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f Athletes of the Month'
Brown,
Bj Eric FtolUT
**Tmh Broun u one of the moil
ulcnicd female runner* in northern
California," enthuici track coach
Jamct Thonui regarding the Msy
Athlete of the Month.
Brovn, a wnior, hit wt. crm*
wunuy ant! (rack since her fre^hnun
year. She haj wwi 11 All Ctr> Chunpiomhip*
in the two *poru and i%
favored (W victory agitn ih» trawl
icaton. Brown won three championihirn
in her freshman year ami four
events each in her \ophonKirc and
junior jear*.
Drown "...run* u> keep in thapc
for track." With thi» philo-ophy in
mirvj. Drown did not compete in
.ro** country th>% year.
"I wanted to train for track all
ynt. Cnm country didn't fit into my
plant." vhe explained.
So *ar thi* wavon Hmwn I*
undefeated in the half-mile. She iilvo
competes in the one-mile ind twomile
events. ^ recently ran a mile
in an eiccltcr: *ompcfitiv.e time iif
5;06. her pr.Mmd best. "I will he
under frc minute* at the itcu ruinleague
meet.*" *hc MX.II.
One proMcfli htv uirfjred thi. * car
in Brown** running: Lxkof compctiwon.
' There » no pre*Mjtc fur rt*c
to run favt at league meet*; I ixirtl i«>
run in in* national* io he pu*hcd,"
^\he indicated. To nuke up for l*_"k
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.SPORTS
Weeks receive athletic honors
of competition. Brown practices with
the vanity men runner*.
Although the k undefeated.
Thomas believe* Bmun u running in
l 1 . wrong event*. "She ii rnou uic-
< c**ful in thr one-mile; \he should
concentrate i*n ntnnirg lire mile. If
•Jie run* in the correct c*e:.i. *hc
ould be one uf the hcM i.'tincn in
••w \iate. in my opinion," he uid.
Thonu* belie* ci thai in the future
Drown mil need to commute on a
iinglc c*ent fof medical rca*on*
"Tmh it hampered by lower teg
ailment* that prcclud: her from doing
trainmf to get re«iy for ihc mile I
at lhi> punt in the KJMIII," he
explained, j
"It i* loo laic in the XTJMTI for
Tri\h (o change c\cot» and concentrate
ciclumcly on the mile." he
added.
Ilrmn will tttc* . the Uni\cr\ity of
Cjlifumu jt Ucil .-lc> in the fall. She
ua*awarded ajartul vcholaniitp Inr
tracl anu cfini country, and ihe thy •
Iy admiu thjt she «» rrcruticd.
"Thi% iv where 1 have al^avx
wanted lo p». Berkeley tu\ tu
4UJ!JI) running program thai can
maVc me the t«c*t." ihc uid.
Drown think* \he i\ a pXentui
Olympian "I'd Imeiohe ?blc in run
the ha!f-miP: mthcOI)rnp*Ci I'd like
It. become J Mary Decker — the'*
my idol." Bmwn proudly jdrniiicd.
B> Irene Khlhara
"Rich i\ the he« hitter in our
league and ha* been for the patt iwo
ycjtv." noted vanity ba*eball t»vich
Ji>Jtn I)t>i»rfiuc n«*ccrni' 1 ^ \cnt>>r
Ritruf.! Wcckv. \Uy\ Alhleic of
the M.».rth.
A »Ut*nf; led runted hitter.
alvo runtcip-tni .-MI the WakcficIJ
Dabc Ruth learn in N'cw Hampshire
in I'
WccV. i* the IJJ^UC'V Iciilinc ' the Hilc oi AtjJcnuc Athletic
Awtcution |AAAJ All-C:l> Hjtlini;
Chjtnpiori and All-Cit> Plavct ihc
ru\t I')H4 bjwKill VCJMKI
Week* ru> p!.i>cJ lurfbjll (or
Lowell ii»r thtft: JCJI*. one ycJf i>n
live tiinh-M>ph team ano two *ciii
on (he *jr*i?v r. *>%. He i* an outfielder,
fir\| ha*enan. knd pit.her
thi* year.
•Hi\ a lcr*' (of hi*
!'''•• vjriiij Snclxill wrjvtin.
- Week* conked, '•iUvhall i*
i jtnt a rutural i,'4n>c (or me. IT* a
I Mcaf and Ia*t year."
rcduikedtcjin nutc Dan Harrington
Week* 1* *till wjiiinf for replie*
from Pomona, Pii/cr. and the
Unitcnity of Sencan
hi*tory. govcf tinnrnt, jnd
evonomicv in hit colleirr ^tudy, bul
i^ *!ill Uixlecidcd aSxil a imrc
*pjLitic major.
We*.*.* pbnv |u mntinuc playing
n-.tcMl m ..olletrc.
Wn>< tu\ alto pantcipalcd tn
htxh junmr vanity and *af»it> fo*-
Kill all four )Cai\ at loiwcll.
In hi* tophtxnnre >c^* he wjs
run'l to capture the 1'it, '
tic, p>t(entull> the team'* w*cf»!
straight champi"n*hip
Again, thk: nuin (.'f-e of the :w
will be icnior F"*ti Hto»i- • •*::
I BALZER/
SHOPES
The whole (cam wurkcd The d»*uhle* Icam fared .-ctter.
A "Traditional!), we don't do i< together "The and whole ended team up *jrpmin£ worked with The the oVuhle* pair >>f icam Oh anu fared l-cc Ukinp
well in anything under the half e*cryo[»c — c*en thcm*cl*e*f" ex- ihc tihcr medal and Huinc* an.i
mile." cnmmcrtcd coach Jarne- (.Ijimrd Jeanncitc Adain* ahoul ihi* Cafonc ukinp the b(un/e.
Thtniia*. "Thi* *car i* r,car'* Ktdmi:iti it ictrn.
Purir.^ Ihc rcpualr *caion.
The icjr.j". 27 »mt ranked I'ulileo wa* :hc only nhool ihat the
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