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FACES IN THE CROWD

KIRSTEN WENGLER
MINNETONKA, MINN.
Kirsten, 14, holds six state AAU age-group swimming records, four set at the Minnesota long-course championships: the 100-meter freestyle (59.76), 400 freestyle (4:30.46), 200-meter IM (2:30.78) and 400 IM (5:21.94).

RICHARD SENGPIEL
AKRON
Richard, a 15-year-old ninth grader, defeated nine regional champions to capture the Duncan Yo-Yolympics in Gurnee, Ill. He amassed 275 of a possible 280 points, while doing five compulsory tricks and a two-minute freestyle routine.

ADELINE BIAGIOTTI
HOLYOKE, MASS.
Biagiotti, 71, has shot three holes in one since March. The first came on the 113-yard 9th hole at the Pine Crest Club in Largo, Fla.; the other two occurred on the 9th and 16th holes at Holyoke's Wyckoff Park Country Club.

VERONICA WALKER
WRIGHTSVILLE, GA.

HERSCHEL WALKER
WRIGHTSVILLE, GA.

Herschel, a Johnson County High senior, won four events to lead the Trojans to the state Class A track title, while his sister Veronica, the first female to get a track scholarship to the University of Georgia, won two events to pace Johnson County to third place in the girls' championships. Herschel won the 100-yard dash (9.8), the 220 (21.8) and the shotput (51'¼"). Veronica won the 100 (11.1) and the 220 (24.01) and was second in the long jump, an event in which she holds the state record.

LIONEL WASHINGTON
LUTCHER, LA.
Washington, an 18-year-old cornerback who will attend Tulane, intercepted four passes, returning two of them for touchdowns, in leading the East to a 31-0 victory over the West in the state high school all-star game in Baton Rouge.

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