FACES IN THE CROWD

DON L BROWN
LAFAYETTE, CALIF.
Brown, 50, captured the 50-, 100- and 200-meter backstrokes in a Christ-church, New Zealand meet and set a world 50-and-over standard of 1:12.24 for the 100. In his age-group, he also holds the 50- and 200-meter backstroke records.

FRANCIS WILSON
WATERLOO, IOWA
Francis, 18, set a national high school and teenage 123-pound record in the bench press with a lift of 294.87 pounds at the National High School Powerlifting Championships, surpassing the old best, set by Randall Kea in 1981, by 2.87 pounds.

SUSAN FANNING
SILVER CITY, N. MEX.
Susan, a sixth-grader at Stout Intermediate, did 1,100 sit-ups in 54 minutes at an elementary school track meet, beating Dorice Harris, her closest rival, by 889. Last year Susan managed to do 1,025 sit-ups in 80 minutes.

ADAM MARTINEZ
MERETA, TEXAS
Adam, a sophomore left-handed pitcher, had a hand in all 21 outs in Wall High's seven-inning 8-0 win over San Saba High. He struck out 18 batters, caught one fly and fielded two grounders. Adam was 4-3 for the season with a 1.40 ERA.

VALARIE LEE
JONESBORO, ARK.

LOIS GOMES
HAMDEN, CONN.

Valarie and Lois were standouts at the Arkansas Class AAAA-East and New England Women's Track and Field Championships, respectively. Valarie, a Jonesboro High sophomore, scored 32½ of her school's meet-winning 66 points as she won the 100 and 200 meters, long jump, and 100 and 300 hurdles. Lois, a junior at Southern Connecticut State, won the heptathlon with firsts in the 200, long jump and javelin throw, seconds in the 100, high jump and shotput, and a third place in the 800.

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