TRACK: BURKE SETS OHIO HIGH JUMP RECORDMedina (Ohio) senior
Taylor Burke set a state high jump record by clearing 6 feet, 1¼ inches for her third consecutive Division I state championship. That height also is the best in the nation this spring and was a great 18th birthday present. Burke, who has a 3.6 GPA, will attend the University of Florida where she will high jump and play goalie in soccer.
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Ward Melville (East Setauket, N.Y.) senior Mary Beth Anselmini set a national 2,000-meter steeplechase record with a clocking of 6 minutes, 33.01 seconds at Port Jefferson (N.Y.).
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Woodbridge (Va.) senior Isaiah Simmons broke a state meet record that had stood since 1978 when he threw the discus 194-7 to win the Class AAA title for the second year in a row. The University of Miami recruit also holds the overall state record of 196-8.
GOLF: VOLD'S ACE WORTH $5,000Coon Rapids (Minn.) senior Andrew Vold won $5,000 for making a hole in one during a fundraiser at Majestic Oaks in Ham Lake, Minn. He then was declared ineligible for the rest of the year – not for taking the cash but for participating in a non-sanctioned event during the high school season.
* Thirteen-year-old Brad Dalke of McKinney, Texas, shot 5-under-par 211 to win the Thunderbird International Junior in Scottsdale, Ariz. That made him the third-youngest boys champion in AJGA history. The girls title went to Karen Chung of Livingston, N.J., with a 7-under-par 209.
