wilfredo Vasquez Bantamweight Daorung Chuvatana Junior Bantamweight Hyungchul Lee Flyweight San S. Ploenchit Junior Flyweight Leo Gamez Mini Flyweight Ricardo Lopez WBC Heavyweight Oliver McCall Cruiserweight Anaclet Wamba Light Heavyweight Mike McCallum Super Middleweight Nigel Benn Middleweight Gerald McClellan Super Welterweight Luis Santana Welterweight Pernell Whitaker Super Lightweight Julio Cesar Chavez Lightweight Miguel Angel Gonzalez Super Featherweight Gabriel Ruelas Featherweight Kevin Kelley Super Bantamweight Hector Acero-Sanchez Bantamweight Yasuei Yakushiji Super Flyweight Hiroshi Kawashima Flyweight Yuri Arbachakov Light Flyweight Humberto Gonzalez Strawweight Ricardo Lopez U.S.

Amateur Champions Anthony Guardado, Topeka, Kan. Carlos Navarro, Los Angeles Jorge Munoz, El Paso, Texas Frank Camona, Los Angeles Fernando Vargas, Oxnard, Calif. Fareed Samad, Fort Bragg, N.C. David Reid, Philadelphia Jesse Aquino, Kansas City, Mo. Shane Swartz, Fort Collins, Colo.

106-112-119-125-132-139-147-156-165- 178 Benjamin McDowell, Fort Bragg, N.C. Heavyweight Derrell Dixon, Lynwood, Wash. Super Heavyweight Lance Whitaker, Northridge, Calif. Golden Gloves 106- Eric Morel, Milwaukee 112 Floyd Mayweather Michigan 1 19 Errid Caldera, Cleveland 125 Augustine Sanchez, Nevada 135 Salvador Jasso, Southern California 139 David Diaz, Chicago 147 Orlando Hollis, Texas 156 Darnell Wilson, Indiana 165 Dana Rucker, Milwaukee 178 Antonio Tarver, Sunshine State Heavyweights Nate Jones. Chicago Super heavyweights Derrick Jefferson, Detroit CANOE-KAYAK Flatwater Sprint World Champions Men Kayak 500 singles Zsombor Borhi, Hungary 500 doubles Kai Bluhm and Torsten Gutsche, Germany 1 ,000 singles Clint Robinson, Australia 1,000 doubles Jesper Staal and Thor Nielsen, Denmark 1.000 fours Anatoly Tischenko, Oleg Gorobi, Sergei Verlin and Victor Denisov, Russia Canoe 500 singles Nikolai Buchalov, Bulgaria 500 doubles Gheorge Andriev and Gri-gore Obreja, Romania 1 ,000 singles Ivan Klementijev, Poland 1,000 doubles Andreas Dittmer and Gunar Kirchbach, Germany Women Kayak 500 singles Birgit Schmidt, Germany 500 doubles Elzbieta Urbanczyk and Baxbara Hajcel, Poland 500 fours Schmidt, Ramona Portwich, Anett Schuck and Daniela Gleue, Germany Sprint National Champions Men Kayak 500 singles Mike Herbert, Rogers, Ark.

500 doubles Michael Harbold. Honolulu. and Peter Newton, Bellevue, Wash. 500 fours Newton; Harbold; Patrick Hemmens, Costa Mesa, and Mark Hamilton, Louisville, Ky. 1 ,000 singles Herbert 1,000 doubles Harbold and Newton 1,000 fours Harbold, Newton, Hemmens and Hamilton Canoe 500 singles Jim Terrell, Newport Beach, Calif.

500 doubles Devlin Murphy, Honolulu, and Martin Lowenfish, Dobbs Ferry, N.Y. 500 fours Stewart Carr, Indianapolis; Zsolt Molnar, Newport Beach, Jim Werland, Ventura, and Dave Serafin, Kailua Kona, Hawaii 1,000 singles Molnar 1 ,000 doubles Murphy and Lowenfish 1,000 fours Carr, Molnar, Werland and Serafin Women Kayak 500 singles DeAnne Hemmens, Costa Mesa, Calif. 500 doubles Hemmens and Alexandra Harbold, Rockaway Beach, N.Y. 500 fours Hemmens; Harbold; Lori Schick, Costa Mesa, and Traci Phillips, Honolulu 1,000 singles Dru van Hengel, Tarry-town, N.Y.. 1,000 doubles Lia Rousset, Newport Beach.

and Tara Beyer, Honolulu Whitewater World Cup Men Kayak Shaun Pierce, England Single Canoe Gareth Marriott, England Double Canoe Miroslav Simek and Jiri Rohan, Czech Republic Women Kayak Lynn Simpson, England Slalom National Champions Men Kayak Scott Shipley, Poulsbo, Wash. Single Canoe David Heam, Bethesda, Md. Double Canoe Fritz Lecky Haller, Garrett Park, Md. Women Show Jumping Leslie Lenehan, West-port, on Gem Twist and Charisma Three-Day Event (Spring) Julie Gomena, Middleburg, on Treaty Three-Day Event (Fall) Mark Weiss-becker, Richmond, on Best Seller Pairs Driving Lisa Singer, Chadds Ford, Pa. Four-ln-Hand Driving James Fairclough, Newton, N.J.

