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For the Record — June 1997

Volleyball

40th Annual Haili Men’s Club Invitational Volleyball Tournament
3/26-29/97 Hilo
OCC, 3rd, Men’s AA
All-tourney team-Scott Rigg and Marc Haine

OCC 1st, Men’s Masters
All-tourney team-Bill Lawson and Randy Shaw

Women’s A
Lindsey Berg played for Asic’s, 1st
All-tournament team-Lindsey Berg

Queen’s Open Beach Doubles Tournament
4/6/97 Queen’s Surf Beach
Milo Haneberg/Ryan Haneberg, 3rd, Men
Keoki Shupe/Pono Ma’a, 4th, Men

OVA
4/19-20/97 Queen’s Beach
Matt Rigg/Jay Whalen, 3rd, Open

Paddling

Poai Puni Series
4/ 13/97 Hawaii Kai to Waikiki Yacht Club
Canoe 15 miles
Mark Rigg, 1st, Open 2:26:23
Walter Guild, 5th, Open 2:35:08
Courtney Seto, 1st, 30-39, 2:36:37
Marc Haine, 2nd, 30-39, 2:40:02
Todd Bradley, 3rd, 30-39, 2:41:00
Robbie Harrison, 6th, 30-39, 2:44:04
Ralph Gray, 7th, 30-39, 2:44:10
Karl Heyer IV, 8th, 30-39, 2:44:35
Chris Kincaid, 2nd, 40-49, 2:45:32
Tom Conner, 1st, 50+, 2:39:44
Byron Ho, 16th, 30-39, 3:06:23
Patricia Nagatani, 1st, 40-49, 4:21:27
Kayak–18 miles
Nalu Kukea, 1st, Open, 2:10:59
Wyatt Jones, 3rd, Open, 2:14:26
David Buck, 1st, 18-29, 2:24:23
James Beaton, 1st, 2:22:32
James Kincaid, 3rd, 40-49, 2:31:57
Marshall Rosa, 1st, 50+, 2:16:38
Bill Mowat, 2nd, 50+, 2:33:47
Gaylord Wilcox, 3rd, 50+, 2:58:26
Kelly Fey, 1st, Open, 2:34:25
Nicole Wilcox, 2nd, Open, 2:42:01
Mary Smolenski, 3rd, Open, 2:45:28
Canoe–10 miles
Jeff Metzger, 1st, Cruiser, 1:36:25
Mark Rigg, 3rd, Cruiser, 1:42:10
Paula Crabb, 1st, Cruiser, 1:53:17
Kayak 10 Miles
Mark Buck, 1st, 1:29:11
Howard Word, 2nd, 1:35:25
Tim Guard, 2nd, 1:35:33
Vanessa Lowe, 1st, Novice B, 1:43:23

1997 Poai Puni Final Point Standings
One-Man Canoe Open Men Top Five
1. John Foti, Lanikai
2. Walter Guild, OCC
3. Mark Rigg, OCC
4. Courtney Seto, OCC
5. Todd Bradley, OCC

Kayak Open Men Top Five
1. Wyatt Jones, OCC
2. Jim Beaton, OCC
3. Guy Pere, Beach Boys
4. Kala Judd, OCC
5. Bill Robello

Kayak Open Women Top Five
1. Karen Kiefer, KCC
2. Nicole Wilcox, OCC
3. Mary Smolenski, OCC
4. Donna Myers, KCC
5. Kelly Fey, OCC

50+ One Man Canoe
1. Tom Conner, OCC

Kayak 18-29
1. David Buck, OCC

Surfing

HASA Event No. 7
4/20/97 Ehukai Beach Park
Cully Kamisugi, 2nd, Men 2A

Swimming

Fin Swim
4/13/97
Ted Sheppard, 2nd, 45-49, :26:17
Jim Anderson, 1st, 60+, :30:51
Diane Stowell, 1st, 60+, :29:07

Canoe Racing

Hinano/Canoe Sports Coastal Relay
4/6/97 Kawainui Channel to Magic Island, 34 miles
Mark Rigg/Walter Guild, 1st, 4: 18:59
Chris Kincaid/Courtney Seto, 3rd, 4:28:37
Tom Conner/Eric Levora, 4th, 4:34:4
Robbie Harrison/Todd Harrison, 9th, 4:40: 10
Marc Haine/Karl Heyer IV, 10th, 4:40:47
Donna Kahakui/ Hadley Gaffney, 1st, 5:02:03
Mary Smolenski/Nicole Wilcox, 2nd, 5:04:17
Diana Clifford/Lisa Livingston/Sara Ackerman, 8th, 5:32:42
Patricia Nagatani/Colburn, 9th, 5:34:31
Jeff Metzger/Dennis Yap, 1st, 50+, 4:40:56
Tay Perry/Rodney Romans, 2nd, 50+, 5:0 1:20
Bill Danford/Mark Buck, 4th, 50+, 5:15:07
Chris Crabb/Paula Crabb, 1st, Mixed, 4:40:59

Waikiki Beach Boys Canoe Club Invitational Long Distance Race
4/12/97 Magic Island 8 miles
Outrigger Canoe Club (Mary Smolenski, Donna Kahakui, Sara Ackerman, Diana
Clifford, Nicole Wilcox, Kisi Haine), 1st, Open, :55:57

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