The sports segment of the Second international Israeli Youth Festival held in Belt Berl, outside of Tel Aviv, was completed Friday. The U.S. youngsters, 18 years and under, won most of the sports honors in competition with youth from Israel, Canada, Denmark, Sweden, Mexico and Holland, Outstanding American participants in the sports competition Included Mark Sanders of Brooklyn who took first place in the 100 meter dash. Richard Schulman of Brookline, Mass., won two track gold medals capturing the 400 meter and 800 meter runs. On the distaff track side, Fran Leibowitz of Baltimore, Md., gleaned two gold medals with a first place in the 60 meter dash and a first in the long jump. In the swimming competition at the Brookdale Swimming Pool, located at the Orde-Wingate School of Physical Education, Jeff Roth of St. Louis managed three gold medals with a first in the 50 meter butterfly and wins in both the 50 and 100 meter free style.
Abbey Boskoff of Brooklyn was the top girl contender with a first in both the 50 meter and 100 meter breast stroke. Jim Schpeiser of Lynn, Mass., placed first in tennis, beating Allen Goldberg of Great Neck for the gold medal. Another individual gold medal went to Elliot Sternlicht of Staten Island, N.Y., who placed first in the chess competition. In team competition, the U.S. team placed first in track and field, swimming, tennis and boys basketball. Israel won the volleyball championship, defeating the U.S. sextet; while the Mexican girls eliminated the U.S. feminine contingent in the same sport. The American teenage delegation will now tour Israel, highlighting their cultural experience with a visit to former Premier David Ben Gurion at his Sde Bokar home in the Negev Desert.
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