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UH track athletes hit marks
Advertiser Staff
The University of Hawai'i women's track and field team posted two more NCAA Regional qualifying marks and one school record on the second day of the Stanford Invitational yesterday at Cobb Track and Angel Field in Stanford, Calif.
Over the two-day meet, four Rainbow Wahine made regional standard in their respective events.
Yesterday, pole vaulter Jessica Custance became the first UH athlete to clear four meters with a jump of 13 feet, 1 1/2 inches (4.00 meters). It also bettered Patricia Gauthier's school-record 12-11.75 (3.96 meters) set in 2006.
Senior Meghan Weaver won the top section of the shot put with a personal-best 51-7. In a field of Pac-10 and other top athletes, Weaver jumped ahead of the field on her sixth and final attempt.
Custance and Weaver already qualified for regionals at the season-opening Hornet Invitational two weeks ago.
Freshman Renee Elbourne posted a personal best in the triple jump with 37-3 3/4.
On Friday, two other Rainbow Wahine had regional qualifying marks. Samantha Weaver cleared 12-7 1/2 in the pole vault and Emily Sheppard made standard in the high jump with 5-8 3/4.
BASEBALL
HPU, HILO SPLITS
Cheynne Hirota's RBI single with two outs in the bottom of the seventh capped a two-run rally that lifted Hawai'i Pacific to a 9-8 victory over Hawai'i-Hilo and a split of a doubleheader at Hans L'Orange Park.
Danny Lee also singled in a run in the seventh, and pinch-hitter Spencer Omalza hit a two-run homer for the Sea Warriors (25-13-1). A.J. Satele had three hits and two RBIs for the Vulcans (12-16).
In the opener, Ronel Trias tripled and scored on an error, and Dayne Ogawa hit an RBI single as Hilo scored twice in the top of the 10th to beat HPU, 4-2.
Hirota doubled in two runs for the Sea Warriors.
SOFTBALL
HPU SWEEPS BYUH
Ciera Senas batted 4 for 4 and scored four runs, and Krystal Plunkett hit a two-run homer as Hawai'i Pacific beat Brigham Young-Hawai'i, 11-2, yesterday to complete a sweep of a Pacific West Conference doubleheader at HPU Field.
Nicole Kalakau hit a three-run double, and Casey Sugihara and Anuhea Young contributed two RBIs apiece for the Sea Warriors (30-5, 15-1 PacWest). Brooke Perriton hit an RBI single for the Seasiders (8-29, 5-15).
In the opener, Young hit a two-run homer, Jessica Adolph hit a two-run triple and RBI double, and Plunkett batted 3 for 4 with two RBIs for HPU. Leslie had two hits, including an RBI double, for BYUH, which led 3-2 after two innings.
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
SUGANUMA PREVAILS
Po'ai Suganuma of the Big Island defeated Jared Hamman of California by first-round TKO in the main event of the ShoXC Elite Challenger Series mixed martial arts card last night at Friant, Calif.
Suganuma caught Hamman with a knee to the head early in the fight, prompting the referee to stop it. Suganuma was declared the winner, 15 seconds into the bout.
Suganuma improved to 9-1; Hamman dropped to 9-1.
CORRECTION
MISSING PREP NAMES
The names of Maryknoll's Richard Herring and Farrington's Christian Hernandez were inadvertently omitted from yesterday's high school boys basketball All-State honorable-mention list.
