Elliott Wins Daytona 500 Pole With 183.565 MPH
Bill Elliott of Dawsonville Georgia smiles after taking pole for the Daytona 500. He drove a Dodge at 183.565 miles per hour to secure the top starting spot.
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 2001
Page
27
Bill Elliott of Dawsonville Georgia smiles after taking pole for the Daytona 500. He drove a Dodge at 183.565 miles per hour to secure the top starting spot.
Sioux City beats Cedar Rapids 3-2 in a shootout after a 2-2 tie through OT. Marty Galstyan and Matt Fetzer scored for Sioux City with Brian Panik stopping all six Cedar Rapids shootout attempts. Gerry Hickey and Chase Watson tallied for Cedar Rapids. The Riders saw their six game win streak end and fall to 22-17-1 with 45 points.
Bucks guard Ray Allen hits 10 straight late in the final to finish 16 of 25 and 19 points, edging Peja Stojakovic who scores 17 as Dirk Nowitzki tallies 10. Stojakovic teams with Ruthie Bolton-Holifield to win 2ball. Allen recalls He Got Game co star status and nerves amid a capacity crowd.
Northwestern sophomore Winston Blake scored all 20 of his points after halftime to lift the Wildcats past Iowa 69-61 at Welsh Ryan Arena. Iowa, missing Luke Becker, saw its Big Ten lead erased as Northwestern earned its first conference victory in two years.
Fresno State junior Stephen Abas skipped defending his 125 pound title to train for the United States Olympic freestyle team. He paused school for the year, focusing on Olympic trials and international competition.
The athlete trained at the Olympic training center in Colorado Springs working with several coaches to sharpen freestyle skills. He qualified for the Olympic trials and won two early matches before losing 7-6 to Eric Akin in the semifinals. He now targets the 2004 Olympic Games and a World Championship bid in New York this coming summer.
After leaving the Iowa women’s basketball team due to burnout, Mary Berdo returned as a walk-on and has developed into a key scorer and playmaker. She earned a scholarship restored by Lisa Bluder and now averages 9.2 points per game, contributing to Iowa’s five-game win streak and Big Ten NCAA berth hopes.
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