ISLE FILE
Top 2 seeds roll into Manoa Cup quarters
Advertiser Staff
Defending champ and top seed Jonathan Ota and second seed Edward Stenftenagel cruised into the quarterfinals with runaway victories yesterday at the 99th Manoa Cup at Oahu Country Club.
Ota beat Troy Gibbons, 6 and 5, in the round of 16 and will face 13-year-old Lorens Chan, who beat Ryan Hironaka, 6 and 5.
Stenftenagel, of Indian Wells, Calif., defeated Shane Adversalo, 8 and 7, and will face David Fink, who beat Kellen Watabu, 4 and 3.
Taeksoo Kim ousted third-seeded Doug Williams 3 and 1, and Brandan Kop eliminated fourth-seeded Ryan Perez, 2 up.
Kim will face Max Bonk, who defeated David Saka, 3 and 1. Kop, a four-time Manoa Cup champion, will play Kurt Nino, who beat fifth-seeded Erick Ellgren, 3 and 1.
The quarterfinals and semifinals will be held today with the 36-hole final tomorrow.
The Manoa Cup is the Hawai'i state amateur match play championship.
KANEKO IN FOURTH
Sacred Hearts student Ayaka Kaneko shot a 1-over-par 71 yesterday and moved into fourth place after the second round of the Rolex Girls Junior Championship at Hiwan Golf Club in Evergreen, Colo.
Mina Harigae shot a 72 and was at 142, a stroke ahead of first-round leader Jane Rah, who shot a 75.
Kaneko is at 147, while former Hawai'i resident Kimberly Kim shot a 74 and was tied for seventh at 149. Elyse Okada of Maui shot a 77 and was tied for 21st at 155.
The final round is today.
TRACK
WICHMANN NETS HONOR
University of Hawai'i track and field athlete Annett Wichmann was selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII Women's Track and Field/Cross Country first team. Wichmann, a junior from Jena Germany, is now eligible to earn Academic All-America honors.
Wichmann just completed a standout junior year in which she became the first UH track athlete to compete in both the NCAA indoor and outdoor championships.
During the outdoor season, she successfully defended her WAC heptathlon title and placed ninth at the NCAA Championships, shattering her own school record with 5,649 points. In addition, she qualified for the NCAA West Regionals in both the javelin and high jump.
The kinesiology and leisure science major is the school record holder in the pentathlon, heptathlon, and javelin. She was one of 10 athletes named to the academic all-district first team.
The ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team will be announced at the end of the month.
CAMPS
WAHINE CAMPS SET
The 27th annual Rainbow Wahine Volleyball Camp "season" opens next week with the first of four camps, running Monday to Thursday. All four are open to girls and boys entering grades 4 to 12. They go from 1 to 5 p.m. at the University of Hawai'i.
UH coach Dave Shoji, his staff and current and former players will be the instructors.
Beginners, intermediate and advanced players are welcome. Other camp dates are July 13 to 16, July 23 to 26 and July 31 to Aug. 3. Cost is $150 per session.
For more information, call 956-2496 or (888) WVB-BOWS (982-2697 toll-free from the Mainland).
