ISLE FILE
Mari Cha IV smashes Pacific Cup sail record
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Mari Cha IV, a 140-foot monohull racing machine, obliterated the record of the West Marine Pacific Cup race from San Francisco Bay to Kaneohe Bay yesterday by more than one day.
Mari Cha IV crossed the finish line of the 13th biennial race at 6:13 last night, completing the 2,070-nautical-mile journey in 5 days, 5 hours, 38 minutes, 10 seconds.
Roy Disney's Pyewacket set the previous fastest crossing in 1998 of 6 days, 14 hours, 22 minutes, 20 seconds.
Meanwhile, the fleet leaders in corrected time are well past the halfway mark as they zero in on Hawai'i. Winnetou, Morpheus and Natazak continue to battle for Division E and overall race honors.
The other division leaders by corrected time are: Eyrie in doublehanded, First Light in A, California Girl in B, Inspired Environments in C, Surprise in D and Braveheart in F.
MORE SAILING
Voodoo Child fourth to finish race to Maui
Voodoo Child, a J130 from Tacoma (Wash.) Yacht Club, became the fourth to finish the IBM 2004 Victoria to Maui yacht race yesterday, crossing the finish line in Lahaina at 10:16 in the morning.
Voodoo Child, which is skippered by Brian Duchin and navigated by Brad Baker, maintained its lead in Division 2 and the overall fleet.
Flash, which was first to finish the 2,308-nautical-mile race on Monday, leads Division 1 and is third overall in corrected time. Tranquillite leads Division 3 and is second overall.
Four boats, including Tranquillite, are predicted to finish sometime tomorrow.
VOLLEYBALL
Stanley rallies USA to conquest of Russia
Hawai'i's Clay Stanley and Reid Priddy each scored a team-high 21 points to rally Team USA to a five-game victory over Russia Monday in the championship match of the inaugural USA Global Challenge in Austin, Texas.
The Americans won 19-25, 23-25, 25-18, 25-20, 15-10 at Delco Activity Center. They finished the tournament 4-1.
"We fought off a lot of tough serves and started getting swings on them instead of giving up aces or near aces," said Team USA head coach Doug Beal.
Stanley had 16 kills, four aces and one block as USA avenged an earlier loss to the Russians in the Global Challenge.
Russia, the world's fifth-ranked team, swept the U.S. June 30 to start the tournament after taking two out of three matches from sixth-ranked Team USA in a Houston series June 25-28.
Outrigger's 16 boys 2nd in Junior Olympics
Outrigger Canoe Club fell in the championship match of the 16 Open division of the 25th Annual USA Junior Olympic Boys Volleyball Championships earlier this month.
The tournament featured 349 teams playing in the Austin Convention Center in Texas.
OCC lost to Synergy from Wisconsin in the final. OCC's Riley McKibbin, Kawika Shoji and Spencer McLachlin were named to the all-tournament team.
In the 16's Club division, Asics Rainbows tied for third among 52 teams. Ethan Chang and Charles Bell claimed all-tournament honors.
OCC's 13 team took fifth in the age division's Silver Bracket.
OCC's 18 team also tied for fifth, with Eric Liebert and Sean Carney receiving all-tournament honors.
