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School-record seven UH athletes in track regional
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i will send a school-record seven women's track and field athletes to the NCAA West Regionals in Oregon's Hayward Field Friday and Saturday.
Competing for UH this week are Annett Wichmann (javelin and high jump), Novelle Murray (discus), Emily Sheppard (high jump), Mallory Gilbert (high jump), Meghan Weaver (shot put), Thalia Amanakis (400-meter hurdles), and Jessica Trujillo (pole vault).
The meet features the top collegians from Arizona, California, Hawai'i, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. The top-five individual event and top-three relay event finishers receive invitations to the NCAA Outdoor Championships, June 6 to 9 in Sacramento, Calif.
UH's previous best was in 2005 when it sent six athletes to the regionals.
Murray, competing in her fourth West Regional, ranks third nationally in the discus and 21st in the hammer, but she will concentrate only on the discus this weekend.
The Rainbow Wahine are coming off their best scoring total at the Western Athletic Conference Championship. UH accumulated 97 points and took home six medals, including three golds — Wichmann (heptathlon), Murray (discus), and Sheppard (high jump).
BASEBALL
PUNAHOU RANKED NO. 19 IN PREP MAGAZINE FAB 50
Punahou School's four-time state champion baseball team is ranked No. 19 in this week's Student Sports National Fab 50, one spot higher than last week.
The Buffanblu won their fourth straight state title on May 12, defeating Pearl City, 7-1, and finished the regular and postseason with a 17-1 record.
Students Sports is a national magazine and Web site.
Punahou is sandwiched between No. 18 Thousand Oaks (Calif.) and No. 20 Lexington (Ky.) Catholic.
