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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- 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.
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- Kirsten Tilleman
- Bozeman High School, Bozeman, MT.
- Basketball (V), Soccer (V), Outdoor Track (V)
- Kirsten, a junior at Bozeman High, made the state championships in her first eight high school seasons, winning three team titles (two basketball, one soccer) and three track titles. With a personal best triple jump of 37 feet, she hopes to make it nine in a row.
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- Drew Astorino
- General Mclane High School, Edinboro, PA.
- Football (V): QB, CB, Basketball (V): SG
- Drew helped General McLane become the first high school in Pennsylvania to win state titles in both sports in one year. The senior ran for a fourth-quarter TD in a 28-23 win over Pottsville; his jumper with two seconds left beat Greencastle-Antrim 57-55.
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- Paulie Harraka
- Wayne Valley High School, Fairlawn, NJ.
- Auto Racing
- Paulie, 17, was named to the Drive for Diversity class, a driver and crew development program aimed at bringing diversity to NASCAR (he's of Syrian descent). The Wayne Valley High junior has won six World Karting Association and 13 national titles.
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- Joey Farnsworth
- Cary High School, Cary, NC.
- Wrestling (V): 103 lbs
- Joey, a senior at Cary High, was named the nation's No. 1 senior 103-pounder by Wrestling USA magazine. He is undefeated in 48 consecutive matches, has pinned 28 opponents and has yielded only one point this season.
