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3 local athletes named
to USA junior luge team

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Honolulu's Trevor Wold and Rachel Kwak, and David Chang from Kailua-Kona have been named to the 32-member USA Luge Fall 2003 junior development team and will participate in three camps this summer at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y.

The three were among the nearly 100 youngsters, ages 10-12, who participated in the Verizon-USA Luge Slider Search clinic last September at Koko Head District Park. The trio then went to a week-long screening camp in January at Lake Placid where they were introduced to snow for the first time and took their first luge runs.

Chang, Wold and Kwak will continue their training this coming winter at the 2002 Olympic luge course in Park City, Utah.

UH softball banquet set for tomorrow

The Hawaii softball team will celebrate its first conference title tomorrow night during its annual banquet at Dave & Busters.

The cost is $25 at the door. The event starts at 6:30 p.m.

The Wahine (37-18), 17-3) clinched the Western Athletic Conference title last week with a four-game sweep at Louisiana Tech, as well as the league's automatic berth into the NCAA tournament. Hawaii will learn which regional it will be sent to during Sunday's televised selection show at Eastside Grill beginning at 4 p.m.

HPU coach to miss NCAA II tennis tourney

Henry Somerville, the coach of the Hawaii Pacific men's and women's tennis teams, will not be traveling with the squads to this week's NCAA Division II Championships in Florida.

Somerville and wife Rowena are expecting their first child "any day now," said Somerville, whose wife's pregnancy has been diagnosed as high-risk by her physician. "My wife's health is a priority and I have confidence in my coaching staff and teams that they will do well."

The seventh-ranked Sea Warrior men (14-3) open against North Florida tomorrow. The No. 11 Lady Sea Warriors (12-6) take on Georgia College tomorrow.

Return to tennis party set for AARP members

The USTA Hawaii Pacific Section and American Association for Retired Persons are co-hosting a "Welcome Back to Tennis" event for players 50 and older from 5-8 p.m. Saturday at the Ala Moana tennis courts and McCoy Pavilion.

The event is open to AARP members only and aimed at both new and returning players who have not played in 10 or more years.

Activities include on-court drills, exhibition games, racquet testing, stretching clinic, exhibition booths on sun protection, skin care and injury prevention.

Wailea Open tennis entries being accepted

Entry forms for the 19th Wailea Open Tennis Championships are available at the Wailea Tennis Club.

The event is scheduled for May 23-26. Play is in men's and women's singles and doubles in Open, A, B, C and D divisions.

The fee is $45 and due by May 17. For more information, call the Wailea Tennis Club at 879-1958 (Maui).

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