Kaluhiokalani gives up cross country job

Norman Kaluhiokalani will not coach the Brigham Young-Hawaii women’s cross country team for the first time in more than 40 years because of health concerns.

Kevin Schlag, who led the men’s team to the NCAA West regional last year, will add the women to his list of duties. The school announced in March that it would be phasing out athletics over the next three years.

Kaluhiokalani, who built the program in the 1970s, will remain on campus as a teacher.

Moore into third round of US Open

Hawaii’s Carissa Moore won her heat and advanced to the third round of the Vans US Open of Surfing at Huntington Beach, Calif., on Tuesday.

Moore scored 13.16 points to edge fellow Hawaii surfer Leila Hurst and Pauline Ado of France.

Moore was Hawaii’s only heat winner, but Malia Manuel, Tatiana Weston-Webb and Coco Ho all took second in their heats. Manuel and Hurst will surf together in the second round. Ho takes on Paige Hareb of New Zealand and Weston-Webb surfs against Bianca Buitendag of South Africa.

In other second-round heats, Hawaii’s Alessa Quizon takes on Johanne Defay of France and Alana Blanchard surfs against Laura Enever of Australia.

Olympian Dream takes HIBT lead

Mari Arakawa of Olympian Dream Fishing Club from Japan caught a 622.6-pound Pacific blue marlin on Tuesday, putting her team atop the Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament and herself into the HIBT record book.

Arakawa’s catch was the largest in HIBT history on 50-pound test line by a woman. It took Arakawa four hours to get the fish in the boat.

Olympian Dream Fishing Club has 1,029 points and leads the tournament after Day 2 of the five-day event. The tournament continues through Friday in Kailua-Kona.