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UH soccer topples San Jose St. in 2 OTs
Advertiser Staff and News Services
Jessica Domingo scored a golden goal at 2:29 of double overtime off an assist from Joelle Sugai as the University of Hawai'i women's soccer team ended its conference regular season yesterday with a 1-0 victory over host San Jose State.
It was the first collegiate goal for Domingo, a freshman from Kamehameha Schools.
The Western Athletic Conference match would have ended in a scoreless tie if neither team had scored in 90 minutes of regulation and two 10-minute overtimes.
Rainbow Wahine goalie Erin Chow made four saves.
Hawai'i (12-5-2, 5-3) all but assured itself a berth in the WAC Tournament, which will be held next month at Waipi'o Peninsula Soccer Stadium. Six teams will qualify for the tournament.
San Jose State dropped to 5-10-1 and 2-3-1.
Hawai'i is 4-0-2 in overtime matches this season.
TRIATHLON
Llanos, Whitmore win Xterra titles
Eneko Llanos of Spain won the Xterra World Championship for the second consecutive year yesterday at Wailea, Maui.
Llanos completed the 26.3-mile off-road physical challenge in two hours, 28 minutes and 44 seconds. He took more than four minutes off his 2003 winning time of 2:32:56.
Jamie Whitmore, of Elk Grove, Calif., led the women in 3:01:35.
The race included a 1-mile rough water swim, 20-mile mountain bike ride up and down the rocky slopes of Haleakala, and a 5.3-mile run over lava rock, forest trails and beach sand.
A total of 455 triathletes, including more than 70 professionals, began the race and 434 finished.
The field included more than 40 triathletes who participated in the grueling Ironman Triathlon in Kona just eight days earlier.
Peter Reid of Canada won the "double" competition for the third straight year and fifth time overall. He finished in 2:44:19 for a combined Ironman-Xterra time of 11:27:59. Heather Fuhr, also of Canada, won the women's double title with an Xterra time of 3:21:58 and a combined time of 13:18:17.
Following Llanos were Oliver Marceau, France, 2:29:45; Josiah Middaugh, Vail, Colo., 2:33:28; Dominic Gillen, Washington, Conn., 2:33:53; Justin Thomas, Fairfax, Va., 2:34:31; Nicolas Lebrun, France, 2:36:58; Sylvain Dodet, France, 2:38:26; Hektor Llanos, Spain, brother of the winner, 2:39:04; Jimmy Archer, Boulder, Colo., 2:40:39; Robert Latschen, Austria, 2:40:41.
Others among the top 10 women were defending champion Melanie McQuaid, Canada, 3:04:25; Danelle Kabush, Canada, 3:05:19; Melissa Thomas, Boulder, Colo., 3:05:38; Katrin Helmcke, Germany, 3:07:43; Sibylle Matter, Switzerland, 3:08:17; Erika Csomor, Hungary, 3:14:14; Ingrid Rolles, Honolulu, the only amateur among the top finishers, 3:15:23; Lynley Allison, New Zealand, 3:15:28; Candy Angle, Weymouth, Mass., 3:16:34.
The professionals competed for $130,000 in prize money, including $25,000 to the male and female winners. In addition, Reid and Fuhr received a $2,500 "double" award.
