Eight locals qualify for World Team Trials
Advertiser Staff
Eight females from Hawai'i finished among the top seven places at last weekend's USA Wrestling National Championships in Las Vegas, earning the right to compete at the World Team Trials June 21 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Clarissa Chun, a 1999 Roosevelt High graduate who attends Missouri Valley College, took third place — the highest finish by a Hawai'i entrant, in the 101?-pound division. Chun won the third-place match by a technical fall after losing her semifinal, 9-8.
Jill Remiticado, a 1999 'Iolani graduate who pioneered girls wrestling in Hawai'i high schools, took seventh place in the 123?-pound class.
"Wow, I get to be one of them (entrants in the World Team Trials). Last year when I went to this tournament, I didn't even make it to the second day of competition," said Remiticado, a sophomore at Pacific University in Oregon.
The Hawai'i women who qualified for the World Team Trials (with place finished, high school, residence, college of club):
101 pounds: Third place, Clarissa Chun, Roosevelt, Kapolei, Missouri Valley College. Sixth, Tanya Miyasaki, Castle '02, Kane'ohe, Rainbow Wahine; Seventh, Laura Obuhanych, Rainbow Wahine. (Candice Takamatsu, Rainbow Wahine, did not qualify.)
112 pounds: Seventh, Shelley-Ann Tomita, Moanalua '99, Missouri Valley College. (Katie Kunimoto, Castle '99, Cumberland College, lost in the third round to Tomita in the third round of the consolation bracket.)
123 pounds: Seventh, Jill Remiticado, ''Iolani '98, Pacific U., Forest Grove (Ore.) Wrestling Club. (Cathy Migita, Castle '00, lost in the second round of consolation.)
136 pounds: Seventh, Lauwa'e Smith, Missouri Valley College. (Kim Shimamoto, Rainbow Wahine, lost in the third round of consolation.)
149 pounds: Seventh, Stephanie Bolton, Radford '00, Cumberland College. (Hillary Broad, Kalaheo '99, Rainbow Wahine, lost in the quarterfinals.)
165 pounds: Sixth, Donell Bradley, Radford '99, 'Aiea, Missouri Valley College,
BOYS REGIONALS
Two silvers: Saia Lotulelei, Maui High senior from Paia, took second place in both freestyle and Greco-Roman style in the 275-pound division at the USA Wrestling Western Junior Regional championships last week in Las Vegas.
Lotulelei, a three-time Hawai'i high school champ, lost both finals to Cain Velasquez of Yuma, Ariz.
Brian Tsutsumi, a Castle High senior, finished fourth in the 123-pound class in Greco-Roman style.
