Word: metering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Perhaps no trial is greater than the constant and solitary hardening of will. And few champions must strive for it in a solitude as perfect as Jackie Joyner-Kersee's. Four years ago, she narrowly lost the gold medal because a hamstring pull hobbled her in the 800-meter run. Now she has so greatly outdistanced the field in the heptathlon, that epic ordeal in seven acts, that the only rival in the corner of her eye is the memory of her last triumph. Since 1984 she has set the heptathlon world record and bettered it twice; she has shared...
...recognized as a good swimmer." That recognition is piling up almost as fast as the 300 to 400 laps she does daily. Last year she became one of only a handful of swimmers to set three world records in a single year, in the 400-, 800- and 1,500-meter freestyle events. At Seoul she will compete in the 400 and 800 freestyle and the 400 individual medley. "A lot of people say, 'Look, you're the American hope,' or whatever, but I don't look at it that way," says Evans. "I'm swimming mostly for myself...
Sudduth qualified for the Games in the U.S. Olympic trials held June 11 on Harsha Lake in Bantam, Ohio. The sculler finished the 2000-meter course in just 6:45.47, more than 6 1/2 seconds ahead of his nearest competitor...
...Crimson, seeded first in the Regatta, cruised over the 2000-meter course on Harsha Lake in Bantam, Ohio, in 5:36.39, finishing more than a full second ahead of the second-seeded Huskies...
...boats, temperature gauges screwed into the hull guide anglers to cool underground springs in ponds and lakes where fish like to congregate on hot summer days. Similarly, pH meters dragged at various depths help locate acidity "clines," or layers, where fish are apt to feed. Lake Systems Division's $630 Multi-C-Lector, in addition to measuring temperature and pH, also detects water clarity clines, using an underwater light meter. It then suggests which color lures are most likely to catch a fish...