World Champions Dressage Individual Grand Prix Special Isabell' Werth, Germany, on Gigolo Frh Individual Grand Prix Freestyle Anky van Grunsven, Netherlands, on Olympic Bonfire Team Germany Three-Day Event Individual Vaughan Jeffries, New Zealand, on Bounce Team Britain Endurance Individual Valerie Kanavy, Fort Valley, on Pieraz Team France Show Jumping Individual Franke Sloothaak, Germany, on San Patrignano Weihaiwej Team Germany Four-ln-Hand Driving Individual Michael Freund, Germany Team Germany FENCING National Champions Men Foil Nick Bravin, San Jose, Calif. Epee Sean McClain, Round Rock, Texas Sabre John Friedberg, New York Team Foil Metropolis Fencing, New York Team Epee Salle Santelli, Englewood, N.J. Team Sabre Salle Csiszar, Philadelphia Women Epee Donna Stone, Lincoln Park, N.J. Foil Ann Marsh, Rochester, N.Y. Teem Epee Salle Auriol, Portland, Ore.

Team Foil Rochester, N.Y., Fencing Center World Champions Men Foil Leon Tuckers, Cuba Epee Pavel Kolobkov, Russia Sabre Felix Becker, Germany Team Epee France Team Foil Italy Team Sabre Russia Women Epee Laura Chiesa. Italy Foil Reka Szabo-Lazar, Romania Team Epee Spain Team Foil Romania NCAA Team Overall Notre Dame Men's Foil Kwame van Leeuwen, Harvard Men's Epee Harald Winkmann, Princeton Men's Sabre Tom Strzalkowski, Penn State Mens Team Foil Notre Dame Men's Team Epee Princeton Men's Team Sabre Yale Women's Foil Olga Kalinovskaya, Penn State Women's Team Foil Penn State FIELD HOCKEY World Champions Men Pakistan Women Australia College NCAA Division I James Madison NCAA Division II Lock Haven, Pa. NCAA Division III Cortland State, N.Y. JUCO Becker College, Mass. FIGURE SKATING Olympics Men Alexei Urmanov, Russia Women Oksana Baiul, Ukraine Pairs Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov, Russia Dance Oksana Gritschul and Evgenl Platov.

Russia World Champion. CYCLING Road Cycling Paris-Nice Tony Rominger, Switzerland Liege-Bastonge Eugueni Berzin, Russia Vuelta de Espagna Rominger Tour DuPont Vyacheslav Yekimov, Russia Giro d'ltalia Berzin Tour de Suisse Pascal Richard, Switzerland Tour of Britain Maurizio Fondriest, Italy Tour of Catalunya Claudio Chiappucci, Italy Tour of Galicia Laudelino Cubino, Spain Basque Tour Tony Rominger, Switzerland Ruta Mexico Raul Alcala, Mexico Paris-Nice Rominger Tour de France Miguel Indurain, Spain Tour of Andalucia Stefano della Santa, Italy San Sebastian Classic Armand de las Cuevas, France World Championships Men 100km team time trial Italy Professional road race Luc Leblanc, France Women 50km team time trial Russia Track Cycling U.S. Track Championships Men 1km Time Trial Erin Hartwell, Indianapolis Individual Pursuit Kent Bos-tick, Corales, N.M. Points Race Christian Van de Velde, Lemont, III. Madison Dirk Copeland, San Diego, and John Durso, San Diego, Univega Wheel World, San Diego Team Pursuit Matt Hamon, Igo, Mariano Friedick, Santa Monica, Adam Laurent, Arroyo Grande, Zac Conrad, Longmont, U.S.

Cycling Team, Colorado Springs Kierin Marty Nothstein, Trexlertown, Pa. Sprint Jeff Solt, Los Altos, Calif. Tandem Sprint Greg Carlson, Indianapolis, and Paul Swift, Kenosha, Wis. Women 1km Time Trial Karen Dunne, Blooming-ton, Ind. Individual Pursuit Janie Ei- choff, Newark, Del.

Points Race Eichoff Sprint Connie Paraskevin-Young, Indianapolis World Championships Men 1km time trial Florian Rousseau, France Keirin Marty Nothstein, Trexlertown, Pa. Motor-pace Carsten Podlesch, Germany Points race Bruno Risi, Switzerland Pursuit Chris Boardman, England Sprint Nothstein Team pursuit Germany (Andreas Bach, Guido Fulst, Danilo Hondo, Jens Lehman) Tandem Fabrics Colas and Frederic Magne, France Women Points race Ingrid Haringa, Netherlands Pursuit Marion Clignet, France Sprint Galina Enukhina, Russia EQUESTRIAN National Champion Dressage Robert Dover, lbanon, N.J., on Devereaux.