The Pharos-Tribune from Logansport, Indiana (original) (raw)
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February 25, 1979
Publication:
Location:
Logansport, Indiana
Issue Date:
Sunday, February 25, 1979
Page:
22
Extracted Article Text (OCR)
1- The Pharos-Tribunc, Logansport, Ind. High School Girl Sets Hurdle Mark NEW YORK (UPI) A 16- year-old high school student pushing to become a force in women's track and a 29-yearold "veteran" giving it one more shot at glory were big winners Friday night at the 91st annual Amateur Athletic Union-United States Track and Field meet at Madison Square Garden. Candy Young, who attends Beaver Falls High School the same school that turned out Joe Namath, set the women's 60-yard hurdles record in the afternoon preliminaries and then equaled that record in the evening final. Later on, Marty Liquori, taking one more shot at the Olympics, won his first indoor three- mile race, beating Bill Donakowski in the final lap amid the thunderous cheers of the Garden crowd. "I was trying to run 7.48 and 7.50 wasn't what I wanted," said Young, whose 7.50 bettered Deby LaPlante's 7.53.
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