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Names In The Game
Monday June 16, 2003SAN DIEGO (AP) Holly McPeak won her 66th beach volleyball tournament, leaving her one short of tying Karolyn Kirby's record.
The top-seeded team of McPeak and Elaine Youngs defeated Dianne DeNocochea and Nancy Mason 21-17, 21-14 Sunday in the San Diego Open, a stop on the AVP Nissan Series.
Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard beat Matt Fuerbringer and Casey Jennings 21-16, 13-21, 15-12 in the men's finals.
It was Blanton's first title since May 2001 while Nygaard's last win was in June 2002.
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MARATHON, Fla. (AP) Bruce Kruglick and David Branch inched closer to capturing a national Super Boat International title for their class with a victory at the Marathon Super Boat Grand Prix in the Florida Keys.
Superboat Vee-class racers Kruglick and Branch, of Sarasota, drove their 41-foot boat ``Muscle'' at an average speed of 98.11 mph, the fastest of the 17-boat fleet. The 16-lap, 99.8-mile race course took racers underneath both the new and old Seven Mile bridges.
``Before we came to this race, we knew we just needed to get through the bridge first (on the first lap) to have a chance at victory,'' Kruglick said Sunday.
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