Boldon Wins NCAA 100 Meters

UCLA’s Ato Boldon, a sprinter from Trinidad, won the 100 meters Saturday in Eugene, Ore., in the NCAA Track and Field Championships in 9.92 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year.

Boldon broke the NCAA meet record of 9.97 seconds, set by Olapade Adeniken of Texas El Paso. He narrowly missed the collegiate record of 9.91 set by Davidson Ezinwa of Azusa Pacific in 1992.

Defending champion Tim Harden of Kentucky was second in 10.10 seconds, and Boldon’s victory was especially sweet because he had disqualified from the 100 semifinals last year for a false start he claims he did not commit.

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World record-holder Leroy Burrell was timed in 10.18 seconds in a victory in the Bruce Jenner Classic at San Jose, just beating the Olympic qualifying standard of 10.20. . . . Lyn Jennings beat her own record in the five-kilometer run in Albany, N.Y., with a 15:21 finish in the U.S. Women’s national championship. . . . Britain’s Linford Christie set a European Cup record in the 100 meters, clocking 10.4 seconds in Madrid, Spain.

Jurisprudence

The Upper Deck Co, a trading card and sports memorabilia firm, says it will appeal an arbitration panel’s decision awarding $4.9 million to the estate of the late Mickey Mantle in a two-year-old case.

Former Texas El Paso running back Toraino Singleton was released by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after being sentenced to 12 years in prison on a conviction for assault with a deadly weapon--his fists.

Golf

Bruce Summerhays shot a three-under-par 69 for a two-round score of 136 and a one-stroke lead over John Bland at the Bruno’s Memorial Classic on the PGA Senior Tour at Birmingham, Ala.

Mike Sugar of Placentia short a final-round 64, then birdied the second playoff hole to beat Esteban Toledo and win the Queen Mary Open, a Golden State Tour event at Lakewood Country Club.

Football

The College Football Assn., which began in 1977 as a way for top football powers to gain a greater voice within the NCAA and eventually brokered big-money television contracts for its members, was voted out of existence by its board of directors and will disband on June 30, 1997.

The New England Patriots extended the contract of veteran backup quarterback Scott Zolak through 1998 and re-signed cornerback Vernon Lewis, a restricted free agent, to a two-year deal. . . . The Houston Oilers agreed to terms with veteran punter Reggie Roby, who was with Tampa Bay last season, on a four-year contract worth $2.7 million.

Auto Racing

Randy Lajoie, who learned patience through nine years of defeat, put it to good use in the GM Goodwrench-Delco Battery 200 at Dover, Del., and won a stirring late-race duel with Ricky Craven for his second Busch Grand National victory in three weeks.

Mike Skinner made it consecutive victories in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, beating Butch Miller in a two-lap shootout after the last of 14 caution periods in the Colorado 250 at Dacono to earn $38,125.

Time trials for today’s Miller 200 at Milwaukee were rained out. The 28-car field will line up in order of the fastest practice laps by each driver. . . . Britain’s Damon Hill won the pole for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, lapping the 2.937-mile Circuit de Catalunya at 131.098 mph.

Miscellany

Princeton’s driving finish gave it a quarter of a boat-length victory over Washington in the men’s varsity eight at the 94th annual National Intercollegiate Rowing Championships at Pennsauken, N.J. . . . Dennis Horan overcame two open frames to beat C.K. Moore, 204-193, and win the Professional Bowlers Assn. Greater Hartford Open.