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UH men, women tied for conference leads

Hawaii swimming coach Mike Anderson couldn't have been more pleased with the results after the first day of competition for the Hawaii men's and women's teams at their respective conference championships. The Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine each set school records yesterday, and begin today's action tied for first with perennial power Southern Methodist.

"It's going awesome," said Anderson, who was with the Rainbow Wahine at the Western Athletic Conference Championships in San Antonio, but getting hourly updates on the men's progress at the National Independent Conference championships in Rochester, Mich.

UH and SMU each have 74 points through the first day of competition at the WAC and NIC meets.

The Rainbow Wahine broke a school record in the 200-yard medley relay with a time of 1 minute, 41.51 seconds. It was just the second time since 1997 that SMU did not finish first in the 200 medley.

At the NIC championships, the relay team of Peter Thew, Cheyne Bloch, Andrew Affleck and Kurt Boehm broke school, conference and pool records in the 800 freestyle, finishing in 6:25.95, an NCAA championships automatic qualifying time.

Thew started the race by breaking the UH record in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:35.60. Hawaii finished 16 seconds ahead of the Mustangs.

HPU sweeps Chaminade tennis teams

Hawaii Pacific's men's and women's tennis teams swept Chaminade yesterday with identical 6-0 scores.

The Sea Warrior men (3-0) are ranked No. 1 in NCAA Division II, while the HPU women (2-2) are No. 14.

Both HPU teams play at UH Hilo this weekend.

BYUH clinches regional bid: No. 20 BYU-Hawaii beat UH Hilo 80-62 late Tuesday night in Pacific West men's basketball action in Laie.

The win, coupled with Chaminade's loss to Hawaii Pacific, clinches the PacWest title for BYUH, and the automatic bid to the NCAA Division II West Regional.

Jake Chrisman had 24 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Seasiders. Joe Travis led UH Hilo with 13 points and 10 boards.

Buffalo's Big Board to revive old event

The 28th edition of Buffalo's Big Board Surfing Classic will feature a new event that revives a style that goes back to the Waikiki beach boys of the 1950s.

Beachboy-style or stand-up paddle surfing will require contestants to use 10-foot or longer boards and to stand up while paddling with a long paddle.

"My intent in bringing back this older form of riding waves is to perpetuate our Hawaiian surfing heritage, much as we have done with longboarding, paipo boarding, tandem surfing and canoe surfing," event founder Buffalo Keaulana said in a release.

There will now be 14 events and 104 finalists over the four-day, two-weekend contest. There will be team compeition, a heavyweight (250 pounds and over) division and a foreign division.

The contests, held March 6-7 and 13-14 in Makaha, also work in conjunction with Friends of Hawaii Charities. For information, call 668-9712.

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