Posted on: Friday, July 23, 2004
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Mitchell vying for another world title on North Shore
Advertiser Staff
Australian Jamie Mitchell is confident about defending his world paddleboard title.
"I feel I'm paddling just as good as last year," said Mitchell, who is looking to repeat as the men's winner at tomorrow's Hennessey's International Paddleboard Championships on the North Shore. "My goal is to win and hopefully I can do that."
Fellow Aussie Hayley Bateup is also back to defend her women's title as well as Hawai'i's Jimmy Austin in the men's stockboard division. The 8-mile race from the Turtle Bay Resort to Waimea Bay Beach Park starts at 1 p.m. with a total prize purse of $10,000 awarded to the winners.
Paddleboards are streamlined surfboards between 12 to 16 feet designed to ride open ocean swells.
Mitchell arrived in Hawai'i several weeks ago to participate in local races and adjust to the weather.
"It's always good to get a feel for the conditions," said Mitchell, a 27-year-old from Burleigh Heads, Australia. "That's a real big factor."
For more information, visit www.hennesseyspaddleboarding.com. North Carolina defeats Hawai'i at nationals
The Honolulu Soccer Club Bulls fell to CASL Elite of North Carolina, 1-0, in the preliminary round of the boys under-19 division of the U.S. Youth Soccer Association National Championships at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Fla.
The Bulls play Scott Gallagher of Missouri today.
The top two teams in the age group, which consists of regional winners Honolulu (Far West), North Carolina (South), Missouri (Midwest) and Maryland (Region I), advance to Sunday's championship game.
Hale'iwa's Ching earns pro soccer award
San Jose Earthquakes forward Brian Ching captured Sierra Mist Goal of the Week honors on MLSnet.com.
The Hale'iwa native and Kamehameha School graduate, who is second in MLS with nine goals, received 29 percent of the votes for his goal against the Colorado Rapids in a 3-1 win last Saturday.
The winner is determined through a fan vote conducted on MLS' Web site.
At the end of the regular season, each of the 29 Goal of the Week winners will be featured in voting for the Sierra Mist MLS Goal of the Year. The award will be presented at the annual Gala Awards ceremony in the days leading up to MLS Cup 2004.
Hawai'i to welcome elite soccer program
Hawai'i Youth Soccer Association is bringing its Olympic Development Program to four islands starting next month for district trials.
The district trials, on the Big Island, O'ahu, Maui and Kaua'i, are the first step in the ODP process, which also includes state, regional and national pools and teams.
Players are evaluated on their technique, tactics, fitness, athletic ability and attitude and are identified and selected to the program after a series of training sessions.
Select players are invited to attend the state team pool selection camp, March 20 to 23 at Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Park on O'ahu.
Tryouts are open to boys and girls, born in the years 1988 to 1993.
Enrollment forms and daily schedules are posted in the ODP section of HYSA's Web site, www.hawaiisoccer.com, or e-mail hawaiiodp@yahoo.com for more information. Dates and Locations of Tryouts:
Big Island-Hilo—Aug. 7 to 8, Hilo Bayfront Fields
Kaua'i—Aug. 14 to 15, Island School Field
Big Island-Kona—Aug. 21 to 22, Old Kona Airport Fields
Maui—Aug. 28 to 29, Kahului Community Center Fields
O'ahu—Sept. 4 to 5, Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Park
Rainbows sign two Australian recruits
The University of Hawai'i swimming team raised its number of recruits to 10 with the signing of two more swimmers from Australia, coach Mike Anderson announced.
Joy Symons, a transfer from the University of Southern Queensland, won the silver medal in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 57.81 seconds at the 2000 Oceania Championships.
Melanie Schlanger was a member of the 400-meter freestyle relay team that captured a bronze medal with a time of 3:49.98 at the 2003 New Zealand Winter Championships.
Hawai'i's swimming and diving season begins Oct. 15 with the first senior meet at the Duke Kahanamoku Aquatics Complex.
UH's Murray to honor Canada at competition
University of Hawai'i's Novelle Murray, the reigning two-time Western Athletic Conference discus champion, will represent Canada at the 2004 North American, Central American and Caribbean (NACAC) Championships at Sherbrooke, Quebec, July 30 to Aug. 1.
Murray, who will be a junior in the fall, is one of 48 men and women who qualified for the event for athletes under the age of 23. All athletes either achieved an NACAC standard or were the highest-place finisher at the 2004 Canadian Track and Field Championships.
"The NACAC Championships are a high level meet and a key learning opportunity for our best young athletes," said Richard Crevier, NACAC Canadian team head coach.
Rasa, Kaleo spark Pearl City for state title
Pitchers Jason Rasa and Benjamin Kaleo helped lift Pearl City to the Little League Juniors Division tournament after sweeping a doubleheader against Maui, 2-0 and 3-2, Wednesday at Eddie Tam Field in Makawao, Maui.
Rasa pitched a 6-hitter in the first game, and Kaleo had nine strikeouts in the championship game for the 14- to 16-year-olds at the state tournament.
The Division tournament is July 30 to Aug. 4 at Missoula, Mont. The winner of that tournament advances to the Western Regional in Capistrano, Calif., Aug. 6 to 11.
Maui Invitational gets new chairman
Dave Gavitt, the founder and former commissioner of the Big East, was selected yesterday to succeed Wayne Duke as chairman of the Maui Invitational.
Duke, the former commissioner of the Big Eight and Big Ten, had served as chairman of the eight-team early season tournament since 1990. He will become chairman emeritus of the event, which started in 1984 and is hosted by Chaminade University.
Gavitt succeeded Duke once before. Duke was the chairman of the NCAA Tournament Selection Committee from 1978 to 1981. Gavitt took over the position the next year and served as chairman of the committee through 1984.
Gavitt coached Providence to the Final Four in 1973 and later became athletic director there before leaving to run the Big East in 1979. He coached the Olympic team in 1980, the year the United States boycotted the games, and later served as CEO of the Boston Celtics.
The fields for the Maui Invitational are set through 2006 and the tournament has a contract with ESPN through 2011 that guarantees a minimum of nine games televised each year.
This year's event begins Nov. 22 at the 2,400-seat Lahaina Civic Center and will have a field of: BYU, Chaminade, Iowa, Louisville, North Carolina, Stanford, Tennessee and Texas.
The 2005 field has six former national champions in it — Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Kansas, Maryland and Michigan State.
The event is owned by KemperSports Marketing.
Clinic will feature Hawai'i QB Chang
Quarterback Tim Chang will be a guest instructor at this weekend's Hawai'i Speed and Quickness Clinic sessions at the University of Hawai'i athletic complex.
Tomorrow and Sunday, there are sessions for ages 7 to 12 from 10:30 a.m. to noon and for those 13-and-older from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Each session is $10, a fee that includes a Jamba Juice coupon and refreshments.
For information, call 739-5444 or log on to: www.hawaiispeedandquickness.com.
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