COURTESY OF ASP Hawaii surfer Keala Kennelly dropped in to a juicy section yesterday at Teahupoo, Tahiti. Kennelly beat Australia's Layne Beachley in the final of the Billabong Pro contest.

Kennelly carves to
Tahiti triumph

Hanalei's Keala Kennelly captured the Billabong Pro title yesterday for the second year in a row at Teahupoo, Tahiti.

She defeated four-time and reigning Association of Surfing Professionals world champion Layne Beachley of Australia in the final heat.

Kennelly jumped from 13th to fifth in the ASP World Championship Tour ratings, and she earned $10 000 for her victory. Kennelly also won the event in 2000.

The Billabong Pro is the third event on the women's 2002 tour.

NOT A TYPICAL DAY AT THE MALL

GEORGE F. LEE / GLEE@STARBULLETIN.COM Brian Viloria was at Pearlridge Center yesterday, sparring in front of a large gathering. Viloria, 6-0 with four KOs as a professional flyweight, headlines a six-fight boxing card at the Blaisdell Arena on Friday. Viloria will take on Sandro Oviedo (22-17-2). The event starts at 7:30 p.m.

Smith is 5,000 champ in Occidental meet

Hawaii's Cheryl Smith ran to victory in the 5,000 meters yesterday at the Occidental Invitational in Los Angeles.

Smith finished in 17 minutes, 14.54 seconds, more than 27 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher.

UH's Casey McGuire-Turcotte ran to a third-place finish in the 1,500 meters. She finished in 4:35.58, a little more than nine second behind winner Tiffany Burgess of UCLA.

Hawaii's Sadie Martin was third in the javelin with a toss of 118 feet, while teammate Olivia Smoody earned third in the women's high jump with a leap of 5-1.

UH's Nicole Kaffka was third in the long jump (17-4 1/4), while Lana Phillips finished fourth in the long jump (16-2 1/4) and fourth in the 100-meter hurdles (16.17 seconds).