Lewis spurs relay mark

Carl Lewis teamed up with three other top American sprintersWednesday to break the world record in the 800-meter relay at theKoblenz (West German) international track and field meet.

Lewis, a six-time Olympic gold medalist, and teammates DannyEverett, LeRoy Burrell and Floyd Heard finished in 1 minute, 19.38seconds, besting the mark of 1:20.26 set in 1978 by a University ofSouthern California team.

Everett rocketed in front at the start of the race, handing overto Burrell. After the next handoff, Heard lost some ground to theSanta Monica Track Club II team, also competing in the race.

But Lewis, cheered on by about a crowd of 15,000, blasted downthe …