FACES IN THE CROWD

STAN BANKS
CHARLOTTE, N.C.
Stan, a senior at East Mecklenburg High, beat Rodney Bryant of Fayetteville Southview 11-5 to win his second consecutive state 4A wrestling championship. The title match was his 81st straight victory, breaking the state high school record.

CHRISTIA MOHAN
STOCKTON, CALIF.
Mohan, a senior Softball pitcher at Eastern Connecticut State, set a New England Division III mark for career wins when she beat Bridgewater State 4-3 for her 69th victory. She also holds records for complete games (72) and shutouts (36).

FRED LUDWIG
HOULTON, MAINE
Ludwig, 30, a high school business teacher, won the long-kayak division of the 12th Saint George River Race, in Searsmont, Maine. He paddled the six-mile course in 42:43 to defeat Kip Brundage of Belfast, Maine, by more than three minutes.

TALOR BENDEL
FORT MITCHELL, KY.
Talor, an eighth-grader who swims for the Beech-wood High varsity, won the Outstanding Girl award at the state high school swimming championships. She set a state girls' record in the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.50) and won the 100 butterfly.

KIM RUSSELL
LOUISVILLE

TODD O'NEIL
BURLINGTON, VT.
Russell, 22, and O'Neil, 23, won the Amateur Athletic Racquetball Association national championships at the World Intercollegiate championships, in Berkeley, Calif. Russell, a senior at the University of Kentucky, beat defending champion Cindy Doyle of Williamsville, N.Y., 15-14, 15-9 to win the women's open division. She had finished third a year ago. O'Neil, a senior at Memphis State, defeated defending champion Jim Floyd of Flint, Mich., 15-8, 11-15, 11-1 to win the men's crown.

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JOHN DAUGHTRY

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DENNIS WIN

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STUDIO ART

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DENNIS LANDWEHR

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BEN VAN HOOK

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LISA WADDELL