Hooker Overcomes Wind To Win Drake Relays 100

Washington's Ja'Warren Hooker was slowed by the wind in Des Moines, Iowa, yesterday but the freshman won the 100 at the Drake Relays, while Washington's Aretha Hill won the discus with a throw of 193 feet, 10 inches.

Hooker burst to the lead at the start and held off fast-closing Quinn Harris of Iowa State to win the 100 in 10.41. Harris ran 10.62 and Ronald Promesse of Texas-El Paso was third in 10.69.

For Hooker, facing the wind was nothing new.

"Actually, I've been doing it all year," he said. "I haven't had a race where there has been no wind. So I'm kind of used to it."

Amy Skieresz had more trouble with the wind than her opponents in winning the 5,000 meters. Skieresz, an Arizona junior, lapped eight runners and beat second-place Mary Knisley by 25 1/2 seconds in posting a time of 16:11.61.

-- In Philadelphia, Marion Jones led Nike's 800-meter relay to an American record in the Penn Relays. The team of Tameka Roberts, Inger Miller, Nicole Green and Jones finished in 1 minute, 29.64 seconds.

Michael Johnson, running for Nike's 800 relay, anchored the foursome to victory in 1:19.85, just off the world record of 1:18.68 held by the 1994 Santa Monica Track Club.

SOCCER

Tab Ramos, perhaps a key to U.S. chances in the World Cup, returned to the field for the first time since injuring a knee in November and assisted on two goals as the New York/New Jersey MetroStars beat the San Jose Clash 4-3 in East Rutherford, N.J.

-- Dallas forward Damian had an unassisted game-winning goal to lead the Burn to a 3-1 MLS victory over the visiting Kansas City Wizards.

In Foxboro, Mass., New England beat Miami 3-0, and in Denver, Paul Bravo scored the decisive shootout goal as the Colorado Rapids beat Chicago 5-4.

TENNIS

Jim Courier and Michael Chang, both trying to return to form after injuries, won semifinal matches in the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Chang, the defending champion, beat Mikael Tillstrom of Sweden 6-3, 6-4 and Courier won the last five games to beat Andrei Pavel of Romania 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to set up today's all-American final.

-- Cedric Pioline of France saved two match points to defeat Alberto Berasategui of Spain, 6-3, 0-6, 7-6 (7-5) to move into the final of the Monte Carlo Open in Monaco. He will play Spain's Carlos Moya who defeated Richard Krajicek of the Netherlands 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.

FOOTBALL

Damon Huard threw two touchdown passes to give the Frankfurt Galaxy a 14-10 win over the Admirals in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Huard threw a 23-yard third-quarter touchdown pass to another former Husky, Mario Bailey, and connected with Darrick Branch on a 63-yarder for the winning score in the NFL Europe game.

-- In Duesseldorf, Germany, Mike Quinn threw a 29-yard scoring pass to Marcus Robinson and the Rhein Fire remained NFL Europe's stingiest defense with a 13-9 victory over the Barcelona Dragons. Duesseldorf has allowed only 39 points this season.

-- Police in Albuquerque raided a hotel and arrested former New Mexico football player Kawika Ordenstein, who is charged with attempted murder in connection with an attack on a track athlete.

SWIMMING

In an effort to increase competitive opportunities for its athletes, USA Swimming agreed to do something it has never done before: host a World Cup swimming event. The landmark competition will be held Dec. 1-2 in College Station, Texas.

BOXING

WBC light heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr. scored a fourth-round knockout of former IBF and WBA champ Virgil Hill in Biloxi, Miss. Jones improved to 36-1 with his 31st knockout.

About a minute into the fourth round, Jones delivered two hard rights, the second a kidney punch that sent Hill to the canvas in obvious pain. Hill got up, but referee Fred Steinwinder III stopped the bout. Hill, who lost his second straight bout, is 43-3.

-- Unbeaten Welshman Joe Calzaghe held onto his WBO super-middleweight title when Paraguayan Juan Carlos Gimenez failed to come out for the ninth round in a bout in Cardiff, Wales.

-- Gerry Penalosa of the Philippines retained his WBC super flyweight bout in Manila when the fight was stopped in the second round because of a head butt by challenger Joel Luna Zarate.

CYCLING

Rolf Jaermann of Switzerland held off Dutchman Maarten den Bakker to win the Amstel Gold World Cup cycling race by half a bicycle length. Michele Bartoli of Italy won the sprint for third place and held his lead in the World Cup standings after five of the 11 events.

The 159-mile race started and finished in Maastricht, Netherlands, and included a loop into Belgium. Jaermann was timed in 6 hours, 43 minutes, 20 seconds.

BASKETBALL

Nikki McCray scored 14 points as the U.S. women's basketball team beat Australia 85-74 for its second victory in a four-team international tournament in Himeji, Japan.

- Seattle Times news services