Faces In The Crowd

Diego Mercado

West Coniva, Calif. > Track and Field
Mercado, a graduate of West Covina High, won the 10,000 meters at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 31:36.35, the fastest time in the nation this year for high school boys. He also has the best time this year in the 5,000 meters (14:37.74). He will attend Oregon this fall.

Jordan Ingalls
Bolivar, N.Y.�> Softball

Jordan, a junior lefthander at Bolivar-Richburg Central High, led the Wolverines to the state Class C championship. She went 28--0 for the season, threw 360 strikeouts and allowed only one earned run (she had an .037 ERA). She also batted .533 with seven home runs, 53 RBIs and 56 hits and was Class C MVP.

Spenser Mango
Florissant, Mo.�> Wrestling

Mango, a junior at the U.S. Olympic Education Center at Northern Michigan University, won the 121-pound Greco-Roman title at the World University Championships in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. He also won gold medals at the University National Championships, FILA Junior National Championships and FILA Junior world team trials.

Joanna Schultz
Holmen, Wis. > Track and Field

Schultz, a graduate of Holmen High, became the first athlete of either sex to win four straight Wisconsin Division I titles in the 200 and 400 meters. She had the fastest times in the nation this season in both events and was the Wisconsin female prep track and field athlete of the year. She will attend Notre Dame this fall.

Evan Anundsen
Littleton, Colo. > Baseball

Anundsen, a righthanded pitcher who recently graduated from Columbine High, led the Rebels to the Colorado Class 5A title. He had a 10--2 record, a 5A-best 150 strikeouts and was the state's Gatorade baseball player of the year. The fourth-round pick of the Milwaukee Brewers, he signed with the team on June 14.