Miscellany

After a relatively slow start to the women’s Advil Mini Marathon 10-kilometer race in New York’s Central Park, Tegla Loroupe of Kenya, a two-time winner of the race, won easily in 31 minutes 45 seconds.

Loroupe’s fellow Kenyan, Lornah Kiplagat, finished second in 31:54. Elana Meyer of South Africa, 30, who won a silver medal in the 10,000 meter in the 1992 Olympics, was third in 32:08.

Canadian Olympic champion Donovan Bailey will run June 29 against Britain’s former Olympic 100-meter champion Linford Christie and six others in an $81,500 winner-take-all 150-meter race. Christie has beaten Bailey twice over 150 meters and holds the world’s fastest time at the distance - 14.97 seconds.

Donald G. Morrison of UCLA has been named president of the Pacific-10 Conference for the 1997-98 school year. John V. Kasser of California and Marie T. Tuite of Washington were named vice presidents.

Italian prosecutors are looking into the multi-million-dollar earnings of 30-year-old World and Olympic ski champion Alberto Tomba.

Leader Ivan Gotti stayed with chief rival and defending champion Pavel Tonkov during the 21st and longest stage of the Giro d’Italia and all but assured himself of overall victory in the cycling race.