Sports briefs

     Ina, Dungjen skate to
     second straight title
     
      PHILADELPHIA -- Kyoko Ina and Jason Dungjen won their second straight U.S. pairs skating title Friday with a program as difficult as anyone across the Atlantic has seen. They had the soaring lifts, the huge jumps and the spectacular throws -- and in the end, 5.8s and 5.9s across the board.
      "The first year at the Olympics, we were just hoping to skate well," Dungjen said. "This year, we're going with the intention of medaling, and we feel if we can do a performance like tonight, we don't see why we shouldn't."
      Difficult program or not, Ina and Dungjen didn't really have any competition. Two-time national champion Jenni Meno and Todd Sand withdrew from the competition 30 seconds before they were supposed to skate because of an ankle injury Meno sustained during an afternoon practice.
     
     Former Olympic star
     dies of heart attack
     
      BUCHAREST, Romania -- Lia Manoliu, an Olympic gold medal winner in the discus who competed in six Games, died of a heart attack. She was 65.
      Manoliu went into a coma last week during surgery for a brain tumor and never came out of it.
      Manoliu first competed in the Olympics in 1952, and threw the discus in five more Olympics.
     
     Yamaguchi makes
     skating Hall of Fame
     
      PHILADELPHIA -- Kristi Yamaguchi, the 1992 Olympic champion, was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
      Yamaguchi, who also won the 1991 and 1992 World Championships, was joined in the Hall of Fame by Gordon McKellen Jr., Evy and Mary Scotvold and Oscar Iobst.
     
     Michigan offers to
     trim recruiting visits
     
      ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- The University of Michigan has volunteered to trim two on-campus recruiting visits as its punishment for recruiting violations linked to the school's basketball program.
      The trimming would limit to 10 the number of official recruiting visits to its campus this season.
     
     Colorado bowler wins
     Early Bird tournament
     
      Duane Mellinger of Aurora, Colo., won the $5,000 top prize in an Early Bird bowling tournament at Sam's Town. He rolled games of 278 and 254.
      In the first sweeper, Tim Mack of Garfield, N.J., rolled games of 256 and 235 to win the top prize of $5,000.
      The International Eliminator begins Monday with a $100,000 top prize.
     
     Funallover captures
     first Survive Stakes
     
      ARCADIA, Calif. -- Karakorum was on her way to winning the inaugural $113,800 Survive Stakes when she injured her left foreleg within 10 feet of the finish line and hobbled under the wire a neck behind long shot Funallover.
      Karakorum broke both sesamoids and her ankle. The 5-year-old mare had to be destroyed.
      The 4-year-old Funallover paid $70, $31.40 and $12.20 as a 34-1 long shot.