Hawaii Beat

By Star-Bulletin Staff

Tuesday, March 30, 1999

Pratt, 11, breaks
own lifting mark

Conrad K. Pratt of Kaneohe, an 11-year-old fifth grader at Punahou School, broke his own American AAU bench press record of 88 pounds by lifting 93.5 pounds during the AAU Hawaii Bench Press and Powerlifting Championships last weekend.

Pratt had set the old record -- which also is the world AAU mark for boys 10-11 years old--at the 1998 World Bench Press Championships in California.

He weighed in at 72 pounds forlast weekend's lift, which isn't recognized as a world record because it wasn't accomplished at a sanctioned world AAU meet.

But it qualified him for the 1999 world championships to be held in November at Vista, Calif.

Sweep for Seasiders

The Brigham Young-Hawaii softball team began a 14 games-in 10 days northern California road trip yesterday at Atherton with a 7-6, 6-5 doubleheader sweep of Menlo College.

Misty Howarth had four hits and four RBIs in the doubleheader for the Seasiders (13-17-1).

BYUH women win 20th

Unbeaten BYU-Hawaii rolled to its 20th women's tennis victory of the season yesterday at Laie, trimming Franklin Pierce, 9-0.

Petra Gaspar, Helena Nordwall, Karin Ptaszek, Hana Krivonoskova and Maylani Ah Hoy didn't drop a game in their singles victories.

Kim leads women's golf

Mona Kim shot a low-gross 77 and Marcie Rudich a low-net 72 in the first round of the All-Services Invitational women's golf tournament yesterday at the Kalakaua course.

In the championship flight, Makoto Miyata and Caryn Morita were three strokes behind Kim in low-gross play. Kim and Morita had low nets of 73 to trail Rudich by one.

Scotch Four Ball play

The 10th annual Big Island Candies Scotch Four Ball golf tournament will be played Saturday through Monday on the Mauna Kea Resort's Hapuna course.

The tournament, sponsored by Big Island Candies and the Aloha Section PGA, brings together Hawaii's top professionals to compete for a purse of $8,000.

It's the first of six qualifying events for the Hawaii State Open and the Aloha Section Player of the Year prize.

Ford Island 10K

The 10-kilometer Race Across the Harbor Ford Island Bridge will start at 7 a.m. on April 17, with all runners, walkers and strollers invited to participate.

Entry fees are $15 for active-duty military and $18 for all others ($5 late fee for entries postmarked after March 29).

Trophies will be awarded in each age division and all participants will receive souvenir t-shirts.

For more information, call 473-0784/2494.