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Kim advances in Sr. Amateur golf
Advertiser Staff and News Services
Wahiawa's Beverly Kim defeated Sally Casey of Baltimore, 2-up, in the first round of match play of the 41st USGA Senior Amateur at Mid-Pines Inn and Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C., yesterday.
Kim plays the final match in the Round of 32 today against Chris Spivey, of Pell City, Ala. Spivey defeated Jan Ugale, of Greenwood Village, Colo., 3 and 1.
Three-time defending champion Carol Semple Thompson, 53, of Sewickley, Pa., tied a USGA record yesterday during her first-round match play victory.
This year's medalist with a qualifying score of 6-over 150, Thompson dispatched Marilyn Nolan-Johnson, 50, of Marietta, Ga., 7 and 6. In the process, Thompson tied Alexa Stirling and Glenna Collett Vare for most consecutive matches won in a single championship with 19. Thompson continues to build on the Senior Women's Amateur record since it switched from stroke to match play in 1997.
MORE GOLF
UH trails: The University of Hawai'i women's golf team is in 16th and last place entering today's final round of the Heather Farr Memorial Tournament in Broomfield, Colo.
UH shot a first-round (best five scores) 330, and trails leader Nevada, which shot 288.
Laura DeLucia led UH with a 6-over-par 78.
VOLLEYBALL
UH remains No. 2: The University of Hawai'i remained second in the USA Today/American Volleyball Coaches Association poll for a fourth consecutive week.
The unbeaten Wahine (12-0) continue to trail Southern California (12-0).
USC received 59 first-place votes to the Rainbow Wahine's six from a panel of AVCA coaches.
Hilo honors: University of Hawai'i-Hilo women's volleyball player Cheriesse Shiroma earned Pacific West Conference honors yesterday for her performance in the Vulcans' five-game upset over second-ranked BYU-Hawai'i on Friday in Hilo.
Shiroma, a 5-foot-8 senior middle blocker from Kaimuki High School, knocked down 16 kills, hit .333 and recorded 11 blocks against the Seasiders.
Shiroma has been the best blocker in the conference this season, averaging 1.37 per game. Her 89 total blocks this season are 37 more than the second blocker in the league.
UH-Hilo beat BYU-Hawai'i 30-21, 20-30, 35-33, 21-30, 15-12 and handed the Seasiders their first loss. UH-Hilo is 6-10 overall and 2-3 in the conference, while BYU-Hawai'i is 12-1 and 3-1.
KITEBOARDING
Shinn upsets Austin: The United Kingdom's Mark Shinn upset defending 2000 champion Marcus "Flash" Austin of Maui in the men's freestyle final of the $20,000 Red Bull King of the Air kiteboarding event at Maui's Ho'okipa Beach County Park on Saturday.
O'ahu's Sheldon Plentovich turned in a solid debut performance and dominated the women's freestyle final by beating France's Fabienne d'Ortoli.
Spain's Jaime Herraiz won the men's hang-time contest with a time of 7.1 seconds, while Maui's Julie Prochaska-Gilbert broke her own women's world record that she set in 2001 with a hang-time of 6.41 seconds.
Officials said the meet drew more than 70 competitors.
Kiteboarding is an ocean sport that uses a kite and blends surfing, wakeboarding and parasailing.
BOXING
Miyose on U.S. team: Wai'anae boxer Glenn Miyose Jr. has been selected to represent USA Boxing at the 2002 USA vs. Dominican Republic Duals in Harvey, Ill., on Oct. 18 and 20.
Miyose, 17, will compete in the open-adult class.
The Wai'anae High senior won the Under-19 National Championship in August and qualified for the 19-under World Championships last month in Cuba.
However, Miyose turned down the all-expenses-paid trip to Cuba fearing that he would fall behind in school and ruin his 4.0 grade-point average.
A family member said Miyose chose to compete at this month's competition because the boxer felt he could make up the missed class time, but he couldn't afford to miss nearly a month at the world championships last month.
Miyose boxes for the Westbrook Boxing Club in Wai'anae.
