‘The Chase’ will be on Sunday
Sunday’s inaugural Hapalua Half Marathon features a race within the race.
Race directors are calling it "The Chase" and are offering $11,000 in prize money. Two-time defending Honolulu Marathon champion Nicholas Chelimo and six-time winner Jimmy Muindi — both professional runners from Kenya — will try to track down 24 of Hawaii’s top runners (12 women and 12 men) from the Duke Kahanamoku start line in Waikiki to the finish line 13.1 miles later at Kapiolani Park.
The women will get an 18-minute head start and the men a 9-minute advantage. The women will go off first at 5:42 a.m., with the men starting 9 minutes later. The Kenyans will go off with the remaining runners taking part in this inaugural event at 6 a.m. The first to cross the finish line will earn $5,000 and most folks figure one of the women will break the tape. About 4,000 runners are expected to take part in this event.
UH softball tourney rained out again
Rain continued to alter the University of Hawaii softball team’s schedule on Friday.
All of Friday’s games in the Pepsi Malihini Kipa Aloha Tournament were postponed and five games are now scheduled for today and Sunday at Rainbow Wahine Softball Stadium.
Today’s play is scheduled to start at 10 a.m., weather permitting, with No. 19 UH playing Southern Illinois at 4 p.m. and Radford at 6.
The bracket portion of the tournament, originally set for Sunday, has been eliminated. Instead, five more games have been scheduled. UH plays Robert Morris at noon and Marist at 4 p.m.
Wet weather earlier resulted in postponed games Thursday.
Pepin tosses no-hitter in UH-Hilo sweep
Jessica Pepin tossed a no-hitter to lead the University of Hawaii-Hilo to a 6-0 victory and a doubleheader sweep of Dominican (Calif.) on Friday in Hilo.
In the first game, Amber Waracka pitched a three-hitter and Emily Greene had two his and two runs batted in as UH-Hilo won 7-0.
Pepin faced 22 batters in seven innings, striking out four and inducing 16 groundouts. Bryanna Hardy, Nicole Alconcel and Alsha Sued each had two hits for UH-Hilo (8-1, 3-0 in the PacWest Conference). Dominican is 2-17, 0-6.
No. 2 Barry beats HPU in women’s tennis
No. 2 Barry University (Fla.) improved to 10-0 by beating Hawaii Pacific 5-4 in women’s tennis in La Jolla, Calif.
Vivian Hansen and Ielyzaveta Rybakova earned singles victories at fourth and fifth singles and Celina Goetti and Rybakova and Zora Vlckova and Lea Kruse-Utermann won in doubles for the Sea Warriors (4-2).
Tommy Lee guests at Honolulu QB Club
New University of Hawaii offensive coordinator Tommy Lee will be guest speaker at Monday’s Honolulu Quarterback Club luncheon at Maple Garden Restaurant.
Lee, who has been coaching for more than 40 years, also will coach quarterbacks and wide receivers for Norm Chow’s newly installed offense.
Lunch, which costs $15 per person, is at 11:30 a.m. The program begins at noon.
