
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: MONDAY, June 25, 1990                   TAG: 9006250142
SECTION: SPORTS                    PAGE: B3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: DURHAM, N.C.                                LENGTH: Short

WITT NAMED BEST ATHLETE IN MEET

Leroy Witt, running for the Blue Ridge Thunderbolts track club, was selected the most outstanding athlete at the Russell E. Blunt Invitational track and field meet Saturday at Duke University.

Witt won the 15-16-year-old boys' 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash and anchored the fourth-place 400-meter relay team.

Other Blue Ridge Thunderbolts finishers Saturday:

9-10 AGE GROUP: Boys' 100-meter dash: William Hankins 1st; Boys' 200 meters: William Hankins 1st; Boys' long jump: William Hankins 1st; Boys' shot put: Eric Beasley 1st, Afton Pilson 4th.

11-12 AGE GROUP: Girls' 1,500-meter run: Valerie Hardee 3rd; Boys' discus: Charles Buckner 1st; Boys' shot put: Charles Buckner 4th; Boys' long jump: Paul Moyer 1st.

13-14 AGE GROUP: Boys' shot put: Timmy Pilson 1st; Girls' shot put: Elizabeth Anderson 4th; Girls' discus: Elizabeth Anderson 1st; Girls' long jump: Cicely Marshall 1st, Caroline Mays 2nd; Boys' high jump: Andrae Beasley 3rd; Girls' 100-meter hurdles: Cicely Marshall 1st; Girls' 200-meter hurdles: Cicely Marshall 1st; Boys' 400-meter run: Tony Joyce 4th; Girls' 100-meter dash: Santosha Marshall 2nd; Girls' 200-meter dash: Santosha Marshall; Boys' 100-meter dash: Leroy Witt 1st; Boys' 200-meter dash: Leroy Witt 1st; 4x100 relay: 4th.

15-16 AGE GROUP: Girls' triple jump: Valentica Eggelston 2nd; Girls' long jump: Valentica Eggelston 2nd. - Staff report

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