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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Thursday, April 23, 2009

ISLE FILE
Chun wrestling for U.S. team

Advertiser Staff

Olympian Clarissa Chun, a Roosevelt High alum, will compete for the U.S. in the Pan American Championships at Maracaibo, Venezuela, today through Saturday.

Chun, of Kapolei, will compete in the women's freestyle at 105.5 pounds (48kg).

Chun won gold medals at the 2008 Women's World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, and the 2009 U.S. Championships earlier this month in Las Vegas. Her victory at the nationals earned her the No. 1 seed in the U.S. World Team Trials on May 30-31 in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The top seven finishers in each weight class will qualify for the World Team Trials, and the seven champions will advance to September's World Championships in Denmark.

The U.S. teams were selected based upon results from the nationals, where the champion had first opportunity to compete, with the following place-winners invited until the position was filled.


BASEBALL

VULCANS HONORED

Hawai'i-Hilo baseball players Keoni Manago and Clayton Uyechi have been named Pacific West Conference player and pitcher of the week, respectively.

Manago, a Roosevelt alum, led the Vulcans to three conference victories, batting .375 in five starts with three doubles and five runs. He had a .563 slugging percentage and a .500 on-base average.

Uyechi, a right-hander from Wai'anae, pitched a two-hitter to beat Dixie State, allowing one earned run while striking out 11.


VOLLEYBALL

UH TO HOLD CAMPS

The University of Hawai'i will hold four Rainbow Wahine volleyball camps this summer.

The camps are scheduled for June 18 to 21, July 21 to 24, July 26 to 29 and Aug. 3 to 6.

Cost is $160 and camps are open to boys and girls entering grades 4 to 12. Each camp runs from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Information on the camps is available from UH associate coach Kari Ambrozich at kbanders@hawaii.edu.