CINDY ELLEN RUSSELL / CRUSSELL@STARBULLETIN.COM Daniel Barr, Jamie Curren and Trey Brumley took off at the start of the Great Aloha Run's keiki health and fitness event, which featured a 1.5-mile race, on Saturday.

Willoughby, Irons honored as top sports persons

Hawaii volleyball All-American Kim Willoughby and Kauai world professional surfing champion Andy Irons were named outstanding female and male sports persons of 2003 by the Honolulu Quarterback Club at its annual Banquet of Champions last night.

Willoughby and Irons were also named adult female and male athletes of the year. Willoughby also won both awards last year.

Iolani senior Derrick Low, as prep male athlete of the year, and Lurline Fujii, as senior female athlete of the year, were repeat winners.

Kahuku football coach Siuaki Livai was named the Quarterback Club's George Archer Coach of the Year.

Punahou freshman Michelle Wie was named prep female athlete of the year for winning the U.S. Women's Public Links championship.

Sai Ching, winner of U.S. Masters 400 meters, was named senior male athlete of the year.

John Almadova won the Honolulu Quarterback Club's Scotty Schuman Award for coordinating Mustang Division Police Athletic League baseball.

Brian Derby, organizer of football offensive-line clinics, won the Neal Shaw Blaisdell Award.

Milan Chun was given the Joe Reynolds Award for donating leis for Club weekly meetings.

Guillermo opens Olympic Trials today

Waianae's Samson Guillermo will fight Sergio Ramos of Sacramento, Calif., today at Tunica, Miss., to open his campaign for a trip to Athens.

Guillermo, a 119-pounder who fights out of Marquette, Mich., will have to finish in the top two of the double-elimination tournament to earn a spot on the Olympic team. The top two fighters in the trials fight in Cleveland on Feb. 27-28 to determine who will represent the United States in Athens and who will be the alternate.

But that is a long way off for Guillermo, who faces a stiff challenge in Ramos. Ramos qualified for the trials by winning last year's national Golden Gloves title. Guillermo had already qualified and didn't participate in the Golden Gloves, and has never met Ramos.

If Guillermo beats Ramos, he would take on the winner between Northern Michigan teammate Roberto Benitez and Miguel Albares of Fort Collins, Colo.

Lajola 2 steps away from title

Aiea's Dennis Lajola beat No. 6 seed Wesley Burrows of Costa Mesa, Calif., 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the USTA National Junior Open at Central Oahu Regional Park yesterday.

Lajola, 15, is the last remaining Hawaii player in the tournament and entered unseeded. He will face sixth-ranked Tye Myers of Florida in the semifinals at 9 a.m. today. The finals are scheduled for 9 a.m. tomorrow.

HPU sweeps Brigham Young-Hawaii in softball

The Hawaii Pacific softball team swept Brigham Young-Hawaii 3-2 and 4-0 yesterday at the Sea Warrior softball field.

Tiari Keliinoi singled in Ano Puchalski for the winning run in the bottom of the seventh inning to help HPU rally past BYUH in the first game. Jennifer Baron went 2-for-3 with a solo home run and an RBI, and scored a run, and Jessica Parra picked up her third win of the season.

In the second game, right-hander Malia Sullivan picked up her first complete-game shutout and recorded her second win of the season.

HPU improved to 6-0, while BYUH fell to 4-5.

BYUH's Chrisman honored again

Brigham Young-Hawaii forward Jake Chrisman was named the Pacific West Conference's player of the week for the fourth time this season yesterday.

Chrisman scored 90 points on the Seasiders' three-game road trip, putting career highs of 38 and 42 points on Montana State-Billings and scoring 10 at Western New Mexico. Chrisman is second in the conference in scoring with 22 points per game and third with 57.1 percent shooting from the field.

---

See line scores and results
in the [ Scoreboard ] section.