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Beaver Island elementary students compete in the Junior Olympics, 1979

Also 1979 Beaver Island school track and field

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TypeEvent
Date1979-05-10
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ErasModern era
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Summary

Beaver Island elementary and middle-grade students competed in the May 10 school Junior Olympics, with the Beacon listing winners and several reported records.

Evidence and limits

This is a newspaper results table, not an official meet ledger or complete participant record.

Sources

  1. Reports the May 10 Junior Olympics and results in softball throw, running and standing broad jump, 50-yard dash, high jump, long jump, hurdles, and 100-meter dash, including new records. It is a newspaper results table, not an official meet ledger or complete participant record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1979-05_Beaver-Beacon
  2. The held ten-page May issue PDF is paired with the canonical OCR source and confirms the school track-and-field results.
    data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1979-05_Beaver-Beacon

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island elementary students compete in the Junior Olympics, 1979”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-school-junior-olympics-1979/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 1979, “Other School Notes” and Junior Olympics results. (and 1 further source listed on the page).

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