The 6-foot-2, 220 pounder with sprinter's speed he was an all-American in the 400-meter hurdles grabbed plenty of headlines and attention with that first Friday performance against the Horned Frogs and ended the first month of the season with more touchdown passes than incompletions.

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Missy Franklin, the 17-year-old swimmer from Colorado, scored more gold for America with a gutsy performance in the 100-meter backstroke Monday night just 14 minutes after she qualified for the finals of the 200-meter freestyle.

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