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Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Saturday, July 8, 2000

UH's Hedlund accepts
job with Big West

University of Hawaii assistant athletic director Kaia Hedlund has accepted the position of assistant to Big West Conference commissioner Dennis Farrell at the Big West's Irvine, Calif., headquarters.

During her 10-year tenure at Manoa, Hedlund served as assistant AD for student services and UH's athletics compliance coordinator regarding NCAA rules. She also chairs both the NCAA men's and women's water polo committees.

Abubo extends ratings
lead in Billabong win

JEFFREY'S BAY, South Africa -- Hawaii's Megan Abubo yesterday extended her Association of Surfing Professionals ratings lead by 380-points when she claimed her second World Championship Tour victory of the year.

Abubo overcame bumpy conditions with solid maneuvers and defeated the 1998 Billabong MSF Pro champion Trudy Todd of Australia.

"It was really hard to surf out there," said Abubo. "There were a lot of bumps and we were surfing right over the rocks, too, so there were a lot of difficulties."

Ex-Rainbow Cherry
granted a new trail

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- Raphel Cherry, a former NFL player with Washington and Detroit, has been granted a new trial nearly a year after being convicted of first-degree murder.

The Arkansas Supreme Court upheld yesterday a lower court ruling that jurors for the original trial apparently violated instructions against talking about the case.

Cherry, 37, was sentenced last August to life in prison for the December 1998 killing of his estranged wife, Jerri.

A fifth-round pick by the Redskins out of the University of Hawaii in 1985, he appeared in 42 games with Washington and Detroit and had five interceptions between 1985-88.

Umemura, Guild cited

Anna Umemura and Walter Guild were named Sports Persons of the Month for June by the Honolulu Quarterback Club.

Umemura, a University of Tennessee senior and former Hawaii prep golf standout, won her second Hawaii State Women's Golf Association match play championship on June 30.

Guild coached the Hawaii men's and women's paddling teams which won the Liberty World Challenge outrigger canoe race in New York harbor June 24.

He also served as steersman in the men's victory --its third consecutive title in the Big Apple race.

Honolulu QB Club lineup

Robert Fishman, chief executive officer of the Hawaii Tourism Authority, will be a featured speaker at Monday's Honolulu Quarterback Club luncheon.

Also scheduled to join Fishman as guest speakers will be John Fink, president and general manager of TV stations KHNL and KFVE; Jill Nunokawa, civil rights counselor at the University of Hawaii, and Randy Ho, founder of the Hawaii State Golf Association.

Lunch starts at 11:30 a.m. at the Pagoda Restaurant, with the program to follow at noon.

Chang, Ah King honored

Victoria Chang, Punahou's dominant distance runner, and Travis Ah King, a star sprinter and hurdler for Kamehameha, have been selected as the Gatorade Hawaii High School Athletes of the Year in track and field.

Chang captured her second Gatorade Circle of Champions award after winning both the 1,500-meter and 3,000-meter runs in the HHSAA State Championships.

Ah King won state titles in the 110-meter high hurdles and 300-meter intermediate hurdles and led the Warriors to victory in the 4x400 relay.

Chang and Ah King are eligible for national awards to be announced later this month.

State junior golf qualifiers

Andrew Ching, Christian Akau and Adam Dornbush each shot 1-over-par 72 in the boys' 15-18 division to share medalist honors in yesterday's Oahu qualifier for the Callaway Hawaii State Junior Championships at the Olomana Golf Links.

Jordan Cox of the boys' 11-12 division led the Kauai qualifying field at the Kauai Lagoons Resort course and Laine Malson (boys' 15-17) was the Big Island medalist at Waimea Country Club.

The Callaway state tournament will be played July 12-13 at Turtle Bay on Oahu.

Academic honor for Hess

Moanalua High School graduate Jessica Hess, a freshman at George Washington University in the nation's capital, recently was named to the American Water Polo Coaches Association's Women's All-Academic Team.

Hess had a 3.60 grade-point average in Latin American studies.

Naginata at Ala Wai

A Japanese martial arts seminar, sponsored by the U.S. Naginata Federation and hosted by the Hawaii federation, will take place July 14-15 at the Ala Wai Golf Course clubhouse.

There will be a goodwill tournament at the clubhouse on July 16.

The purpose of the seminar is to introduce beginners to the art of Naginata and to provide advanced training for current students.

Two Japanese instructors, sensei Midori Sunagawa of Fukuoka and sensei Takeko Kajiyama of Tokyo, will direct the proceedings.

The seminar will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on July 14 and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July 15. Registration will be at 8:30 a.m. each day. The July 16 tournament starts at 9 a.m.

For more information, call sensei Hanae Miura at 949-2873 or Kent Sato at 383-6886 or 988-6924.