ISLE FILE
Reinrag2 first overall in 44th TransPac race
Advertiser Staff
Tom Garnier's Reinrag2 finished late Sunday night to capture first place overall on corrected handicapped time in the 44th biennial Transpacific Yacht Race from California to Hawai'i.
Roy E. Disney's Pyewacket was the first boat to finish Sunday afternoon.
Reinrag2, a 41-foot boat, started July 12 in Division 4, three days ahead of the biggest boats.
Its elapsed time was 10 days, 11 hours, 51 minutes, 35 seconds, reduced by a handicap allowance of 3:22:20:02 for a corrected time of 6:13:31:33.
Reinrag — Garnier spelled backwards — will receive the Governor of Hawai'i trophy on Friday, while Pyewacket will get the Barn Door trophy as the multihull with the fastest elapsed time.
Doug Baker's Mag 80, finished early yesterday morning to clinch overall (handicapped time) honors in Division 1 ahead of Pyewacket. Mag 80's elapsed time was 7 days 19 hours 8 minutes 10 seconds, second only to Pyewacket's 7:01:11:56.
GOLF
LIHU'E'S ORIDE 15TH IN GIRLS GOLF TOURNAMENT
Lihu'e's Kelli Oride finished 15th after a final round 79 in the Girls 14-15 division of the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.
Rae-Lyn Morikawa, also from Lihu'e, finished tied for 30th. South Korea's Soo Jin Yang finished seven under par (209) for medalist honors.
In other divisions:
Zakry Akagi-Bustin (Wahiawa) finished tied for 17th, Alika Bell (Kane'ohe) tied for 23rd and Michael Fan (Pearl City) 97th in the Boys 14-15 division; Alina Ching (Honolulu) finished tied for eighth in the Girls 12-13 division; Alex Chiarella (Makawao) tied for 16th, Aaron Kunitomo (Lahaina) tied for 49th, Jonah Fonacier (Mililani) tied for 55th and Skye Inakoshi (Honolulu) tied for 75th in the Boys 12-13 division; Kimberlie Miyamoto (Kahului) finished 24th in the Girls 10-11 division; Richard Hattori (Honolulu) finished fifth, La'akeaikawaiola Warren (Ele'ele) tied for 37th and George Corpuz 64th in the Boys 10-11 division.
KAILUA'S FINK HAS LEAD IN CALIFORNIA EVENT
Kailua's David Fink shot a 3-under-par 69 yesterday and leads the Toyota Tour Cup Series, junior event at Santa Ana (Calif.) Country Club. Fink has a one-shot lead over Raymond Ho of Cerritas, Calif., heading into today's final round.
HAYASHI, PHENGSAVATH WIN PRO-PRO EVENT
Kevin Hayashi and Joe Phengsavath captured the Aloha Section PGA Prolink Solutions & Srixon Pro-Pro Championship yesterday in a four-hole playoff at the Kaanapali Golf Resort. The pair finished the two-round event at 131, tied with Kirk Nelson and Brian Sasada, who they beat in a playoff. Brad Bowen and John Lynch finished at 133.
TENNIS
HONOLULU'S LAM WINS OPENER IN KENTUCKY
After qualifying over the weekend, Honolulu's Chris Lam beat 20-year-old American Scoville Jenkins, 6-7 (3-7), 7-5, 6-3, in opening-round action last night at the $50,000 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships, in Lexington, Ken.
With his victory, Lam takes on seventh-seeded Brendan Evans in the second round. Lam starts in doubles, with partner Chris Wettengel, against the second-seeded team of Ross Hutchins and Phillip Simmonds.
PADDLEBOARDING
AUSTRALIAN MITCHELL WINS HENNESSEY TITLE
Australia's Jamie Mitchell won the Hennessey's International Paddleboard Championships off Maui on Saturday.
Mitchell completed the 9 1/2-mile course from Maliko Gulch to Kahului Harbor in 1 hour, 17 minutes, 26 seconds. The Hennessey's race has been held in Hawai'i since 2003, and Mitchell has won it all five times.
Marc Rocheleau of Honolulu placed second with a time of 1:23:04. Gary Fortune from California was third in 1:23:24.
Shakira Westdorp from Australia was the first female to finish, and an impressive eighth overall, in 1:29:46. Honolulu's Kanesa Duncan was the second woman in 1:34:07.
Keoni Watson won the stock board division in 1:26:22.
David Kalama was the first to finish on a stand-up paddleboard with a time of 1:11:11.
The Hennessey's race was the last "warm-up" event for the QuiksilverEdition Moloka'i to O'ahu Paddleboard Race.
The QuiksilverEdition, which is scheduled for Sunday, is considered the world championship of long-distance paddleboard racing.
OLYMPICS
BYUH STUDENT CHOSEN FOR LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Brigham Young-Hawai'i student Trenson Akana, from La'ie, is one of 30 minority student leaders from across the country chosen by the United States Olympic Committee for its Finding Leaders Among Minorities Everywhere program.
The FLAME program will be at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Aug. 2 to 5.
The program provides a pathway for young people to become involved in the Olympic movement either through the USOC's College Internship Program or other career and volunteer avenues.
Participants in this year's program represent 25 colleges and universities and come from 19 states.
