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Zeug new 'Iolani girls basketball head coach
Advertiser Staff
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Marlene Zeug has been named 'Iolani School's girls varsity basketball coach.
"It's a tremendous responsibility and I am honored," Zeug said. "Carrying on 'Iolani's successful program, I hope to develop girls that are not only smart on the court but who also have good character."
A 1991 graduate of Punahou School, Zeug played high school basketball in 1990 and 1991 and also competed in soccer, cross country and track. She played basketball for Colgate University and earned a bachelor's degree in molecular biology. She later earned an MBA from Chaminade University.
Zeug has been a head coach for the Punahou intermediate and junior varsity girls basketball teams. In 2003, she was the assistant head coach for the Punahou varsity team that finished as the runner-up in the state tournament. She has also coached basketball for the Manoa Girls Athletic Club and the Kalakaua Basketball Clinic. In 2000, she led a Kalakaua team to the Oregon City High School Tournament for the first time.
Zeug works as the division manager for member programs and services at the YWCA. She succeeds Glenn Takara, who stepped down after eight years.
TRACK AND FIELD
'BOWS AT NATIONALS
University of Hawai'i high jumpers Amber Kaufman and Emily Sheppard will join heptathlete Annett Wichmann at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, June 11 to 14 on the campus of Drake University at Des Moines, Iowa.
Wichmann, a junior and three-time Western Athletic Conference champion, will make her third appearance at NCAA Outdoors. She placed ninth last year.
Kaufman and Sheppard, who earned at-large selections, will make their first appearances. Kaufman set a UH record at the WAC Championships, clearing 6 feet, 0.5 inches. Sheppard was second at 5-11.25. Kaufman's jump also qualified her for the U.S. Olympic Trials, which start June 27 in Eugene, Ore.
In national rankings, Kaufman is tied for third and Sheppard tied for eighth, while Wichmann is 17th.
The qualifying round of high jump is scheduled for June 11 with finals on June 13. The two-day heptathlon runs June 13 and 14.
WATER POLO
BROOKS BOOSTS U.S.
Punahou graduate Brandon Brooks turned away nine shots as the USA Men's Senior National Team upset reigning World Champions and top-ranked Croatia, 8-5, last week in front of a sellout crowd in Westlake Village, Calif.
The game will air on MSNBC on June 15.
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