Faces In The Crowd

Markish Jones
COWPENS, S.C. > Track and Field
Markish, a junior at Broome High, won the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes and the long jump at the South Carolina High School 2A track and field championships, leading the Centurions to their second straight state title. He is the first athlete since 1988 to win four individual events at the state meet.

Mariana De Biase
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL > Golf
De Biase, a senior at Rollins College, sank birdie putts on the 17th and 18th holes to come from one stroke behind and win her first individual championship, at the 2006 Division II Women's Golf National Championships. Her victory helped the Lady Tars take their fourth consecutive team title.

Kellen Kulbacki
HERSHEY, PA. > Baseball
Kulbacki, a sophomore outfielder at James Madison, led the Dukes to the Colonial Athletic Association title. In the regular season his 24 homers topped Division I, and he batted .464 with 1.27 RBIs per game. He is in the running for the Dick Howser Trophy, given to the best player in college baseball, and CSTV's college baseball player of the year.

Kelly Rulon
POINT LOMA, CALIF. > Water Polo
Rulon, a junior driver at UCLA, scored four goals and set up the game-winner in the 9--8 victory over USC that gave the Bruins their second consecutive national title and fourth overall. She set an NCAA tournament record by scoring 11 goals in the three games and was named the tournament's most valuable player.

Will Boe-Wiegaard
GEORGETOWN, CONN. > Tennis
Boe-Wiegaard, a senior at Bates College, defeated Brian Waldron of Middlebury College 6--4, 6--3 to win the NCAA Division III men's singles championship. The four-time All-America was unseeded in the 32-player field but defeated the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 8 seeds on his way to the title.

Erin Acone
BOW, N.H. > Lacrosse
Acone, a senior midfielder at Stonehill College, scored 61 goals and had 39 assists for the Skyhawks, becoming the eighth player ever in NCAA Division II to pass 300 points. She is the second player in the history of the Northeast-10 Conference to be named women's lacrosse player of the year for three straight seasons.

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