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Top seven picked for women s teamCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo (AP) - The U.S. Women’s Olympic Basketball Selection Committee has named seven players from a field of 141 candidates in the 1980 Olympic Open Trials here. The seven selected players announced Tuesday night were 5*foot-7 guard Pam Crawford from DeRidder, La., and Stephen F. Austin University; 5-7 guard Linnell Jones from Flint, Mich., and Kentucky State University; 5-9 Kimberly Maddox from Compton, Calif., and Cal State-Long Beach; 5-10 forward Lataunya Pollard from East Chicago, Ind., and Cal State-Long Beach; 5-9 Kathy Riley from Morehead, Ky., and East Carolina University; 6-4 center Lydia Johnson from Detroit, Mich., and the University of Detroit, and 6-2 center Mary Ostrowski from Parkersburg, W.Va., and Parkersburg Catholic High School.Thev were selected after two days of open trials and will join 18 invited players for the tinal trials which begin Wednesday and will wind up with exhibition games here Thursday and Friday evenings.A total of 12 players and three alternates will be selected Saturday to make up the 1980 U.S. Women’s Olympic team.
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Huron Daily Plainsman
Huron, South Dakota, US
Wed, Mar 26, 1980
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