University Daily Kansan/Wednesday, Aug, 19, 1987
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Brothers' ships take separate paths
The Associated Press
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. Brothers Gastao and Vincent Brun share a Brazilian heritage and a talent for sailing, but they compete under different flags.
Vince Brun's name appears fourth on the alphabetical roster of the Pan American Games U.S. team that lists San Diego as his home. Gastao lives in Rio de Janeiro and sails for Brazil.
"We're very good brothers and very good friends," says the 40-year-old Vince.
True enough perhaps, but their closeness into the years of middle age doesn't explain their diverging courses.
The Pan Am vacation competition, which ended yesterday, brought the brothers together on the southern shores of Lake Michigan. But long before now, they made radically different decisions about their sailing and their lives. Gastao, still relaxed and grinning after a pair of third-place
finishes last week, seemed most animated when he talked about his luxurious new 45-foot pleasure ketch.
The rewards of competitive sailing are paid for with the time borrowed from personal pursuits, including his under-construction dreambab, he says. "In the big regattas, it's nice, but you lose a lot of time." he says.
Dennis Conner, who skipped the 12-meter Stars and Stripes in the San Diego Yacht Club's successful 1887 challenge for the America's Cup, took his measure of the brothers when he visited the yachting venue to promote the races last week.
In contrast, the 40-year-old Vince, even after a victory Friday against tough Canadian competitors, remains keyed up. "I like competition. I hate to lose, so I work really hard at it," he says.
"I sailed with both, and Gastao is very good, maybe more experienced than Vince," Conner said. The brothers' own assessments suggest Conner may have been acting the diplomat and gentlemen.
"Vince is very fast" and more experienced, said Gastao, who nevertheless holds a slim second-place lead over his younger brother after four races.
"Gastao is more of a seat-of-the-pants guy, a more natural sailor," Vince says. "I'm more the Dennis Corner-type guy. Maybe not especially made for sailing, but I work hard at it. Sailing for (Gastao) is more of a fun deal. I take sailing more seriously."
The Bruns' parents made a living in the import-export business, dividing their lives between their native Brazil and the United States. As circumstance would have it, Mr. Bruns and Vince was born in New York, a coincidence that entitled him to U.S. citizenship.
The family returned to Brazil after Vince's birth, and the brothers grew up in Rio. Both were introduced to sailing in their preteen years. Together, they began entering international regattas in the mid-1960s.
In 1974, Vince moved to Clearwater, Fla., to pursue a career with a sailmaking company. He moved to San Diego to join a California sailmaker and begin sailing for the San Diego Yacht Club.
Gastao remained in Brazil to study civil engineering and sail for Brazilian teams.
Racing for the United States, Vince won top honors in 1985 and 1986 as North American and Western Hemisphere champion in the 22-foot Star class boat. In 1986, he won the world title in that class and remains the reigning champion.
After Pan Am, Vince sails in an international meet at Chicago, then travels to South Korea for preliminary competition for the 1988 Summer Olympics. Then it's back to San Diego for more practice. "It's something right now I can't stop," he said.
Miami quarterback dislocates ring finger
The Associated Press
MIAMI — Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino suffered a dislocated ring finger on his passing hand Sunday night in the NFL team's first preseason game against the Chicago Bears and probably will be out until the regular season starts.
Marino, who set the NFL record of 48 touchdown passes in the 1984 season, was hurt when he fumbled a snap and fell on the ball with the Bears' Otis Wilson on top of him.
He expects to return to the lineup for the season opener at New England Sept. 13, he said.
"I dislocated it on the snap," Marino said. "I don't know exactly how it happened. They tell me it'll be two or three weeks."
The fourth-year quarterback came to the sideline and had ice put on the injured finger immediately. A preliminary X-ray in the lockerroom revealed a dislocation.
Marino had completed six of nine passes for 43 yards with no interceptions before he was hurt early in the second period.
Three years ago, Marino broke the index finger on his passing hand in a scrimmage against the New Orleans Saints and missed three of the four preseason games.
Although he responded to his last injury with his record-breaking season, Marino said he would rather be playing than watching in the preseason.
Costa Rican teen wins gold in Pan Am games
INDIANAPOLIS — At 6-foot-2, Silvia Poll looks more like a basketball player than a swimmer.
The Associated Press
The 16-year-old towers over the competition in other ways, too.
She returns to Costa Rica with eight Pan American Games medals, three of them gold — more loot than her tiny country has ever won at these games.
Until Poll jumped in the pool, Costa Rica owned exactly one silver for soccer at the 1951 games, the first year for Pan Am competition.
"I think my country is going to realize what I did because it's so much in one time and they're very happy about it," she said.
On Saturday, she tried to become the first swimmer in Pan Am history to win golds in four individual events, but finished second in the 50-meter freestyle and 200 backstroke.
Though Poll wasn't pleased, her performance left an impression on the U.S. squad.
"She was a total surprise to us," said U.S. Coach Skip Kenney. "We just didn't know how much she improved. She was awesome and I'm sure we're going to hear a lot more about her as she gets older."
Would she have done this well if the American "A" team had been here?
Wait, there's a word after "American". It's "A".
And then a space.
Then "team".
Then a space.
Let's re-read the first line.
Would she have done this well if the American "A" team had been here?
"Yes," she says without skipping a beat.
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