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Torres named new HPU cross country coach

Raul Torres, a member of the 1993-94 Hawaii Pacific University cross country team, has been named the head coach of the men's and women's cross country teams.

He replaces Vien Schwinn who retires at the end of the 2002-03 academic year.

Torres graduated from HPU in 1995 with a degree in marketing. He was an assistant coach last season for the Sea Warriors.

3 from swim team competing in Games

Two University of Hawaii swimmers and one Rainbow diver will represent their respective countries in the World University Games in Daegu, South Korea.

Tudor Ignat (Romania), Kurt Boehm (Germany), and diver Maggie Roberts (Australia) have qualified for the 22nd Universiade in late August.

Ignat ranks in the top 10 on the UH all-time list in four events (100 breast, 200 breast, 200 individual medley, 100 fly) while Boehm won the 100 and 200 fly events at the National Independent Conference Championships. Roberts was the Western Athletic Conference Diver of the Year the past two seasons.

Sailing canoe series continues Saturday

The Hawaiian Sailing Canoe Association continues its competition Saturday with the Aston Kaluakoi Challenge race from Kaluakoi, Molokai, to Kailua, Oahu.

Eight sailing canoes are expected to cross the Ka Iwi Channel in the fifth event of the Aston Series. The race is scheduled to start around 11 a.m. off Molokai with the first finishers expected around 3 p.m. at Kailua Beach.

Defending series champion Marvin Otsuji of Kauai, captain of the Kamakakoa, won the first two races in April. Maui's Mike Spalding, captain of the Makakoa, won last month's two races.

The series continues with Sunday's Ho'olaule'a O Ke Kai, a race from Kailua to Oahu. Canoes are expected to set sail at 10 a.m. off Kailua Beach.

The final two races in the series are the 95-mile Na Holo Kai on July 26 from Haleiwa, Oahu, to Nawiliwili, Kauai, and the Kendall Pacific Challenge Kauai coastal race Sept. 20 from Nawiliwili to Waimea.

The HSCA's goal is to learn, revive, practice and provide education on ancient Hawaiian skills and values as they relate to sailing canoes and the Hawaiian culture.

The web site is www.hsca.biz.

Warrior volleyball holding 2 camps

The Hawaii men's volleyball team will sponsor two camps next month, one for youth and one for adults, at the UH campus.

Both are scheduled for July 21-25. The youth camp is open to boys and girls, entering 4th grade through graduating seniors, and will be held from 1-4 p.m.

The adult camp, for men and women of all skill levels, is scheduled for 6-9 p.m.

The cost is $130 before July 14, $150 afterwards.

For more information, call assistant coach Aaron Wilton at 956-9122 or e-mail him at wiltona@hawaii.edu. The application is also online at: uhathletics.hawaii.edu/Camp/Forms/2003mvb.pdf.

Race for Life set for Wheeler BMX track

The annual American Bicycle Association's Race for Life, a benefit for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, is scheduled for July 5 at the BMX track on Wheeler Army Air Field .

This year's race at Wheeler BMX will feature Bicycle Motocross riders collecting donations in order to race and qualify for prizes at local as well as national levels.

The event is part of a series held at all 260 ABA sanctioned BMX tracks in the nation.

Unlike all regular sanctioned BMX events, anybody can race in the Race For Life, without becoming an ABA member. The minimum donation to participate is $10.

For more information, call Jason Chang at 625-7827. The web site is www.wheelerbmx.com.

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