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Gilbert qualifies for NCAA Regionals
Advertiser Staff
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University of Hawai'i senior Mallory Gilbert became the third Rainbow Wahine to qualify for the NCAA Regionals after posting a personal best in the high jump at the UH Spring Break Open on Saturday at Cooke Field.
Gilbert, a Clovis, Calif., native, leaped 5 feet, 8 3/4 inches to join Emily Sheppard (high jump) and Novelle Murray (discus) as UH's regional qualifiers this season.
Sheppard also tied her seasonal-best of 5-8 3/4 on Saturday and Annett Wichmann, matched her previous lifetime best in the event with a jump of 5-7.
Sheppard, a sophomore from Vancouver, British Columbia, also posted her best mark in a UH uniform in the long jump with a mark of 17 3/4.
Four other Rainbow Wahine posted seasonal best performances in the fourth of five all-comer Sunset Meets hosted by UH.
Wichmann had a strong performance in the javelin with a seasonal best mark of 139.
Freshman Brittani Daniels had one personal best in the hammer throw (137) and another seasonal best in the discus (132-9), an event in which freshman Alana Faagai recorded a seasonal best (143-2). Both events were won by Murray who threw (164-4) in the discus and (175-8) in the hammer.
Junior Chantelle Laan clocked a season best in the 1,500-meter run at 4:43.80 while sophomore Thalia Amanakis won the 100-meter hurdles at 14.99.
HALL OF FAME
WEDEMEYER HONORED
Charlie Wedemeyer, widely considered one of the greatest high school athletes to come out of Hawai'i, will be inducted into the prestigious National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) National High School Hall of Fame.
He is the organization's first recipient from Hawai'i.
Wedemeyer was an all-league selection three times in football, baseball and basketball at Punahou School in the 1960s and was named the Hawai'i Athlete of the Decade in that time frame.
He went on to play football at Michigan State, where he was a member of the 1965 national championship team and played in the famous "Game of the Century" in 1966 against Notre Dame.
Wedemeyer has battled Lou Gehrig's disease for the past 30 years and communicates through his wife, Lucy. A made-for-TV movie was broadcast nationally in 1988, and the Wedemeyers give inspirational speeches throughout the country.
The ceremony is July 4 at the Desert Springs Marriott Hotel in Palm Desert, Calif.
BASEBALL
HPU SPLITS PAIR ON ROAD
Spencer Omalza hit a bases-clearing double in a five-run fifth inning, and Jason Shimizu pitched eight solid innings as Hawai'i Pacific beat host UC San Diego, 9-4, yesterday to split a non-conference baseball doubleheader at La Jolla, Calif.
Shimizu (4-1) scattered five hits and allowed two runs, one earned, and two walks.
Michael Kealoha went 3 for 5, and Danny Lee and Johnny Gentry each had two hits and two RBIs for HPU (16-10). Omalza finished with four RBIs.
In the second game, Chris Franco hit a grand slam and finished with six RBIs as the Tritons won, 12-3.
UC San Diego (20-10) scored five runs in the third inning behind Franco's blast, and added five more in the fourth.
Lee went 2 for 2 for HPU, which was on its first road trip of the season.
SOFTBALL
HPU WINS ONE ON ROAD
Nicole Kalakau hit a grand slam and Sherise Musquiz pitched a seven-hitter as Hawai'i Pacific beat Grand Canyon, 7-1, yesterday to split a Pacific West Conference softball doubleheader at Phoenix, Ariz.
Kalakau's blast gave HPU a 6-0 lead in the fifth inning. Musquiz (9-1) allowed one run and one walk. She struck out three.
Kara Wedemeyer and Danielle Young had two hits apiece for HPU (17-3 overall, 9-1 PacWest), which was on its first road trip of the season.
In the second game, Megan Niver fired a one-hitter as the Antelopes won, 8-0, in a game that was shortened to five innings because of the eight-run mercy rule. Grand Canyon is 20-16 and 10-7.
