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Pegasus 77 wins Barn Door trophy

Sailing under a full moon and nearly five hours in front of its rival, Pegasus 77 won its second Barn Door trophy early yesterday for fastest elapsed time in the Transpacific Yacht Race.

The 77-foot sloop, skippered by software developer Phillipe Kahn, crossed the Diamond Head finish line at 3:15 a.m., 7 days, 16 hours, 31 minutes and 17 seconds after leaving Los Angeles.

The Barn Door trophy, a 3-by-4-foot slab of carved koa wood, goes to the fastest boat in the 2,559-mile race.

It was the fourth-fastest time ever, but nearly five hours after rival Pyewacket's record of 7:11:41:27 in a windier 1999 race. Two years ago, Pegasus 77 won in 8:2:34:3.

"Records aren't something you can control," Kahn said. "Either the weather was going to cooperate or not. We did break a record for the daily run, and what was interesting about that is we did it without a lot of wind."

Roy E. Disney's 75-foot sloop Pyewacket finished in 7 days, 21 hours, 18 minutes and 1 second, the eighth-fastest ever.

"We led them past Catalina (Island) by a mile, but then we went right and they went left, and they were right and we were wrong," Disney said.

The next morning a position report showed Pegasus 77 some 100 miles south of Pyewacket.

"We were surprised how low they went the second day," said Peter Isler, Pyewacket's navigator for the race.

McLachlin 10 back in men's Publinks

Parker McLachlin of Honolulu shot a 74 in the first round of the men's Amateur Publinks at Galloway, N.J., yesterday.

McLachlin started with a 36 on the front nine then put up a 38 on the back. He is 10 shots off the pace set by Jeffrey Overton of Evansville, Ind. McLachlin is tied for 32nd.

Jonathan Ota of Lihue is a stroke behind McLachlin while four other Hawaii golfers are way behind.

Gabriel Wilson of Honolulu shot an 80 after a 42 on the front nine, followed by Jay Kurisu of Wailuku, Maui, Guy Yamamoto of Waipahu at 81 and Troy Higashiyama of Aiea with an 82.

Hew leads at Waialae: Mia Hew shot a 78 to lead the Waialae Women's Invitational after the first round yesterday.

Tamiko Takabayashi and Kathy Tsukada trail Hew by one stroke.

Becky Tesch leads the A flight at 86, Judith Jackola and Linette Tam lead the B flight at 88 while Tomome Ho and Judy Pietsch lead the C flight at 92.

Wahine picked to finish second in WAC soccer

The Hawaii soccer team received a first-place vote in the Western Athletic Conference's preseason poll yesterday, but fell far behind defending champion SMU.

The Mustangs received seven votes for the top spot and 63 points overall. The Wahine are expected to finish second after getting 50 points, just ahead of Fresno State's 49 and UTEP's 45. Tulsa received the other first-place vote but only received 35 points for fifth.

The rest of the conference choices are Rice (34), Boise State (19), San Jose State (18) and Nevada (10).

Last season, Hawaii had a 10-8-2 record and were upset in the first round of the WAC tournament.

Tanoue ninth at Air Rifle World Championships

Ryan Tanoue of Honolulu, a junior at Nevada, finished ninth at the Air Rifle World Championships at Changwon, Korea, recently.

Tanoue, a junior at Nevada, was the top shooter from the United States with a score of 594 after finishing two targets perfect. Ye Yao of China won the competition with a 596.

Tanoue placed second in the air rifle at the U.S. championships earlier this summer, earning a spot on the national team. He will compete at the Olympic trials with a chance to make the Olympic team.

Kalilikane named HPU's first golf coach

Mark Kalilikane has been hired as the first coach of the Hawaii Pacific golf teams, the school announced yesterday.

Kalilikane has 15 years of golf instruction on his resume, the last three at Island Golf at Ala Wai Golf Course, and is the current director of the Hawaiian Golf Academy.

HPU added golf last year and will compete at the club level beginning in the fall. It will compete in the NCAA in the sport beginning with the 2004 season, when Hawaii's four NCAA Division II schools all will carry the sport.

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