By Ann Miller
Advertiser Staff Writer

John Myrdal RESIDENCE Kailua HAWAI'I CONNECTION ’89 Lutheran SPORT USA sailing HEIGHT/WEIGHT 6 feet 4, 185 pounds EVENT Laser class CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • 1998 U.S. Sailing Male Athlete of the Year • Has won a dozen national and state championships • Qualified a U.S. boat for the Laser competition by finishing 15th (out of 65) in the Gold Fleet at the 1998 International Sailing Federation World Sailing Championships in Dubai • Laser class introduced at 1996 Olympics • Fourth at 1996 Olympic Trials • Three-time All-American at University of Hawai‘i, where he was a four-year Scholar-Athlete. He graduated in 1994. • With U.S. Sailing team since 1995 PREVIOUS OLYMPICS First COMPETITION at Sydney Harbour • Sept. 19 • Sept. 20 • Sept. 22 • Sept. 25 • Sept. 27 • Sept. 28

Peter Newton RESIDENCE Bellevue, Wash. HAWAI'I CONNECTION ’88 Lutheran SPORT USA kayak HEIGHT/WEIGHT 6 feet 3, 175 pounds EVENT K-4 men 1000 meters, with John Mooney (Eugene, Ore.), Stein Jorgensen (San Diego) and Philippe Boccara (San Diego) CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Top-ranked American male at end of 1999 • Placed fourth (K-4 200) and sixth (K-4 1,000) at 1999 World Championships • Won gold (K-4 1,000) and silver (K-1 500) at 1999 Pan Am Games • Won three golds (K-4 1,000, K-2 200, K-4 200) and silver (K-2 50) at 1999 National Championships • Won six golds at 1998 National Championships, and five in 1997 • First American to win three medals in single Pan Am Games, in 1995 • Won two silver medals with Hawai‘i’s Mike Harbold at 1994 Goodwill Games PREVIOUS OLYMPICS • 1992 (8th K-2 500 with Mike Harbold), and 1996 (fell .778 second short of reaching final of K-2 1,000 with John Mooney) COMPETITION at Sydney International Regatta Centre • Sept. 25 heats • Sept. 27 semifinals • Sept. 29 final