PVT PLT OF A C172 FAILED TO STOP AND HOLD SHORT OF RWY INTXN.

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ON MAR/XA/99; WHILE TRAVELING FROM SAV TO DAB; I WAS GIVEN A CLRNC FOR RWY 16 AND WAS ADVISED TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 7L. AS I APCHED RWY 16; ON A STRAIGHT-IN COURSE; I NOTICED THE APCH LIGHTS WERE INDICATING THAT I WAS A LITTLE LOW. AFTER CORRECTING FOR THIS AND RECEIVING 2 WHITE OVER 2 RED; I THEN TRIED TO BLEED OFF SOME AIRSPD BY SLIPPING THE ACFT; AS THE INDICATOR WAS NOT IN THE ARC FOR FLAP USE. UPON TOUCHING DOWN; I TRIED TO AGAIN DECELERATE THE ACFT BY PULLING BACK ON THE YOKE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE; WITHOUT LIFTING OFF AGAIN; AND GENTLY APPLYING THE BRAKES. WHEN I REALIZED THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO STOP IN TIME FOR HOLDING SHORT OF RWY 7L; I MADE THE DECISION TO TRY A GAR. I THEN CLEANED THE ACFT UP AND APPLIED PWR; AT WHICH TIME I OBSERVED AN FBO ACFT LIFTING OFF FROM RWY 7L TO MY R; JUST DOWNFIELD. AT THIS POINT; I IMMEDIATELY CUT THE PWR AND TRIED TO STOP THE ACFT AS SOON AS PRACTICAL; HOWEVER; I WAS NOT ABLE TO STOP UNTIL I HAD CROSSED RWY 7L. AT THIS TIME THE CTLR ASKED IF HAD HEARD HIM SAY TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 7L; AT WHICH TIME IT WAS ACKNOWLEDGED. HOWEVER; IT WAS STATED THE ACFT COULD NOT BE SAFELY STOPPED AND A GAR HAD BEEN DECIDED; THEN THE OTHER ACFT WAS OBSERVED AND THE GAR WAS ABORTED; AND THE ACFT WAS BROUGHT TO A SAFE STOP ASAP. AT THAT TIME THE CTLR STATED SOMETHING TO THE EFFECT THAT; 'YOU PROBABLY MADE THE BEST CHOICE;' AND THEN ASKED IF I COULD COPY A PHONE NUMBER TO CALL THE TWR; WHICH I DID. I REALIZE THIS SIT COULD HAVE BEEN A LOT WORSE AND I AM SORRY THAT IT OCCURRED; HOWEVER; IN A POSITIVE MANNER I WILL LOOK AT IT AS A LEARNING EXPERIENCE AND STRIVE TO IMPROVE MY PERFORMANCE SO THAT IT NEVER HAPPENS AGAIN.