Sports People

Walter Ray Williams Jr. had three strikes in the final frame to defeat top-seeded Brian LeClair in the finals of the Professional Bowlers Association’s Showboat Invitational at Las Vegas. … At Hamar, Norway, Annamarie Thomas of the Netherlands edged Christine Witty of West Allis, Wis., by .24 seconds to win the women’s 1,000 meters at the World Single Distance Speedskating Championships. Thomas was timed in 1 minute, 21.01 seconds… . Mark Lenzi broke Greg Louganis’ 13-year-old world mark in his final 11 dives as he rallied to win the 3-meter springboard championship at the HTH Diving Classic in Rockville, Md. His 11-dive total of 762.35 broke the old record of 755.49 set by Louganis at the 1983 USA International meet in Fort Lauderdale.