FACES IN THE CROWD
32 SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
PAT PECORA
Wrestling
Turtle Creek , Pa.Pecora, 66, earned
his 617th career
victory in D-II Pitt-
Johnstown’s 22–12
defeat of Mercyhurst,
becoming the NCAA’s
all-time winningest
wrestling coach. In
his 44th season with
the school, he has
led the Mountain
Cats to two national
championships
and 23 Super
Regional titles.PHOEBE BACON
Swimming
Chev y Chase, Md.Phoebe, a senior at
Stone Ridge School,
set a national high
school record in the
100-yard backstroke
with a 50. 8 9, leading
the Gators to the title
at the 2020 Metros.
A Wisconsin commit,
she took gold in the
100-meter back at
the 2019 U.S. Open
( 58 .63), beating
world-record holder
Regan Smith.TE-HINA PAOPAO
Basketball
Oceanside, Calif.Te-Hina, a 5'10"
senior guard at
La Jolla Country Day,
scored 26 points in
a 54–37 defeat of
Cathedral Catholic
for a sectional Open
Division title. An
Oregon commit and
Naismith Trophy
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averaged 22.5 points,
7.9 rebounds and
4.3 assists through
30 games.LINDSAY
THORNGREN
Figure Skating
Montclair, N.J.Lindsay, 14, won
the junior title
at the 2020 U.S.
championships
one year after
taking gold at the
intermediate level.
An eighth-grader at
Buzz Aldrin Middle
School, she made
her World Junior
Championships
debut in Tallin,
Estonia, in March.MONIQUE HARDY
Track and Field
Webster, N.Y.Monique, a senior
at Webster Thomas
High, won her third
straight NYSPHSAA
championship in
the weighted throw
( 63 '10 ½") one
month after setting
the state record
( 66 ' 11 ¼"). Last year
she won the national
championship in
the weighted throw
( 64 ' 7 ¼"). Monique
is committed to LSU.UPDATE
Gold Fishing
TWO MONTHS after turning 18, attacker Maddie Musselman
helped the U.S. women win water polo gold at the 2016 Olympics
in Rio, finishing second on the team with 12 goals. UCLA’s
leading scorer when she appeared in the Feb. 13, 2017, edition of
Faces in the Crowd, she would go on to score 69 times that
season, a Bruins freshman record. Musselman added a fourth gold
medal before turning 22 when she led the U.S. to its third straight
world championship, in ’19. Now she’s taking a redshirt year to
train for her second Games, in Tokyo. “The first time around, I was
young and I was discovering who I was as a person,” says Musselman.
“It’s easier to vocalize and be vulnerable with my teammates now,
because I’m more comfortable with who I am.” —D.F.SCORECARDALI(^) SI
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Edited by DAN FALKENHEIM