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Hawaii women's volleyball ranked 10th in coaches' poll
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i women's volleyball team moved up one spot to 10th yesterday in the CBS College Sports Network/AVCA Division I Coaches Top 25 Poll.
Hawai'i won three matches last week to claim The Honolulu Advertiser Challenge title.
The Rainbow Wahine will host the three-day Chevron Volleyball Invitational starting Thursday.
SURFING
POWERS, GARCIA ADVANCE
Hawai'i surfers Roy Powers and Sunny Garcia won their respective first-round heats in the Boost Mobile Pro men's contest yesterday.
The opening day of the event was run in 3- to 5-foot waves at Lower Trestles, San Clemente, Calif.
Powers upset fellow Kaua'i surfer Andy Irons in his first round heat.
"When you're behind you're mad that it's inconsistent, but when you're in the lead you're hoping it stays flat," Powers said. "That's what I was thinking about out there."
Garcia was invited to the contest as a replacement for Australian Danny Wills, who withdrew due to an injury.
As first-round winners, Garcia and Powers advanced directly to the third round.
Hawai'i surfers Andy Irons, Bruce Irons, Fred Patacchia Jr., and Pancho Sullivan did not win in the first round and will have to surf in the second round, where eliminations begin.
KAYAKING
DOLAN CAPTURES SILVER
Ryan Dolan of Kailua won a silver medal at the Moscow Junior International Regatta for kayaking last weekend at Moscow, Russia.
Representing the United States, Dolan placed second in the K-1 500-meter race. A kayaker from Uzbekistan edged Dolan by 0.41 of a second.
"I'm pretty stoked," said Dolan, a 2008 graduate of Maryknoll School. "It was my first real big event, so I really didn't know what I was getting into."
Dolan also placed fourth in the K-1 1,000-meter race. He was the top paddler for the seven-member USA team.
The top paddlers age 18 and younger from around the world participated in the two-day event.
Dolan trains with the Hawai'i Canoe and Kayak Team. He grew up paddling with the Lanikai Canoe Club, and has been training on a flat-water kayak for less than one year.
Dolan said he will likely move to California later this year to practice flat-water kayaking with his older brother, Patrick.
