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Paddling, swimming state titles on line this week
Advertiser Staff
The First Hawaiian Bank Canoe Paddling and Local Motion Swimming and Diving state high school championships will be held this week.
The canoe paddling champions will be determined Friday at Ke'ehi Lagoon. The first of 24 races will start at 10 a.m.
There will be boys, girls and mixed events, and all races are half- a-mile.
The swimming championships will be held Friday and Saturday at UH's Duke Kahanamoku Aquatic Complex.
The diving preliminary round and swimming trials will be Friday, with the finals Saturday.
There will be 24 events.
Admission for the swimming and diving championships will be $7 adults, $5 kindergarten through 12th grade.
CLASSES
Sports Performax: Kaiser Permanente's next six-week Sports Performax class begins March 19.
The class meets three times a week from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Honolulu Clinic (South King and Pensacola).
It is designed for female athletes 13 to 19. The goal is to increase sports performance while decreasing the chance of getting injured.
The class is run by exercise physiologist Marc Iyomasa. In the two years since its start, Iyomasa has seen participants increase their vertical jump by an average of four inches and their strength by an average of 25 percent.
Cost is $150. Participants do not need to be Kaiser Permanente members. For more information, call Iyomasa at 432-2180.
VOLLEYBALL
UH-USC tickets: Tickets are on sale for the women's volleyball exhibition between Hawai'i and NCAA champion Southern California.
The match will be March 18 at 7 p.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center.
All seats are general admission. Adult tickets are $8, senior citizens (65 and older) $6 and students $4. Tickets are on sale at the Stan Sheriff Center box office.
CORRECTION
Gesser photo: A photo that ran in some of Tuesday's editions was incorrectly identified as that of Jason Gesser, a former Saint Louis School and Washington State University quarterback. Here is a photo of Gesser.
SOFTBALL
BYUH sweeps: The Brigham Young-Hawai'i softball team swept Montana State-Billings in a Pacific West Conference doubleheader yesterday at BYUH field in La'ie.
The Seasiders won the first game, 4-2, behind strong pitching by Traci Bonomi and a bases-clearing double by pinch-hitter Heather Murray in the fifth.
In the second game, Regina Molifua gave up three hits in a 5-0 win.
BYUH improved to 8-4 overall and 6-0 in the PacWest.
HOW TO REACH US
Sports editor:
Curtis Murayama 525-8017
e-mail: cmurayama@honoluluadvertiser.com
Assistant sports editors:
Clyde Mizumoto 525-8006
Bart Asato 525-7454
Sports Fax: 525-5491
Sports desk: 525-8040
