Jonathan Kiser, the leading steeplechase rider in the country with 16 victories in 55 mounts, died Friday from severe head injuries after an accident at his sister's home in Maryland. Captain Steve is coming off a win in the Iowa Derby at Prairie Meadows on July 3. He had previously lost five straight, including a third-place finish in the Santa Anita Derby, fourth in the Preakness and eighth in the Kentucky Derby. Power tumbling and gymnastics are similar, but different. In gymnastics the competitors perform routines on a number of different apparatus.
Power tumbling has three main events tumbling, trampoline and the double mini trampoline.
The canoeing and kayaking events returned to the Bluegrass State Games yesterday at Jacobson Park Lake after a two-year absence. Games coordinators couldn't have picked a better day for it warm with a slight breeze and a clear sky. Former Morehead State star Kelly Kulick finished second in last week's U.S. Open in Phoenix to fellow Team USA member Tennelle Grijalva. Kulick, who led Morehead to the 1998 national championship, lost in the title match 239-155. Spain ended more than three decades of Davis Cup anguish yesterday, reaching the finals with a sweep of an American squad thrown together slapdash by captain John McEnroe after the pullout of its best players.