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Faces in the Crowd
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David
Gossett
GERMANTOWN,
TENN.
Gossett, 18, shot a tournament-record 13-under-par 275 to
beat Wil Collins, 18, of Rapid City, S.Dak., by five
strokes to win the Independent Insurance Agent Junior
Classic at Walking Stick Golf Course in Pueblo, Colo. He
joined Billy Andrade and Tiger Woods as the event's only
two-time boy
champs.
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Cristina
Moros
SARASOTA,
FLA.
Marc
Silva
PERKASIE,
PA.
Moros, 20, and Silva, 20, won the women's and the men's
divisions at the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's
summer championships. Moros, seeded second, upset top seed
Julie Scott, 21, of Austin and Stanford, 7-6, 7-5, to win
the women's singles title. She also teamed with Scott to
win the women's doubles crown. Moros will be a senior at
Texas, where she plays No. 1 singles. Silva, seeded third,
beat top seed Eddie Jacques, 22, of Huntsville, Ala., and
the University of Georgia, 7-5, 7-5, to win the men's
singles championship. Silva will be a junior at
Northwestern, where he plays No. 2
singles.
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Laura
Wilkinson
SPRING,
TEXAS
Wilkinson, 19, won the Athlete Performance Award at the
national outdoor diving championships after becoming the
first diver since two-time Olympic bronze medalist Mary
Ellen Clark in 1994 to win the three-meter springboard and
the 10-meter platform at a U.S.
championships.
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Curt
Toppel
PACIFIC PALISADES,
CALIF.
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Curt, 16, a 6'8" middle blocker, was named MVP of the
USA Volleyball junior championships after leading the Los
Angeles Athletic Club to the division title for
16-year-olds. Curt had 156 kills, 30 blocks, 33 digs and
four aces as his team rolled to a 12-0 record at the
tournament.
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Mandy
Garcia
FAYETTEVILLE,
N.C.
Garcia, 18, is the first female to receive an athletic
scholarship to The Citadel, for which this year she will be
a one-woman team in cross-country and in track and field.
At 71st High she twice qualified for the North Carolina
cross-country championships, running a personal-best 20:28
for the 5-km as a
junior.
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photographs (from top) by
Ramsey Photography,
Jason Burfield,
Jason Burfield,
Susan Allen Sigmon,
Michael Quarterman,
Steve Aldridge
Issue date: September 8, 1997
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