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    • Kyle Larson Kyle Larson
    • Kyle Larson
    • Pleasant Grove High School, Elk Grove, CA
    • Auto Racing
    • Kyle, 15, a sophomore at Pleasant Grove High, is the youngest driver in the World of Outlaws, the nation's premier winged sprint car series. A 2007 rookie of the year finalist in two sprint car divisions, he has won four karting national titles.
    • Shekinna Stricklen Shekinna Stricklen
    • Shekinna Stricklen
    • Morrilton High School, Morrilton, ARK
    • Basketball
    • Shekinna, a senior forward at Morrilton High, is averaging 26 points and 15 rebounds and has scored 2,458 career points. The Tennessee signee was named Parade All-American first-team and has been all-state three times.
    • Adam Small Adam Small
    • Adam Small
    • Corona del Sol High, Tempe, ARIZ.
    • Swimming
    • Adam, a senior at Corona del Sol High and a member of the U.S. junior national team, won the 50- and 100-yard freestyles at the Arizona Class 5A Division I meet; his 50 time (20.22) broke the state record set by Olympian Gary Hall Jr. in 1994.
    • Alex Strom Alex Strom
    • Alex Strom
    • Choctawhatchee Senior High, Fort Walton Beach, FLA
    • Swimming
    • Alex, a freshman at Choctawhatchee Senior High, broke the under-14 national record in the 100-meter breaststroke in a time of 1:12.78 at the AAU Junior Olympics. He won five events at the meet and earned medals in three others.
    • Taylor Phinney Taylor Phinney
    • Taylor Phinney
    • Boulder High, Boulder, CO
    • Cycling
    • Taylor, a senior at Boulder High, is the first American to win a UCI Junior Road and Track World Championship in the men's time trial, finishing the 28-kilometer course in 37:28. He also won the Tour de l'Abitibi, a major stage race in Quebec.
    • Devin Brooks Devin Brooks
    • Devin Brooks
    • Holy Names Academy, Seattle, WA
    • Track and Field
    • Brooks, a graduate of Holy Names Academy, won her fourth Class 3A 100-meter hurdles title and was named Seattle's female high school athlete of the year. Now a freshman at New Mexico State, she was undefeated for her career in the event.
    • Griffin Williams Griffin Williams
    • Griffin Williams
    • Central High, Kalamazoo, Mich.
    • Paddling
    • Griffin, a senior at Central High, competed in nine events at the U.S. Canoe Association's canoe and kayak nationals and won gold in six, including junior division wins in the one-man canoe marathon and in both the one-man kayak sprint and marathon.
    • Anna Christenson Anna Christenson
    • Anna Christenson
    • Lincoln East High, Lincoln, Neb.
    • Golf
    • Anna, a senior at Lincoln East High, won the Nebraska Girls' Amateur and Women's Match Play championships. She won the amateur with a 10-over-par 152 and beat Nebraska sophomore J.C. Stevenson 1 up to win the match play title.
    • Annie Haeger Annie Haeger
    • Annie Haeger
    • Lake Forest High, Lake Forest, Ill.
    • Sailing (V)
    • Anne, a senior at Lake Forest High, won a silver medal in the laser radial division at the youth sailing world championships in Kingston, Ont. She is one of three girls on US Sailing's elite youth development team.
    • Alissa Geving Alissa Geving
    • Alissa Geving
    • Ursuline High, Penngrove, Calif.
    • Auto Racing
    • Alissa, 15, is believed to have become the youngest U.S. female to win a full-sized sprint car race when she led all 25 laps at Petaluma Speedway. The junior at Ursuline High was the QRC All-Star Tour's driver of the year while racing outlaw karts last year.