Faces In The Crowd

Debbie Tisinger
CANOGA PARK, CALIF.
Tisinger, 39, a teaching pro, won the 35-plus world seniors racquetball title for the fifth consecutive year by defeating Lorraine Galloway, 35, of Jamaica Estates, N.Y., 15-8, 15-8. Tisinger also won the U.S championship in her division and the senior nationals this year.

Gregg Jones
FLORENCE, S.C.

Kimberly Strong
NOTTINGHAM, PA.

Gregg, 16, and Kimberly, 17, won their respective divisions at the Greater Greensboro junior golf tournament. Gregg birdied the second hole of a sudden-death playoff to win the boys' 15-18 division after shooting a four-under-par 212 to tie with Andy Crain, 18, of Goldsboro, N.C., and Damian Hale, 17, of Maraval, Trinidad, after 54 holes. Kimberly shot a four-over-par 220 to beat Laura Myerscough, 17, of Charleston, Ill., by two strokes to prevail in the girls' division. For Kimberly, it was her first victory in an American Junior Golf Association tournament. She finished second at the Tucker Anthony Classic earlier this year.

Chris Thomas
INDIANAPOLIS
Chris, 14, a 6-foot point guard, led the Municipal Gardens basketball team to a 47-0 record and the AAU national and Youth Basketball of America international 14-and-under titles by scoring 29.8 points a game. He averaged seven assists and six rebounds in 10 tournament games.

Paul Swanson
MOUNT VERNON, OHIO
Swanson, 45, coach of the Mount Vernon Nazarene College volleyball team, earned his 400th career win with a season-opening 15-1, 15-1, 15-4 victory over Oberlin College. Since 1991 he has guided the Lady Cougars to a 69-match home winning streak, which is an NAIA record.

Portia Johnson
SEATTLE
Johnson, 18, stroked the Mount Baker Rowing Club girls' eight-oared boat to its third consecutive title at the U.S. junior rowing championships. Mount Baker covered the 2,000-meter course in 7:26 to beat the hometown Cincinnati Juniors Club by two seconds.