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Yankee Gals Boast Food Speed Not Heft at Olympic Trials
Walnurt California AP report notes Wyomia Tyus 23 and Margaret Bailes 17 lead the U S women sprinters at Mt San Antonio College trials. Bailes wins 200 while Tyus takes 100, with Barbara Ferrell backing them. Discus javelin and weight events show mixed results as Olga Connolly and others pursue Mexico City Olympic spots. Multiple athletes named with times and distances across sprints, throws, and jumps.
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Walnut
Calif
Sam
Mt. San
Antonio College
Mexico
Wyomia Tyus
Margaret Johnson Bailes
Eugene
Ore
Phoenix
Ariz
Esther Stroy
Washington
D.C
Maren Seidler
Plainfield
N. J
Mexico City
Olga Connolly
Crown City Track Club
Pasadena- Calif
Cara Moseke
Nebraska Track Club
Nancy Norberg
Palo Alto
Sharon Shepherd
Helen ‘Thayer
Falcon Track Club
Seattle
Linda Langford
Millbrae
Lions
Sharon Callahan
Crown City TC
Eleanore Montgomery
Tennessee State
Estelle Baskerville
Vann Boswell
Detroit TC
Diane Waters
Frederick
T and
Francis Bush
Staten Island
New York
Margaret Bailes
Oregon
Barbara Ferrell
Los Angeles
Mercurettes
Mildheite Netter
Alcorn
Miss. A&m
Iris Davis
Mattetine
Jarvis Scott
LA Mercurettes
Lois Drinkwater
Sherry Calvert
Southern California
Santa Monica
Renae Bair
San Diego Lancerettes
Barbara Pickel
Calif. Lions
Kathy Schwaidt
Long Beach
Calif. Comets
Jean Sweener
Ohio TC
Margaret Balles
Oregon Track Club
Tenmessee State
Los Angeles Mercurettes
Mildrette Netter
Miss
Diana Wilson
L. A. Mercurettes
Karen Dennis
Madelaine Manning
Doris Brown
Falcon TC
Francie Kraker
Ann Arbor
Michigammes
Sara Beechord
Toway Hawkeye TC
Cheryl Toussaint
Brooklyn Atoms