Kelly Gruber of the Toronto Blue Jays after winning the swimming in 27.00 seconds.
1991 MEN'S PRELIMINARY #2
In the combined sports preliminary, Renaldo Nehemiah returned to the Superstars and won a preliminary round for the first time. Single season home run champion Barry Bonds failed to lift 200 pounds in the weight lifting.
Cancun, Mexico
Air Date: March 16, 1990
Announcers: Dan Dierdorf, Bob Beattie and Lynn Swann.
| PLC. NAME, SPORT |
SWIM |
WL |
KAYAK |
BSKT |
BIKE |
100 |
OC |
TOTAL |
MONEY |
| 1. Renaldo Nehemiah, 110 Hurdles |
7 |
3 |
- |
0 |
10 |
- |
10 |
30 |
$13,000 |
| 2. Kelly Gruber, Baseball |
10 |
- |
10 |
0 |
7 |
- |
2 |
29 |
$7,900 |
| 3. Neal Anderson, Football |
- |
10 |
|
|
|
7 |
1 |
18 |
$3,050 |
| 3. Tim Wallach, Baseball |
4 |
- |
4 |
10 |
|
0 |
|
18 |
$3,050 |
| 5. Anthony Miller, Football |
- |
3 |
|
|
4 |
10 |
|
17 |
$1,700 |
| 6. Roger Kingdom, 110 Hurdles |
- |
7 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
- |
7 |
16 |
$1,600 |
| 7. Matt Biondi, Swimming |
- |
1/2 |
7 |
4 |
|
1 |
|
12 1/2 |
$1,250 |
| 8. Kevin McReynolds, Baseball |
2 |
- |
1 |
7 |
0 |
- |
0 |
10 |
$1,000 |
| 9. Barry Bonds, Baseball |
- |
1/2 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
4 |
9 1/2 |
$950 |
| 10. Jerome Walton, Baseball |
1 |
- |
|
2 |
2 |
2 |
|
7 |
$700 |
Kelly Gruber of the Toronto Blue Jays after winning the swimming in 27.00 seconds.
Barry Bonds, 10 years before hitting 73 home runs, can't lift 200 pounds overhead.
Chicago Bear running back Neal Anderson presses 270 pounds to capture the weight
lifting event.
Kelly Gruber wins his second event, kayaking, as Tim Wallach veers off course.
Tim Wallach of the Montreal Expos edges out New York Met Kevin McReynolds in a basketball
tiebreaker.
Renaldo Nehemiah once again uses the bike race to win a Superstars event, here he
powers past Kelly Gruber in 1:03.44
Anthony Miller of the San Diego Chargers wins the 100 yard dash in a quick 9.35 seconds,
Neal Anderson and Barry Bonds take second and third.
Roger Kingdom knocks over the high bar, costing himself third place and a spot in
the finals.
INDIVIDUAL EVENT RESULTS
SWIMMING (50 Yards) - final
| 1. Kelly Gruber |
27.00 |
| 2. Renaldo Nehemiah |
30.4e |
| 3. Tim Wallach |
34.1e |
| 4. Kevin McReynolds |
38.7e |
| 5. Jerome Walton |
41.3e |
WEIGHT LIFTING
| 1. Neal Anderson |
270 |
| 2. Roger Kingdom |
260 |
| 3. Anthony Miller |
240 |
| 3. Renaldo Nehemiah |
240 |
| 5. Matt Biondo |
0 |
| 5. Barry Bonds |
0 |
KAYAKING
| 1. Kelly Gruber |
N/A |
30.22e |
| 2. Matt Biondi |
N/A |
31.8e |
| 3. Tim Wallach |
N/A |
N/A |
| 4. Roger Kingdom |
N/A |
|
| 5. Kevin McReynolds |
N/A |
BASKETBALL
| 1. Tim Wallach |
19 |
23 |
| 2. Kevin McReynolds |
19 |
17 |
| 3. Matt Biondi |
18 |
|
| 4. Jerome Walton |
16 |
|
| 5. Barry Bonds |
15 |
|
| Kelly Gruber |
13 |
|
| Renaldo Nehemiah |
13 |
BIKE RACE-qualifying
| 1. Renaldo Nehemiah |
N/A |
| 2. Kelly Gruber |
N/A |
| 3. Kevin McReynolds |
N/A |
| 4. Anthony Miller |
34.88 |
| 5. Jerome Walton |
N/A |
BIKE RACE-final
| 1. Renaldo Nehemiah |
1:03.44 |
| 2. Kelly Gruber |
1:04.3e |
| 3. Anthony Miller |
1:06.3e |
| 4. Jerome Walton |
1:06.4e |
| 5. Kevin McReynolds |
N/A |
100 YARD DASH
| 1. Anthony Miller |
9.35 |
| 2. Neal Anderson |
10.5e |
| 3. Barry Bonds |
10.6e |
| 4. Jerome Walton |
10.8e |
| 5. Matt Biondi |
N/A |
| 6. Tim Wallach |
N/A |
OBSTACLE COURSE
| 1. Renaldo Nehemiah |
26.28 |
26.28 |
28.37 |
|
| 2. Roger Kingdom |
26.10 |
26.10 |
26.65+HB=31.65 |
|
| 3. Barry Bonds |
N/A |
N/A |
||
| 4. Kelly Gruber |
27.41 |
HB |
32.41 |
|
| 5. Neal Anderson |
32.30 |
32.30 |
||
| Anthony Miller |
29.22 |
HB |
34.22 |
|
| Kevin McReynolds |
36.5e |
TR+HB |
46.5e |
e = estimated time
r = Superstars record
N/A = result not available
dnf - did not finish