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FACES IN THE CROWD
CLARENCE ROSS
UPPER MONTCLAIR, N.J.
A life insurance salesman, Ross, 77, set 10 AAU Masters Swimming Championship records in 1976. Ross, who held the 220-yard Eastern collegiate championship in 1921-23, broke every freestyle record in the 75-79 age group.
CALVIN NATT
BASTROP, LA.
A sophomore at Northeast Louisiana, Natt is the only major-college player in the top 15 in scoring, rebounding and shooting. He is averaging 28.6 points (sixth best) and 12.7 rebounds (12th) per game, and is a 61.7% shooter (eighth).
RICHARD BREDENBECK
INDEPENDENCE, OHIO
Bredenbeck, a 71-year-old retired industrialist, holds eight men's world age-group track records and 10 American ones. Among the former: the two-mile (13:10 at age 70), the six-mile (43:17 at age 70) and the 800-meters (2:38.7 at age 69).
MARY BOATWRIGHT
MEMPHIS
Mary, 17, scored 66 points in Carver High's 125-25 basketball victory over Whitehaven, breaking her city record by three points. She has led the state in scoring the past two years, and her 40-point average is tops in the state this season.
ROBERT TRIPLETT
SENECA, MO.
A junior high wrestling coach, Triplett, 34, led the Seneca Indians to an undefeated season that included scores of 87-0, 94-0, 85-0, 86-8, 61-9 and 79-6. During the past three seasons his teams had a 28-2 record and won four tournaments.
DARRIN MORAVEC
WALNUT CREEK. CALIF.
A sixth-grader at Walnut Heights School, Darrin scored six goals to pace the Barons to a 10-2 victory over Santa Rosa in a Sunvalley Hockey League game. He has scored six hat tricks this season and is averaging two goals a game.
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