Sports Illustrated - USA (2022-04)

Gilmore, a senior forward at Harvard, scored the game-winning goal in a 5–4 defeat of

Boston College, guiding the Crimson to their first women’s Beanpot title since 2015. Named

the tournament MVP and Eastern College Athletic Conference player of the week, Gilmore

leads Harvard with a team-high 25 assists and 43 points through 29 games.

BECCA GILMORE Sport: Hockey Hometown: Wayland, Mass.

Baran, a senior distance runner at Johns Hopkins, ran a 4:40.53 mile

at the Dr. Sander Columbia Challenge’s USA Invitational, breaking the

17-year-old Division III women’s record. In 2021, she placed second in

the 1,500- and 5,000-meter outdoor NCAA D-III championships.

ELLA BARAN Sport: Track and Field Hometown: Plymouth, Minn.

I’ve ever been, just rounding the

bases,” says Green. “It’s never gonna

get old.”

Black high school athletes.

draft, where the 6'

Ravens All-Pros Ray Lewis

line at the

Millrose Games

in January,

Shawnti

Jackson

thought she

really confused,”

says Shawnti, 16,

who finished third.

In lieu of a

bouquet, she had

something else:

a new record.

Shawnti clocked a

7.18-second dash,

breaking the girls’

national high school

indoor mark. “It was

a thought in my mind

that I would get the

national record,” she

says. “But I didn’t

think I was going to

place that high.”

Shawnti, who gave

up soccer to focus

on track this year,

also won 4A state

titles in both the

55 and 300 meters

in February.

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