Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: MONDAY, January 10, 1994 TAG: 9401100101
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-3 EDITION: METRO
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Talbot, who qualified in the 500 meters during the Olympic trials, planned to fly to Baltimore today to donate bone marrow to her brother, Jason, who has aplastic anemia.
"It's been a rough couple of weeks," Talbot said. "I'm exhausted. I'm really glad that [the trials] are over. I don't think I realized how much stress I was carrying until [Sunday]."
Jason Talbot, 19, was diagnosed in mid-December with the disease, which slows the production of blood cells. Without a transplant, chances of survival are 15 percent at best. A successful transfusion pushes those odds as high as 80 percent.
Chantal Bailey - who gave up figure skating at 18 and took up speedskating, at first just to get in shape, at 22 - qualified in the 1,000 meters at the U.S. Olympic trials, finishing second to Bonnie Blair. They attended the same high school in Champaign, Ill., Bailey a year ahead of Blair. Bailey, 28, also has qualified in the 1,500 - again second to Blair - and 3,000, in which she is the top American.
Bailey is among six U.S. skaters who have qualified for their first Olympics. She is joined by Chris Scheels, a high school junior from West Allis, Wis.; Chris Witty, also of West Allis; David Tamburrino of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; Brendan Eppert of St. Louis; and KC Bouttiete of Tacoma, Wash.
Along with Blair and men's medal hopeful Dan Jansen, other veteran Olympians to qualify are Peggy Clasen of Roseville, Minn.; Michelle Kline of Circle Pines, Minn.; Kristen Talbot of Schuylerville, N.Y.; Angela Zuckerman of Whitefish Bay, Wis.; Nathaniel Mills of Evanston, Ill.; Brian Wanek of Mequon, Wis.; Dave Besteman of Madison, Wis.; and Dave Cruikshank of Northbrook, Ill.
In Lake Placid, N.Y., Eric Flaim, the silver medalist in the 1988 Olympics in long-track speedskating, was the top pick for the short-track team. Flaim, 26, of Boston, who started training for short-track speedskating a year ago, set an American record in the 1,000-meter time trials Saturday with a time of 1 minute, 30.78 seconds. Andy Gabel, Randy Bartz, and John Coyle, all of Milwaukee, also clinched spots on the team at the U.S. Olympic Trials. Tony Goskowicz, 16, of New Berlin, Wis., got the final spot as the youngest member of the team.
Cathy Turner of Hilton, N.Y., won the top spot on the women's short-track team after setting American records in the 500-meter race and the 1,000-meter time trial. The only other woman to make the short-track squad was Amy Peterson of Maplewood, Minn. Peterson was a silver medalist in 1992, and the Lillehammer Olympics will be her third.
by CNB