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Islanders will unveil football playing field
Advertiser Staff
The Hawaiian Islanders, Hawai'i's new arena2 football league team, will unveil their new playing field and announce their coaching staff tomorrow at the Blaisdell Arena.
The event, which lasts from 6 to 10 p.m., is open to the public and offers 100 mini footballs to the first 100 people, as well as a chance to win a trip to Las Vegas. Admission is free.
"It will be terrific to see these players step on their own home field for the first time," Islanders coach Guy Benjamin said.
The Islanders will begin their 16-game regular season March 30 against the Fresno Frenzy at the Blaisdell Arena.
For ticket information, contact 532-7362 (53-ARENA) or visit www.HawaiianIslanders.com
SWIMMING
• Close to nationals: Sixth- and seventh-place finishes by 15-year-old Chelsea Nagata of Maui, and two eighth places and a ninth by Kaiser High senior Ashley Swart highlighted Hawai'i performances last weekend at the USA Swimming/Speedo Northwest Section spring championships at Federal Way, Wash.
Swart's best swim was a personal record 4:23.15 in the 400-yard individual medley, missing the Senior National qualifying time by 16/100ths of a second. Nagata missed Senior National qualifying by .92 of a second in the 100 butterfly with a time of 56.91 seconds.
