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UH track sets school record
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i women's track and field team scored a school-record five points at the NCAA West Regional Championships, which concluded yesterday at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
None of the five Rainbow Wahine who competed yesterday earned automatic invitations to the NCAA Championships, but three placed in the top eight in their finals, meaning they are eligible for at-large berths for a national meet June 8 to 11 in Sacramento, Calif.
Sophomore Kelly Young placed seventh in the 800 meters in 2 minutes, 8.58 seconds, her fourth-fastest mark of the season. BYU's Aneta Lemiesz won in 2:03.90.
Senior Tasha Monroe placed seventh in the 400 meters in 54.98 seconds. Olympic champion Monique Henderson of UCLA won in 50.78.
Freshman Meghan Weaver placed eighth in the shot put with 49 feet, 3 1/2 inches, exceeding her personal best by 1 foot, 1 1/2 inches. Jessica Pressley of Arizona State won with 55-11¥.
Sophomore Dana Buchanan finished ninth in the 1500 finals with a personal best of 4:27.10. BYU's Heidi Magill won in 4:18.29.
Junior Novelle Murray, who fouled on two of three attempts in her discus heat, threw 155-4, which was not among the top eight marks needed to advance to the finals.
"I'm very pleased with our effort, we posted our best ever score and five of our six athletes placed in the top 10," UH head coach Carmyn James said. "I was most impressed with Meghan. She had a very big PB and as a freshman, she came through in the clutch giving us team points."
GOLF
Kim stumbles to 81 in junior tournament
Kimberly Kim, a 13-year-old eighth-grader at Waiakea Intermediate School on the Big Island, shot a 9-over-par 81 yesterday and was in last place in the 36-player elite field at the Thunderbird International Junior tournament in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Kim, who started on the back nine, was even-par through her first six holes before suffering bogeys on the 16th and 17th to turn in 2-over.
She parred the first four holes on the front nine then took a triple-bogey 6 on No. 5 and went on to shoot 7-over.
Mina Harigae and Juliana Murcia share a one-stroke lead after the first round of the 54-hole tournament at 3-under 69.
