Posted on: Sunday, June 1, 2003

ISLE FILE
Four 'Bows fail to qualify for track championships

Advertiser Staff

University of Hawai'i discus thrower Novelle Murray and high jumper Olivia Smoody failed to qualify for the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships at the NCAA West Regional yesterday at Stanford, Calif.

Murray, the Western Athletic Conference champion, placed 32nd with a best toss of 38.20 meters. Smoody did not make the qualifying height of 1.66 meters.

On Friday, UH runners Victoria Chang (5,000) and Hanna Bremler (1,500) also missed qualifying.

"We had some very positive things happen this spring, like qualifying four individuals for the regionals in just our second full season," said UH coach Carmyn James.

MEETING

• Miano at QB Club: Rich Miano, University of Hawai'i defensive backs coach, will be a guest speaker at tomorrow's meeting of the Honolulu Quarterback Club at the Pagoda Hotel.

Also scheduled to speak are UH senior women's administrator Marilyn Moniz Kaho'ohanohano and UH assistant women's soccer coach Bob Barry.

The meeting is open to the public with lunch ($7.50 for club members and $8 for non-members) starting at at 11:30 a.m. followed by the program.

SAILING

• 61 entered in Transpac: Sixty-one boats—the largest fleet since 1985 and the 10th largest ever—are entered in the 42nd biennial Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Honolulu in July.

There are boats from 31 feet to 77 feet and from every corner of the U.S. and five foreign countries, including three from Australia.

The first boats are scheduled to set sail for Hawai'i July 1, with the larger boats leaving July 6.