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Friday, January 7, 2000

Acuff's calendar baring legs, among other things, is out

From staff and wire reports
 

SAN DIEGO - What is it about sex and Sydney?
   First, the Australian Olympic women's soccer team released a controversial calendar, with some full-frontal nudity shots. Now, eyes are popping over high jumper Amy Acuff's calendar of America's top women track and field stars.
   "This is not a calendar of bimbos," Acuff said. "These are world-class athletes with brains. Don't try to argue otherwise."
   Acuff is a graduate of Calallen High School, where she was a high-jump, sprinting and basketball star. She set the national high school record in the high jump before becoming an All-American at UCLA and qualifying for the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta.
   Last year, she announced her plans to make the calendar as a way to promote her sport.
   For July, there's a shot of Acuff holding an American flag over her head. There's a reflection of the flag on her chest in the form of a scant layer of body paint. There's a garter on her right leg. That's it.
   The calendar first went on sale during the U.S. outdoor championships in June, and quickly sold out. Four of the women featured in the calendar won championships that week: long jumper Dawn Burrell, pole vaulter Stacy Dragila, 100-meter champ Inger Miller and high jumper Tisha Waller.
   Others in the calendar are hurdler Angie Vaughn, sprinter Cheryl Taplin; middle distance runner Jill McMullen; distance runner Nnenna Lynch; high jumper Gwen Wentland and Suzy Powell.
  

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