By Ann Miller
Advertiser Staff Writer

Amy Tong RESIDENCE Honolulu HAWAI'I CONNECTION Born, lives in Hawai‘i SPORT USA judo HEIGHT/WEIGHT 5 feet 7, 171 pounds EVENT 78-kilogram class CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Won gold at 1999 and 2000 National Championships • Won gold at 1999 Collegiate National Championships • Won bronze at 1999 Pan American Games • Senior at San Jose State PREVIOUS OLYMPICS First COMPETITION at Sydney Exhibition Centre • Sept. 20

Brian Viloria RESIDENCE Waipahu HAWAI'I CONNECTION Waipahu ’98 SPORT USA boxing HEIGHT/WEIGHT 5 feet 3, 106 pounds CLASS Light flyweight CAREER HIGHLIGHTS • Defeated 1996 Olympic flyweight champion Maikro Romero of Cuba to claim gold medal at 1999 World Amateur Boxing Championships • Top-ranked light flyweight in U.S. • Started boxing at age 6 • First Hawai‘i boxer to advance to the Olympics since Choken Maekawa and Ray Perez qualified for 1956 Melbourne Games. • Won gold medals at 1995 (100 pounds) and 1996 (106 pounds) Junior Olympics, took bronze in 1997 (112 pounds) • Played varsity tennis and wrestling at Waipahu High School • Broadcast journalism major at Northern Michigan University PREVIOUS OLYMPICS First COMPETITION at Sydney Exhibition Centre • Sept. 16 first round • Sept 21 second round • Sept. 25 quarterfinals • Sept 27 semifinals • Sept. 29 final