Iolani senior Hong Zhe Sun and Punahou junior Noa Sakamoto have been named to the U.S. Junior National Swimming Team. Sakamoto and Sun
named to national
swim teamStar-Bulletin staff
The junior national team will assemble for a camp at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in October and will compete in an international competition in Australia in January.
Sun, who immigrated to the U.S. from China, met the national team's qualifying standards last year, but couldn't join the program because he wasn't a U.S. citizen. He was granted citizenship last May and qualified for the team in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly.
Sun set a meet record in the 100-yard butterfly and won the 100 backstroke at last season's state championships. Sakamoto finished second in the 200 freestyle and swam on the Buffanblu's winning 400 freestyle relay team.
Exit polls: St. Louis didn't drop completely off the national radar after last Saturday's 31-21 loss to top-ranked De La Salle.
The Crusaders fell from number 10 to 43 in this week's Student Sports Fab 50 rankings and dropped from third to 11th in the West region rankings.
Kahuku, which lost to Long Beach Poly 42-16, dropped out of the regional rankings.
De La Salle, winner of 127 straight games, retained its top ranking and Poly remains third. Parkview of Lilburn, Ga., is second.
The Tony Poll, which takes the average of the major national polls, rated St. Louis 14th and Kahuku 15th in the West region.
More mainland flavor: Montgomery (Calif.) won the varsity girls race and Eisenhower (Wash.) claimed the varsity boys title at the fourth annual Iolani Cross Country Invitational last Saturday at Kualoa Ranch.
Ruth Graham of Henry Gunn (Calif.) finished first in the varsity girls race with a time of 19 minutes, 48.4 seconds.
Iolani's Nicole Anderson came in sixth to lead local runners. Punahou was the top local girls team in the meet, finishing third.
Carl Moe of Auburn (Calif.) won the boys varsity race in 16:18.5. Maui's Nick Jachowski came in 16th.
Eisenhower placed three runners in the top 10 to claim the team title.
Iolani finished ninth to lead the Hawaii entrants.
Kari Tanimoto of Pearl City finished first in the two-mile girls race in Saturday's OIA preseason meet hosted by Mililani. Tanimoto finished with a time of 11:50. Ryan Orme of Kahuku won the three-mile boys race in 16:29.
Keep on rolling: The Oahu Interscholastic Association bowling season began yesterday with Western Division matches at Aiea Bowl.
The OIA East begins play today at Waialae Bowl.
Regular-season matches start at 2:30 p.m.
The OIA individual championships are set for Oct. 31. The team titles will be decided Nov. 5 at Schofield Bowl.
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Athletes of the Week
Boys
>> John Sanborn and Cedric Thomas, Leilehua football: Combined to rush for 347 yards and five TDs in a 33-14 win over Radford. Sanborn ran for 178 yards and Thomas added 169.
Girls
>> Nicole Anderson, Iolani cross country: Was the top local finisher in the varsity girls race at the Iolani Invitational. She placed sixth overall with a time of 21 minutes, 1.3 seconds and helped Iolani finish seventh as a team.
Honor Roll
BOWLING
>> Vaseem Anwar, Maryknoll: Rolled a high game of 256 in the boys team's loss to Punahou.
>> Chad Uyehara, Hawaii Baptist: Led the Eagles over Iolani with a high game of 231 and a high series of 668.
>> Nicole Akau, Lutheran: Bowled a high game of 228 and a high series of 591 to lead the girls team over Maryknoll.
CROSS COUNTRY
>> Nick Jachowski, Maui: Came in first among Hawaii entrants in the varsity boys race at the Iolani Invitational. He finished with a time of 18 minutes, 5.1 seconds.
FOOTball
>> Josh Vierra, Kamehameha: Caught six passes for 178 yards and three TDs in the Warriors' 50-7 win over Punahou.
>> Caleb Spencer, Kamehameha: Passed for 312 yards and four touchdowns against Punahou.
>> Sol Cuban, Kailua: Recorded a fumble recovery, an interception, two tackles for losses and two pass deflections in a 20-0 win over Castle.
>> Ikaika Asinsin, Nanakuli: Rushed for 155 yards and three touchdowns in the Golden Hawks' 41-7 win over Kalani.
>> Abel Werner, McKinley: Completed 20 of 28 passes for 188 yards and three TDs in a 29-13 win over Roosevelt.
>> Matt Bell, Farrington: Recorded 126 total yards and scored three TDs in the Govs' 41-0 win over Kalaheo.
>> Mapa Malupo, Campbell: Rushed for 152 yards on 23 carries in a win over Mililani.
>> Waylen Costa, Baldwin: Rushed for 160 yards in a 27-21 win over King Kekaulike.
>> Jordon Dizon, Waimea: Carried the ball 31 times for 225 yards and three TDs in a 29-6 win over Kapaa.
>> Raynold Stowers, Iolani: Ran for 261 yards and four touchdowns in the Raiders' 35-27 victory over Pac-Five.
>> Shane Butcher, St. Louis: Caught five passes for 135 yards and scored on a 65-yard pass in a 31-21 loss to De La Salle (Concord, Calif.).
>> Waika Carvalho, Kahuku: Scored on a 24-yard run and threw a scoring pass in a 42-16 loss to Long Beach Poly.
RIFLERY
>> Michael Tanoue, St. Louis: Registered a score of 272 in a win over Punahou.
>> Vicci Yau, Punahou: Shot a 270 to lead the Buffanblu girls to a win over Sacred Hearts.
VOLLEYBALL
>> Janice Fonoti, Farrington: Led the Govs over Kalaheo with 11 kills, five blocks, six digs and two aces.
>> Ashley Kau, University: Recorded 13 kills and 10 assists in a loss to Maryknoll and had 11 kills and 11 assists against Kamehameha.
>> Jamie Kagihara, Punahou: Served up six aces and had 12 digs in the Buffanblu's win over Hanalani.
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