Faces in the Crowd
D.J. Mitchell
RURAL HALL, N.C. > Baseball
Mitchell, a junior righthanded pitcher at Clemson, led the Cape Cod League in strikeouts (58) and was fourth in ERA (1.47) while pitching 49 innings for the Western Division regular-season champion Bourne Braves. For the Tigers he was 5--0 with a 3.27 ERA and 49 strikeouts over 52 1/3 innings.
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Anne Haeger
LAKE FOREST, ILL. > Sailing
Anne, a senior at Lake Forest High, won a silver medal in the laser radial division at the youth sailing world championships in Kingston, Ont. She is one of three girls on US Sailing's elite youth development team.
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Luke Bryant
CLEARWATER, KANS. > Track and Field
Bryant, a recent graduate of Clearwater High, made five of the nation's top 10 discus throws last season, including the second longest, at 205' 10". The Arizona recruit won the event in this year's Nike outdoor nationals with a throw of 201' 7".
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Alissa Geving
PENNGROVE, CALIF. > Auto Racing
Alissa, 15, is believed to have become the youngest U.S. female to win a full-sized sprint car race when she led all 25 laps at Petaluma Speedway. The junior at Ursuline High was the QRC All-Star Tour's driver of the year while racing outlaw karts last year.
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Leah Wis
TOWACO, N.J. > Track and Field
Leah, a fourth-grader at Trinity Christian School, won medals in four field events at the AAU Junior Olympics in Knoxville, Tenn. She finished second in the high jump (4 feet), third in the long jump (13' 4 1/4"), fourth in the triathlon (shot put, high jump and 200 meters) and fifth in the shot put (22' 2").
Joseph and Michael Dane
CHESTER SPRINGS, PA. > Taekwondo
Michael, 13, defeated his twin brother, Joseph (far left), 12--9 in the final of the USA Taekwondo Junior Olympic sparring championships in San Jose. Both boys are eighth-graders at Saint Philip and James Junior High.
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