q SPORTS Tuesday, August 7, 1984 Page 16 The Michigan Daily Seufert takes bronze in diving Good night for Blue as Diemer qualifies, too 0 From wire reports LOS ANGELES - Former Michigan diver Chris Seufert captured the bronze medal and Canada's Sylvie Bernier took the gold in the women's three- meter springboard diving last night. Seufert's teammate Kelly McCormick settled for the silver. Bernier, 20, compiled 530.70 points in the 10 dives while McCormick, the daughter of two-time Olympic cham- pion Pat McCormick, won the silver medal with a total of 527.46. SEUFERT finished with a total of 517.62. The only other Canadian ever to win a diving medal was Irene MacDonald, who won a bronze medal in the 1956 Olympics. Ironically, Pat McCormick was the gold medal winner at those Olympics. In another event involving a former Michigan athlete, Brian Diemer qualified for the finals of the 300-meter steeplechase. Diemer graduated last December. Lewis qualifies in 200 LOS ANGELES (AP) - Carl Lewis, hoping to become the first runner in 28 years to win both men's sprints at the Olympic Games, easily won his first two heats of the men's 200 yesterday. Lewis, who won the 100-meter gold medal Saturday night, opened his bid for the 200 championship with a leisurely clocking of 21.02 seconds in his first-round heat, then came back and took his second-round heat in 20.48. BOTH TIMES were well off Lewis' American record of 19.75 and the world mark of 19.72 held by Pietro Mennea of Itsly. But there was no need for Lewis to run any faster in either heat. He was in command early in both races, then slowed considerably down the stretch when he realized he would win handily. "Basically, all you have to do in this round was qualify," said the 23-year-old Lewis, from Willingboro, N.J. "I felt really smooth on the turn, so I just relaxed down the stretch. I didn't push any. THE LAST SPRINTER to win the 100 and 200 in the Olympic Games was Bobby Morrow of the United States in 1956. Today was Lewis' busiest day of the Games in his quest to equal Jese Owens' total of four gold medals in the 1936 Games. Tonight, Lewis was to chase the long jump gold medal, which he was heavily favored to win. "This 200 in the morning isn't going to take that much out of me, so I'm glad to compete because that's what I like to do," said Lewis. Later in the week, Lewis will run the anchor leg on the United States' 400- meter relay team, also heavily favored for the gold. I 4 Associated Press Carl Lewis of the United States qualifies for the 200-meter run last night. Later Lewis made his bid to topple Bob Beamon's 16-year-old record in the long jump. I Brazilian cruises to victory LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joaquim Cruz of seconds. Cheeseborough captured the silver T Brazil cruised to the gold medal with an in 49.05 and Kathryn Cook of Britain the Olympic record in the men's 800-meter race bronze. yesterday at the Summer Olympics, shortly Cruz, 21, has been called the "Steve Ovett of after Valerie Brisco-Hooks became the first Brazil." As a boy, Cruz worked as a street- market vendor and shoeshine boy in Brasilia. Cruz, who won the NCAA 800-and 1,500- meter championships for the Universiyt of Oregon, won with ease over an impressive field that included silver medalist Sebastian Coe of Britain, bronze medalist Earl Jones of the United States and 1980 Olympic 800 cham- pion Steve Ovett of Britain. Track coverage continues on page 15. CRUZ' TIME was 1 minute, 43 seconds, an Olympic mark and the second-fastest 800 of all time. Brisco-Hooks set an Olympic record and won the gold medal in the women's 400 meters, holding off teammate Chandra Cheeseborough at the the finish line. Romanian runners took first and third in the women's 800-meters, with Doina Melinte grabbing the gold. American Kim Gallagher took the silver, while Romanian Fita Lovin won the bronze. MEANWHILE, Carl Lewis glided through two heats of the men's 200-meter to move ever closer to his goal of four gold medals. Brisco-Hooks, who was 40 pounds over- weight two years ago, was clocked in 48.84 I CRUZ, THE NCAA champion from the University of Oregon swept into the lead around the final curve to win the men's 800- meter gold in a Games' record 1:43.00. Britain's Coe, the 1980 Olympic 1,500-meter champion, made a late bid to catch the powerful Cruz, but his bid fell short and he finished second in 1:43.64. Cruz' time was the third-fastest in history, behind clockings of 1:41.73 and 1:42.33 run by Coe. BRITAIN'S Steve Ovett, the 1980 Olympic champion, finished a badly beaten last this time in 1:52.28, more than nine seconds behind Cruz. After the race, Coe said to Ovett: "We are getting a little bit to old to play fire like that," meaning Cruz. "The guy was a little bit stronger, a little bit faster and a little bit smoother over the crucial part of the race. The guy's a supreme champion." Ovett, apparently dehydrated, was carried from the stadium on a stretcher. 4 Associated Press Valerie Brisco-Hooks falls to her knees after winning the women's 400-meter race for the United States last night. 0