"As a team, those are our goals," slotback Britton Ko-mine said. The Warriors were WAC co-champions in 1992 and 1999.

Quarterback Tim Chang, the school-promoted candidate for the Heisman Trophy as the country's best college football player, added one more wish.

"Being the No. 1 offensive team in the country would mean a lot to me," Chang said, noting the Warriors were second last year, averaging 495.6 yards per game. "I think we've worked hard during the offseason and we're ready to have a good season."

For the Warriors, physical fitness is measured in 220 yards. In coach June Jones' system, the first practice of every training camp is punctuated with the "220s," a drill in which each player is asked to run 220-yard sprints 10 times. Offensive linemen and defensive tackles must cover each sprint within 40 seconds; linebackers, defensive ends, quarterbacks and kickers are allowed 38 seconds, and those at the skilled positions have 35 seconds. There is a break of at least a minute between sprints.

Yesterday, 30 of the nearly 100 players completed 10 sprints, 10 fewer than last year. For the third consecutive year, Chang was one of the finishers.

"It's hard, I'm not going to lie," said the 6-foot-2 Chang, whose summer workouts reduced his weight to 195 pounds and body fat to 8 percent.

Defensive lineman Abu Ma'afala also huffed and puffed his way through the 1 1/4-mile distance.

"You've got to relax and focus on just going from here to there," Ma'afala said.

Nkeruwem "Tony" Akpan, a converted basketball player, borrowed Ma'afala's approach.

"I see my guys go, then I go," he said. "I wasn't counting. I just kept running."

Wide receiver Jeremiah Cockheran, despite running on a severely sprained right ankle, completed eight sprints. Rich Miano, who coaches the defensive backs and coordinates the pass defense, dropped out after eight sprints.

Mel deLaura, the team's assistant strength coach, gave each player a summer workout schedule. The program uses 13 disciplines measuring speed, agility and strength. The 220-yard drill, he said, "is a good measuring stick. It shows us what we need to do."

• Welcome, Matt: After sitting out last year while working on his associate degree, defensive tackle Matt Faga yesterday was declared eligible to join the Warriors. Faga is a 2000 Kaimuki High graduate who attended junior college for two years.

"Hopefully, he can contribute," Jones said.

The 6-foot-3 Faga weighs about 380 pounds. "Actually," defensive tackle Lui Fuga said, "he told us he's not 380. He's 379."

Faga ran five sprints of 220 yards before deciding to book an appointment in the training room. "He told us he would have made all 10 if they put a bucket of KFC at each end," Fuga said, laughing.

• Lee makes UH debut: Of the 17 newcomers in training camp, the most significant is a 56-year-old man who hasn't played in 33 years.

Miano praised the hiring of assistant coach Cal Lee, who won 15 O'ahu Prep Bowls or state championships as head coach at Saint Louis School. Lee is reunited with his brother, receivers coach Ron Lee, and Miano, who was a defensive back when the Lee brothers coached at Kaiser High in the late 1970s. Cal Lee also is head coach of the Hawaiian Islanders of arenafootball2.

"I think for June to get Cal Lee to come on board was a huge accomplishment for the program," Miano said. "Look at what he's done with the Islanders, at St. Louis, at Kaiser High School. There's something about the man. In word association, Cal Lee always makes you think of 'winning.' "

Lee, who is coaching UH's strong-side linebackers, said the adjustment hasn't been difficult.

"It's just a different level," he said. "The guys here are a little older, but the camaraderie and teaching are the same."

Lee, who leaves tonight for the Islanders' playoff game at Tulsa Saturday, said he has had little problem balancing two coaching jobs. At Saint Louis, he was a coach, athletic director and manager of the alumni association's clubhouse.