Goldengirl

SAN DIEGO, June 15 — Officials of the Metro Track Club were last night at a loss to account for the sensational running of a mystery blonde who mopped up three titles with Olympic qualifying performances in their San Diego meet yesterday. The tall, attractive girl, who gave her name as Goldine Serafin, is unknown to track specialists. Yet she posted times of 11.08 (100 metres), 22.85 (200 metres) and 50.52 (400 metres) to rank her among the world’s top dashers in this Olympic season. Track nuts in Los Angeles on hearing of these clockings were inclined to put them down to faulty equipment, but Meet Director Vince Sapperstein stated, ‘We had the electronic timing mechanism checked by the Longines people Wednesday, and it’s accurate to within a hundredth of a second. Besides, several observers clocked her independently. Believe me, those times were right.”

Dope Test

The mystery of blond Goldine was complicated after her last event, the 400 metres, when an official escorted her from the arena, refusing press interviews. Later it was learned that Meet Physician Julius Fishback had called for a dope test. Said Dr. Fishback last night: ‘When I heard about those timings, I thought it proper to authorize a routine test on Miss Serafin. It was carried out at the Salk Institute and the result was negative. Her performances were definitely not assisted by drugs.”

Burned Off

The girls who suffered crushing defeats in the wake of galloping Goldine included San Jose Cindergal Debbie Jackson, 21, who earlier this season ran 11 flat for 100 metres. ‘She took two metres off me in the first 30,’ said Debbie. ‘And that was into a wind. She’d have burned anyone off today. No, I didn’t recognize her, but then I saw more of her back than her face. If this chick goes, the Olympic Tryouts next month should be a gas, a real gas.”

No Trace

Late last night reporters were unable to trace Goldine Serafin. Her entry form listed her address as a Bakersfield P.O. Box number. A Dr. William Serafin and his wife Jean are known to have resided in Bakersfield until two years ago, but neighbours remember their only daughter as dark-haired and quite unlike the pictures taken yesterday of blond Goldine (above). The Serafins are believed to have separated in 1978. Their present addresses are not known. Goldine was listed in the meet program as ‘unattached,’ meaning she has no track club affiliation.

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