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Kamehameha co-athletic director Blane Gaison put to rest speculation that he might become the Warriors' next varsity boys' basketball coach. SUMMER NOTEBOOK
Gaison won’t coach hoops
"Let me make it perfectly clear that while I'm overseeing basketball in the summer, because we don't have someone else right now, that's as far as it goes," Gaison said yesterday.
"While we don't have a policy against administration coaching, there's no time for me to do that. Our program is so large."
Gaison said the school hopes to find a replacement soon for Jim Winchester, who retired recently after 19 years as the Warriors' head coach.
"It's a process that takes some time and we have no exact timetable," Gaison said. "But we'd like to get it done before the end of summer."
Former University High and St. Louis School coach Darryl Gabriel has expressed interest in the job. Gabriel, currently a teacher in San Diego, plans on returning to Hawaii this summer.
Trainers honored
Aaron Chun, Ross Oshiro and Dr. Allen Richardson received honors recently at the Hawaii Athletic Trainers Association annual symposium.Chun, who will be a student at Kapiolani Community College, is the first recipient of an annual $500 scholarship from the HATA.
Oshiro, a trainer at Roosevelt, received the Far West Athletic Trainers Association Special Service Award for Hawaii. He was recognized for his instrumental role in the HATA symposium since its inception in 1993. He is also the co-chairman of the Oahu Interscholastic Association athletic trainers.
Richardson, an orthopedic surgeon who has long been involved with high school, college and Olympic sports, received a special recognition award for his role in the inception of the Hawaii Athletic Trainers Association.
Simms gets a taste
Vera Simms is used to breaking the tape. But the recent Mililani graduate and multiple Hawaii track and field record- holder said being a part of the pack isn't such a bad thing."It was really competitive and fun, exciting," Simms said of her experience at the Golden West Invitational meet Saturday at Sacramento, Calif.
Simms, running with some of the best prep athletes in the nation, was third in the 300 meter hurdles (42.7 hand-timed) and seventh of seven runners in the 100 high hurdles (14.83).
Simms' best electronic time in the 300 is 42.8, recorded last month at the state championship trials.
RaNysha LeBlanc of Texas won the 300 in 41.5 and Sani Rosedy of California won the 100 high hurdles in 13.7.
Equity bill signing today
Gov. Ben Cayetano is expected to sign into law a bill committing Hawaii to gender equity in public high school sports.The bill is similar to Title IX, the federal legislation which prohibits gender discrimination in education, including athletics.
Comings and goings
Ryan Kato is the new varsity baseball coach at Aiea High, replacing Wayde Hirata, who led Na Alii to four OIA West championships and two OIA titles in 13 years as head coach. Kato, a former Aiea, University of Hawaii and Sacramento State player, has been an assistant for Na Alii the past five years He is a science teacher at Aiea. ... Steve Chippeaux, the athletic director at Hawaii Baptist Academy the past three years and an administrator there the past eight, is leaving for the Dallas-Fort Worth area. No successor has been named yet. ... Mike Taylor is no longer the girls' varsity basketball coach at Maryknoll. ... Waiakea softball coach Wayne Abalos retired after 35 years of coaching on the Big Island. ... Gordon Muramaru is replacing Dawson Carvalho as head football coach at Kapaa. Carvalho resigned after five years. ... At St. Andrew's Priory, Lani Elliazar is the new head volleyball coach.
By Dave Reardon, Star-Bulletin
