Smith second in
WAC track

Staff and wire reports

FRESNO, Calif. >> Junior Cheryl Smith finished second in the 1,500-meter race and the University of Hawaii finished eighth out of eight teams at the Western Athletic Conference Track and Field Championships yesterday.

Smith, who won the 3,000-meter race Friday, was timed in 16 minutes, 58.40 seconds yesterday. Tulsa's Fride Vullum won the race in 16:49.13.

Hawaii finished with 46 points; Rice won the team championship with 142.5 points.

"We expected to finish eighth,'' said first-year coach Carmyn James. "But I also expected to only score 35 points. For our first year, I'm very pleased. It's upward from here."

The Wahine track program was dropped in 1985 and restarted this year.

Also scoring points for Hawaii yesterday was Casey McGuire-Turcotte, who had a personal best in finishing fourth in the 1,500-meters (4:31.78) and was sixth in the 800 meters (2:12.52).

In the high jump, Sarah McDiarmid was third (5-foot-9.25) and Oliva Smoody fifth (5-5.25). The 4x400 (4:11.64) and 4x100 relay teams (53.69) both finished seventh.

PIN AND PAIN

DENNIS ODA / STAR-BULLETIN
McKinley's Tiffany Takao, top, won by ippon by pinning
Leilehua's Margie Villamor in a 98-pound division opening
round match during yesterday OIA judo championships.

Carlyle, McLachlin tie for 38th at golf regional

University of Hawaii sophomore golfer Scott Carlyle and Punahou School graduate Parker McLachlin, playing for UCLA, finished tied for 38th at the NCAA West Regional yesterday in Carvallis, Ore.

Carlyle, one of six invited individual golfers, carded a 4-over-par 76 yesterday for a 54-hole total of 223. He did not qualify for the NCAA Men's Golf Championship.

McLachlin finished with a 74-223. UCLA finished sixth overall and advances to the NCAA championship.

South Carolina's Kyle Thompson and Arizona State's Matt Jones shared individual medalist honors at 208. ASU won the team title with an 852, 15 strokes over Arizona.

HYSA hires Kuntz as director of coaching

The Hawaii Youth Soccer Association has hired George Kuntz as part-time director of coaching and technical director.

Kuntz is currently the men's head soccer coach at UC Irvine and was director of coaching education for the California Youth Soccer Association-South for eight years.

With HYSA, Kuntz's main responsibilities will be in the coaching education area. He has licensed over 20,000 coaches in the last eight years, the most in the country.

Deadline tomorrow for Tinman registration

The deadline to register for the 21st annual Tinman Triathlon is tomorrow.

The event is scheduled for July 15, beginning at Ala Moana Park and ending at Kapiolani Park.

Entry forms can be obtained at most running and biking stores. For information, call 732-7311.

Motorcycle roadracers hit the raceway today

The Hawaii Road Racing Association continues the 2001 season with several events on the short course today at Hawaii Raceway Park.

Gates open at 11 a.m. Admission is $5 and proceeds benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association.

The HRRA runs events all year long, including races on the short and long courses and endurance races. Today's event will be held on the short course.

For information, call 722-9227, or e-mail kimDN@aol.com.

SLIPPAHS, SUNGLASSES,
SWISH, NO SWOOSH

RICHARD WALKER / STAR-BULLETIN
Dallas Pugh, left, and Jim Belanger play some afternoon
hoops on Ilihau Street in Aikahi. No Nike Air's here.

[WINNERS & LOSERS]

[WINNERS]

Brandy Richardson: The talented girls basketball player for Kalaheo High School has been a big part of the Mustangs' four straight Oahu Interscholastic Federation championships. She scored 41 points in Wednesday's title-game win against Aiea.

Brian Viloria: Waipahu's Olympic boxer turned pro officially on Tuesday and scored a convincing four-round unanimous decision over Ben Jun Escobia.

BYU-Hawaii women's tennis team: Despite a loss in the Division II national title game, the Seasiders have been mighty impressive for a long time. The loss broke a 103-match win streak and a four-year run as national champions.

[LOSERS]

Deion Sanders: He went 3-for-3 in his first game of the season for the Cincinnati Reds, but has gone just 4-for-34 since. He's batting a paltry .189.

The Bucs and Tampa Bay: No, not football. Going into today's games, the Pittsburgh Pirates, a.k.a. the Bucs, were 13-27 with a .325 winning percentage. But the worst record in Major League Baseball belongs to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays --11-30, .268.

Darryl Strawberry: He got two years' house arrest at a drug treatment center Thursday for disappearing two months ago from a rehab center and going on a four-day drug binge. If he violates the sentence this time, he'll go to prison for 18 months.