Posted on: Friday, February 25, 2005

AROUND TOWN
Lanikai Triathlon set for March 20

Advertiser Staff

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The early registration deadline for the Bikefactory/Jamba Juice Lanikai Triathlon is March 5 for the USA Triathlon sanctioned event, which will be March 20.

The race will consist of a 500-meter swim, a 12.4-mile bike ride and a 3.1-mile run.

The cost for those registering before March 5 is $65 for individuals and $85 for teams. After March 5, the cost goes up by $5 for individuals and groups.

The race will start at Kailua Beach Park at 6 a.m., with a pre-race meeting at 5:40 a.m.

Entry forms can be found at www.bocahawaii.com, www.active.com or at Boca Hawai'i at 330 Cooke Street.

Figure skating

Skate Aloha at Ice Palace on March 10, 11

The Hawai'i Figure Skating Club will host the Skate Aloha competition on March 10 and 11 at the Ice Palace at the Stadium Mall at Halawa.

There will be 56 skaters from Canada, California and Hawai'i. The competition categories will be free skating, compulsory moves, spins, artistic and showcase.

Competitors will range in ages 5 to adults, with experience levels ranging from novice to senior level.

The competition will be from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. on March 10 and from 2 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on March 11.

For more information, visit www.hawaiifsc.org.

Swimming

Event to raise funds for scholarships

Two Hawai'i athletes with physical disabilities will receive scholarships after the first annual Swim With Mike Hawai'i event on March 5 at the University of Hawai'i's Duke Kahanamoku Pool.

The event will run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Fulutusi Tusi Mailo, a Brigham Young-Hawai'i student, and Keith Kitamura, a University of Hawai'i student, will receive the scholarships.

Mailo was a linebacker at Kahuku High School before being injured in the ocean and being paralyzed. Kitamura was a senior at Kapa'a when he was left a quadriplegic after a car accident.

The swimmers will be UH student-athletes and coaches.

The program began in 1981 to aid USC swimmer Mike Nyeholt, who was paralyzed after a motorcycle accident.

Since the first event, the fund-raiser has collected $5 million for 45 full scholarships.

This is the first time the Swim With Mike swim-a-thon will be held in Hawai'i.

For more information, visit www.swimwithmike.org.

Boxing

Clinic for coaches scheduled for March 5

There will be a clinic for boxing coaches on March 5 at the Momilani Community Center in Pearl City from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

The clinic is a United States Amateur Boxing Inc. recognized certification clinic for both Level I (local and state) and Level II (regional) certification.

Eiichi Jumawan will conduct the clinic.

The fee is $10 and participants must be at least 18 years old; be a member of USA Boxing Inc.; review the coaches' manual; view the coaches' video; and pass a USA Boxing certification test.

For more information, contact Jumawan at 256-2885.