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Faces in the Crowd
Read about these outstanding athletes and then go to the bottom of this page to nominate a candidate for a future edition of Faces.
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South Bend
Softball
Kwiatkowski, a junior centerfielder at Kentucky, went 3 for 4 with two home runs and six RBIs, to lead the Wildcats to a 12-4 victory over Eastern Kentucky. Through early April, she led the team in batting, hits, RBIs and steals.
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Krefeld, Germany
Water Polo
Wengst, a sophomore at Southern Cal, scored a Trojans season-high seven goals to lead USC to a 12-8 defeat of San Diego State. Wengst -- also a member of the German national team -- led the Trojans in goals (53) through early April.
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Philadelphia
Basketball
Carroll, a senior center at Philadelphia University, had 18 points in an 85-75 win over Southampton (N.Y.) College to push her career total to more than 2,000. She has also grabbed more than 1,000 rebounds for the Lady Rams.
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Houston
Track and Field
Diaz, a senior All-America at Texas, was named the Big 12 Women's Indoor Performer of the Year after winning the 800 meters and the mile (2:05.53 and 4:40.12, respectively) in meet-record times at the league championships.
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Grand Island, Neb.
Gymnastics
Cain, a senior All-America at Michigan, won the all-around -- with a conference record 39.75 points -- the floor exercise and the vault to lead the Wolverines to their second straight Big Ten championship. She has won seven all-arounds this season.
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Lake Placid, N.Y.
Skiing
Shea, 59, beat Dee Larsen, 56, of Bedford, Mass., with a two-run time of 1:50.12 to take the gold medal in the slalom in the 55-59 age group at the 2000 Winter National Senior Games. She also won a silver medal in the giant slalom.
Photographs by (from top) courtesy of Breck Smither, Dan Avila, Laurie Beck, Jim Sigmon, D. C. Goings, Nancie Battaglia.
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