
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, August 22, 1993                   TAG: 9308220163
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: D2   EDITION: METRO 
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IN SPORTS - ETC.

Raymond Bell, an unemployed nuclear power-plant technician, completed a grueling journey across the United States and won the second Trans-America Footrace - the world's longest ultra-marathon. Thirteen runners began the race, but only six were able to go the distance.

Bell, a 46-year-old from Hudson, Fla., crossed the finish line in New York's Central Park just after 11 a.m., ending a 64-day, 2,912-mile trek that began June 19 in Huntington Beach, Calif. His winning time was 486 hours, 41 minutes, 8 seconds.

Lorna Michael, 35, of Wausau, Wis. - one of two female entrants but the only woman to finish - was third overall in 586:15:07. She became the first woman to complete a race of this distance.

\ North Vancouver, British Columbia, defeated 1992 Canadian Regional champ Valleyfield, Quebec, 2-1 on Friday night to claim the final berth at the upcoming Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa.

Others competing in the series will be 1992 champion Long Beach, Calif.; Bedford, N.H.; Hamilton, Ohio; Richmond, Va.; Kaiserslautern, Germany; David Chiriqui of Panama; and Garapan City of Saipan. The series opens Monday.

\ Nearly 50 swimmers, including 10 U.S. Olympians, raised $400,000 for cancer research in an ocean relay competition.

The event was interrupted when 8-foot seas cut short a planned 26-mile swim from Nantucket to Craigville Beach in Barnstable, Mass., but relays were resumed in a sheltered harbor near the beach.

Among the Olympic athletes who took part in the race were Jenny Thompson, Summer Sanders, Rowdy Gaines, Craig Beardsley, Steve Lundquist, Scott Jaffee, Chris Cavanaugh and Janel Jorgensen.

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