Jim Mead
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Class
of 1979 (Inducted 2008)
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PERSONAL
INFO
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Wrestled for BHS 1976-1979
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- Coached by Mike Good
and Ron Johnson
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- Team Co-Captain 1977-1978,
1978-1979
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-Married:
Kathy Osen (BHS class of 1979), an English teacher
at Jackson
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Middle
School
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Has worked as a carpenter, a machinist, and is currently
working in the field
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of
emergency lighting
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Four children: James III, Karen, Laura (Brown), and
Elizabeth
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James, 23, is coaching CPHS wrestling as an externship
for a degree in
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health
and exercise science
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Laura, 19, mother of Evelyn, is attending college and
plans to become a
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nurse
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Elizabeth, 17, is a junior in high school
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Their daught Karen, recently passed away at the age
of 21 on 1-6-08 after
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a
valiant battle against bone cancer
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Has one grandchild: Evelyn
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WRESTLING
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
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Team Co-Captain 1977-1978, 1978-1979
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- Three-time
regional champion
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Three-time state qualifier
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Two-time state champion 1978, 1979
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Career record: 80-3-3 with 40 pins
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Wrestled one year at Arizona State University on full
scholarship
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GREATEST
ACCOMPLISHMENT
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| - "I
sustained a serious knee injury during football season
my senior year that |
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surgery and a long rehabilitation, missing half the wrestling
season." |
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FAVORITE
BLAINE WRESTLING MOMENTS
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- "Bill
Maresh and I challenged Coaches Ron Johnson and Jim
Minnie to a push-
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up
and pull-up competition and beat them!"
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- "Hearing
the Blaine crowd cheer, 'Put 'em to sleep!' whenever
I or my brother
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an opponent in a headlock" |
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| - "Jon
had an opponent in a headlock." |
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