Scott Wins 3,000-Meter Race in 7:49.36 as Barrios Second

For the second straight week, Steve Scott, the American mile record-holder, won a 3,000-meter race in a pre-Olympic track and field meet Saturday night, this time against a crack field.

Scott, pressed hard by a field that included Arturo Barrios of Mexico and fellow Americans Pat Porter and Brian Abshire, was timed in 7 minutes 49.36 seconds in the 1988 Sacramento International Summer Games.

It was about six seconds faster than he ran Aug. 20 in a low-key meet at Irvine. Scott will race in the 1,500 at Seoul.

Barrios, who will compete in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters at the Games starting Sept. 17, was second in 7:50.72. He was followed by Porter, a member of the U.S. Olympic team in the 10,O00, in 7:53.00 and Abshire, an Olympian in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, in 7:57.42.

Meanwhile, Olympian Dave Stephens had the longest javelin throw of his career, 264 feet 5 inches, which was 11 inches beyond his previous best.