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SPORTSKIDS
ON OUR RADAR
OF THE MONTH
MIA CHAPMAN
NICKI
SOUTHERLAND, 14
Muncie, IN
CROSS COUNTRY
Nicki won her second
straight middle school state
cross country championship.
She completed the 3K course
in 10:20, breaking the previous
course record of 10:34.
BRODY
MCQUEEN, 11
Acworth, GA
GOLF
Brody hit a 300-yard
drive onto the green and then
sank a 25-foot eagle putt to clinch
the 2019 PGA Jr. League
Championship in Scottsdale,
Arizona. He helped Team Georgia
win its second title in three years.
HEIGHT: 5' 6" ELIAS
BIRTHPLACE: FLORENCA, AZ NAVIDA, 13
BIRTH DATE: AUGUST 29, 2002 San Diego, CA
SPORT: OFF-ROAD RACING WRESTLING
Elias won the 38-kg weight COURTESY OF JULIE WHITTINGTON (SOUTHERLAND); HAILEY GARRETT/PGA OF AMERICA (MCQUEEN); COURTESY OF CARLO NAVIDA (NAVIDA); NILS NILSEN (CHAPMAN)
class individual freestyle gold
■ Mia, a senior at Insight Academy medal at the U-15 2019 Pan-Am
of Arizona, secured her first win in Championships in Panama. He was
the Production 1000 class at the has more than 100 top three finishes the youngest American wrestler
2019 Lucas Oil SoCal Regional in during her off-roading career and was to compete at the event, where
San Bernardino, California, in the 2015 Lucas Oil Off-Road Racing the United States finished with
September. She ended the 2019 Rookie of the Year. nine gold medals.
off-road season with three ■ When she was 15, Mia became
podium finishes. the first female off-road driver to
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