U.S. OLYMPIC FESTIVAL LOS ANGELES 1991 : The Day in Review : Archery

Individual champions Ed Eliason of Stansbury Park, Utah, and Denise Parker of South Jordan, Utah, won gold medals again Sunday in team competition.

Eliason, 53, joined 1988 Olympic gold medalist Jay Barrs of Mesa, Ariz., and two-time Olympic silver medalist Rick McKinney of Gilbert, Ariz., to lead the West to victory in the final with 978 of a possible 1,080 points. They set a Festival record in the semifinals of 994, 11 points short of the world record.

Parker, 17, a former pupil of Eliason, teamed with Judi Adams of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Janet Dykman of El Monte to win the women’s title. They set a Festival record with 978 points of a possible 1,080 in the final after scoring 966 in the semifinal.

Badminton

Linda French of Elmhurst, Ill., won the gold medal in women’s singles, then added another in doubles by beating a team that included her older sister, Ann French of La Jolla.

In singles, French rallied from a loss in the first game, then survived two match points in the second game in a 2-11, 12-11, 11-6 victory over Erika Von Heiland of Anaheim. In doubles, French teamed with Joy Kitzmiller of Manhattan Beach to beat the elder French and Von Heiland, 15-12, 15-13.

After winning bronze medals the last two years, Chris Jogis of Manhattan Beach won his first gold medal in men’s singles with a 15-6, 15-7 victory over defending champion Ben Lee of Daly City, Calif.

Lee avenged the setback in doubles, teaming with Tom Reidy to beat Jogis and Tom Carmichael of Ortonville, Mich., 15-6, 15-2.

Fencing

After beating national champion Michael Lofton of New York in the semifinals, Don Anthony of Cincinnati won the gold medal in men’s sabre with a 2-5, 5-2, 6-5 victory over Steve Mormando of Jersey City, N.J. Mormando beat four-time Olympian and 12-time national champion Peter Westbrook of New York in the semifinals. Westbrook won the bronze medal, 0-5, 6-4, 5-3, over Lofton.

Chris O’Loughlin, a Los Angeles native who lives in New York, won the gold medal in men’s epee with a 6-5, 1-5, 6-5 victory over Robie Yarrison of Beverly, Mass. James Carpenter of Hasbrouck Heights, N.J., beat two-time Olympian Robert Marx of Portland, 1-5, 5-1, 5-2, for the bronze medal.

Cathy McClellan of Marblehead, Mass., beat national champion Margo Miller of Santa Monica, 6-5, 6-5, for the gold medal in women’s epee. Judy O’Donnell of Brookline, Mass., beat Barbara Turpin of Minneapolis, Minn., 6-4, 5-3, for the bronze medal.

The women’s foil title went to Marijoy Clinton of Rochester, N.Y., who beat Margaret Martin, 6-5, 6-1. Kristin Kralicek of Portland, Ore., beat Lisa Honig of Boulder, Colo., 1-5, 6-5, 5-2, for the bronze medal.

Thomas Thliveris of Portland, Ore., who lives in Winnipeg, Canada, won the men’s foil gold medal, 5-1, 5-3, over Zaddick Longenbach of New York, 5-1, 5-3. Peter Lewison of New York won the bronze medal, 5-3, 5-0, over Jack Tichacek of Cliffside Park, N.J.

Rowing

Nina Deibel, Laura Matlack, Veronica Platzer and Cecile Ulbrich rowed to a gold medal in the women’s quadruple sculls, then combined with four other rowers to win the eights competition.

Also winning two gold medals were Ken Piree, Joseph Dietrich, Joe Cincotta, Steve Coutant and coxswain Jeff Gurolla. They won the men’s four with coxswain by one second, then returned an hour and a half later to team with four other rowers to win the men’s eight.

In junior women’s double sculls, sisters Lauren and Joanna Rubini of Alexandria, Va., won a gold medal despite catching a crab with 700 meters to go. “The key,” Lauren said, “was keeping the power going after that happened.”

The intestinal flu that knocked two rowers out of the competition earlier hit bowman Clark Engle Sunday. James Dundon was recruited to take his place in the men’s lightweight four and won a gold medal.

Dundon, three inches shorter than Engle, said that his task was easier than expected.

“The challenge was getting used to the swing of the boat,” he said. “From the bow position, it wasn’t too tough.”

Table Tennis

Sean O’Neill won his seventh consecutive Festival championship in men’s singles with a 21-19, 13-23, 21-15, 14-21, 21-12 victory over the nation’s No. 1 player, Jim Butler. The victory gave O’Neill his 18th Festival gold medal and 24 overall. Butler has lost to O’Neill in the final three consecutive years.

Diana Gee won her fourth Festival gold medal in a 21-13, 21-18, 21-14 victory over Peggy Rosen. Gee had a bye in the semifinals because Lan Vuong Tieu withdrew with a shoulder injury.

Volleyball

Marin Gjaja of Schenectady, N.Y., had 56 kills and hit .597 to lead the South to the men’s championship in a 15-9, 15-13, 10-15, 10-15, 15-12 victory over the West. Gjaja had 77 attempts and only 10 errors. He added three solo blocks and two block assists. Dijon Douphner of Topanga led the West by connecting on 43 of 63 attempts.

Maggie Philgence of St. Croix, V.I., had 17 kills, and Maria Gurreti of Amherst, N.Y., added 12 to lead the South to a 5-15, 13-15, 15-11, 15-12, 15-8 victory over the West in the women’s championship game.