The first and second rounds of the event were completed in 4- to 6-foot waves at Sunset Beach.

Bartels got into the main event heats in the afternoon by advancing through two trials heats in the morning. In her first-round heat of the main event, she received scores of 8.83 and 8.6 for her two best waves. Her total score of 17.43 was the second-best of the day.

Australia's Stephanie Gilmore was the top performer of the day with a two-wave score of 18.1, which included a near-perfect ride of 9.6 (out of 10).

Bartels and Gilmore were the top surfers in the trials heats, so they received the two available wildcard spots in the main event.

The other three Hawai'i surfers — Abubo, Ballard and Kennelly — kept alive their chances of requalifying for the 2007 World Championship Tour by advancing Saturday.

Abubo is currently ranked No. 9, Ballard is No. 13 and Kennelly No. 14. The top 10 surfers at the end of the year requalify for the WCT.

The Roxy Pro is the seventh of eight events on the women's WCT.

The 2006 women's world championship also remained up for grabs yesterday as all three contenders advanced.

No. 1 Layne Beachley, No. 2 Melanie Redman-Carr and No. 3 Chelsea Georgeson all advanced to the quarterfinals. All three are from Australia.

Also Saturday, five heats of the second round of the men's O'Neill World Cup of Surfing were completed.

Hawai'i surfers Hank Gaskell, Sean Moody and Myles Padaca won their respective heats.