Sports Illustrated - 21.10.2019

24 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED | OCTOBER 21–28, 2019

FACES IN THE CROWD

MOLLY LIKINS

Swimming

St. Clair, Mich.

Likins, a sophomore

at Wooster (Ohio),

claimed two silver

medals and set the

U.S. deaf record

in the women’s

50-meter (33.55) and

100-meter (1:14.36)

breaststroke at the

World Deaf Swimming

Championships in

São Paulo, Brazil. She

holds seven American

deaf records.

AUTUMN PETERS

Field Hockey

Lancaster, Pa.

Peters, a junior goalie

at Millersville (Pa.),

had her fourth shutout

in a 1–0 victory over

Indiana (Pa.). Through

11 games she is sixth

in Division II with a

.824 save percentage

for the No. 2

Marauders. Peters

had an 11–4 record,

.945 goals-against

average and five

shutouts last year.

DANIEL TREJO

Soccer

Mendota, Calif.

Trejo, a junior

forward at Cal

State–Northridge,

was named the

Big West’s Offensive

Player of the Week

after contributing a

goal and an assist in

a 3–1 upset of No. 8

Washington. Last year

he led the Matadors

with 10 goals and five

assists and earned

All-Conference honors.

KENDALL KRAMER

Cross-country

Fairbanks, Alaska

Kendall, a senior at

West Valley High, won

her third consecutive

state D I championship

in the 5K, recording

the second-best girls’

time ever (17:38.30)

on the Bartlett Trail in

Anchorage. She has six

state titles in track and

competed last March

in the Cross-Country

Skiing World Cup Finals

in Quebec.

ROLAND RIVERS

Football

Ellenwood, Ga.

Rivers, a senior

quarterback at

Slippery Rock (Pa.),

passed for 405 yards

and six touchdowns in

a 62–37 victory over

Wayne State. Through

five weeks he leads the

top-ranked offense in

Division II, throwing

for 1,620 yards,

rushing for 286 and

completing a D-II-best

23 touchdown passes.

UPDATE

Small Back, Big Numbers

RUNNING BACK Jaleel McLaughlin appeared in the Oct. 22–29, 2018,

edition of FACES IN THE CROWD after rushing for 340 yards against West

Liberty, a record for Division II Notre Dame College (Cleveland). A state

champion point guard and sprinter at Forest Hills High in Marshville,

N.C., the 5' 9", 175-pound McLaughlin was just getting started: As a

freshman he led all NCAA divisions with 2,421 yards (6.4 per carry)

and earned All-America honors, lifting the Falcons to their first national

semifinal. Now he’s setting the pace in D-II with 921 yards on 8.0 yards

per rush for fifth-ranked Notre Dame (5–0). “I still have that bad taste in

my mouth that we lost in the Final Four, where I could’ve finished some

plays and didn’t,” McLaughlin says. “That’s what I keep holding on to,

just trying to bring this team a championship.” —D.F.

SCORECARD

MATT DILYARD/THE COLLEGE OF WOOSTER (LIKINS); SLIPPERY ROCK ATHLETIC COMMUNICATION (RIVERS); COURTESY OF MIKE

KRAMER (KRAMER); BRADEN VILLANUEVA (TREJO); KI

RK NIEDERMYER (PETERS); LIANNA HOLUB (UPDATE)

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Edited by DAN FALKENHEIM