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Local surfers move on

Andy Irons, Liam McNamara, Bruce Irons, and Kalani Robb all finished in the top 2 of their opening round heats to advance in the Billabong Pro Tahiti yesterday.

Only Sunny Garcia and Fred Patacchia failed to advance from Hawaii as Garcia competed in the same heat as Andy Irons, who won with a score of 14.73.

Second round action is set to start this morning, surf permitting.

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KAREN WILSON / KARENWILSON@ASPWORLDTOUR.COM Andy Irons scored a 14.73 to win his opening round heat at the Billabong Pro Tahiti yesterday.

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Isle volleyball players make USAV teams

Two University of Hawaii men's volleyball players, four current Hawaii high school players and one former prep player have been named to teams at various levels of USA Volleyball.

Selected for the men's junior national team are Warriors Brian Beckwith and Jake Schkud, and Iolani graduate Mike Contee. Contee played this past season at Quincy University in Illinois.

Named to the Boys Youth National Team are Kamehameha's Jordan Inafuku, Punahou's Spencer McLachlin and Iolani's Kawika Shoji. Punahou's Erik Shoji was named to the 24-member Boys National High Performance Team which will train at the Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y., in July.

Beckwith, Schkud and Contee are among 18 players who will be vying for 12 spots for the U.S. team that will compete in the World Championships, Aug. 6-14, in India. They will be at the Olympic Training Center starting July 20.

The Boys Youth Team qualified for the World Championships in Algeria this summer. However, due to travel warnings for U.S. citizens for the area, the team will not compete there but instead will go to Brazil for a tournament that includes Italy, Argentina and Brazil in July.

UH associate men's coach Tino Reyes is again an assistant for the youth team.

Wahine sixth at WAC track

The Hawaii track and field team finished sixth at the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships yesterday in Tulsa, Okla., for the school's best finish in four appearances.

The Rainbow Wahine scored 69 points, their highest total since 49 in 2002, with two silvers and four bronzes over the four-day meet.

Junior Novelle Murray placed second in the discus and third in the hammer. Sophomore Kelly Young took third in the 400 hurdles.

Louisiana Tech won the event with 184 points followed by Rice (159), Fresno State (99.5), Nevada (83.5) and UTEP (82).

Hawaii has six athletes qualified for the NCAA West Regional, May 27-28, in Eugene, Ore.

Boxing dominates Quarterback Club meeting

Hawaii State Boxing Commission member Bobby Lee and Junior Olympic chairman Bruce Kawano are among the featured speakers at tomorrow's weekly meeting of the Honolulu Quarterback Club at the Pagoda Hotel Ballroom.

Also speaking will be junior Olympic boxer Gina Ramos and Doris Sullivan, the director of student services for the Hawaii Sports Network Prep Academy.

Luncheon begins at 11:30 a.m. followed by the noon program. The public is invited.

UH sailors named all-district

Hawaii junior Bryan Lake and freshman Tinja Anderson-Mitterling have been selected to the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association's all-district teams.

Lake, a three-time All-American, was named to the coed team as a skipper, while Anderson-Mitterling was chosen for the women's team.

Hawaii will finish the season in Austin, Texas, with the team championship June 5-7 and the coed dinghy championship June 8-10. UH is the defending dinghy champion.

North Shore Triathlon renamed to honor soldier

The Bikefactory North Shore Triathlon has been renamed the Tarlavsky's North Shore Triathlon in honor of former participant Capt. Mike Tarlavsky.

Tarlavsky was killed in August while stationed in Iraq. The May 28 race consists of a 400-meter swim, 10-mile bike ride and 3-mile run. It begins at 6 a.m. at Mokuleia Beach.

The late entry fee is $70. For more information, the Web site is www.hawaiiswim.com.

Chun continues to lead Jennie K.

Kamehameha senior Mari Chun carded a second-round 72 yesterday to take a seven-stroke lead into today's final round of the 55th Jennie K. Wilson Invitational at the Mid-Pacific Country Club.

Chun, at 139, is aiming to break the tournament record of 211 set last year by defending champion Amanda Wilson. Chun, who will attend Stanford next year on a golf scholarship, placed second in two prep tournaments earlier this month -- the ILH and state championships.

Ayaka Kaneko had the low round of the day with a 2-under 70--146, trimming the gap between her and Chun to seven strokes from the opening-round 10. Wilson is third at 152.

Trio advance to U.S. Open sectional qualifier

Brian Sasada, David Havens and Eddie Lee earned spots in next month's U.S. Open Hawaii Sectional after posting the top scores at yesterday's qualifier at the Kaanapali North Course.

Sasada, the assistant pro at Makena, and Havens, the assistant pro at Kapalua, shot 3-under 69s. Lee, a teaching pro at Wailea, earned the third spot with a 71.

After tying with four others at 72, Darren Summers birdied the first hole of the playoff to earn the first alternate spot.

The 36-hole sectional qualifier will be held June 6 at Kaanapali.