Isle File
UH's Smith, HPU's Madsen run away

Advertiser Staff

Cheryl Smith of the University of Hawai'i and Christian Madsen of Hawai'i Pacific University won their respective races at yesterday's University of Hawai'i-Hilo Cross Country Invitational.

Smith finished the women's 5-kilometer race in 17 minutes, 49 seconds. HPU's Nina Christensen was second in 17:51 and HPU's Lisa Blomme third in 17:59.

UH won the team competition with 28 points, followed by HPU (46), Brigham Young-Hawai'i (71) and Chaminade (97).

Madsen won the men's 8-kilometer race in 27 minutes, 27 seconds. Chaminade's Bruce Stone finished second in 28:12, followed by HPU's Siul Michel in 28:24.

HPU won the team competition with 20 points, followed by Chaminade (64), UH-Hilo (68) and BYUH (75).

MEETINGS

• QB Club: University of Hawai'i men's basketball coach Riley Wallace will be a guest speaker at tomorrow's weekly meeting of the Honolulu Quarterbacks Club at the Pagoda International Ballroom.

Also scheduled to appear are UH assistant football coaches Vantz Singletary (defensive line) and Dan Morrison (quarterbacks), and Chaminade women's volleyball coach Glennie Adams, the club's sportsperson of the month for September.

Lunch starts at 11:30 a.m. with the program following at noon.

For more information, call Al Minn at 261-5143.

• Na Koa: University of Hawai'i head football coach June Jones and offensive line coach Mike Cavanaugh will speak at tomorrow's Na Koa Football Club luncheon at the Stan Sheriff Center.

Lunch starts at 11:30 a.m., and costs $10 for members and $15 for non-members.

For more information, call Don Murphy at 585-6442.

SAILING

• Haig 13th: Honolulu's Kaya Haig finished 13th at the Rolex International Women's Keelboat Championship, held Sept. 22-28 at Annapolis, Md.

There were 61 crews in the biennial event, a 10-race series that — for the first time — used J/22 boats. Races were run in shifty northwesterlies that blew across Chesapeake Bay. Sailors ranged in age from 20-something to 50-something.

The winner was 1995 Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Cory Sertl, of Rochester, N.Y.

Haig, a 1997 Punahou School graduate, was a three-time All-American for Boston University.
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SOCCER

• Veterans Cup here: The Hawai'i Amateur Soccer Association will play host to the 2003 National Veterans Cup for women's and men's teams in 40-and-older and 50-and-older age divisions.

Hawai'i outbid Colorado and North Carolina for the tournament, which will be held at the Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Complex.

This year's tournament in West Virginia attracted 64 teams.