Hawaii’s Tiziana Ruiz Dominguez finished tied for 18th in the women’s pole vault at Friday’s NCAA West Preliminary Championships in Lawrence, Kan.
Ruiz Dominguez missed the cut of top-12 finishers that advanced to the NCAA Championships. She cleared 13 feet, 6 1/4 inches and missed on three attempts at 13-10 to make the top 12.
Charlinda Ioane threw 160-4 in the discus and teammate Alex Porlier Langlois finished with a throw of 159-9. Both were outside of the top 12 when competition was suspended due to lightning. Both Rainbow Wahine are scheduled to compete in today’s shot put.
Colorado’s Pierce Murphy, an Island School alum from Kauai, finished third in the men’s 10,000-meter run with a time of 29 minutes, 51.24 seconds to qualify for the national meet.
Mililani’s Lee improves to 5-0
Six months after making his professional debut, 17-year-old Mililani alum Christian Lee improved to 5-0 with a first-round TKO over Rocky Batolbatol at ONE Championship 43: Kingdom of Champions in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday night.
Lee, who has won all five of his fights by first-round stoppage, forced Batolbatol (5-3) to verbally tap out at 2 minutes, 14 seconds after taking a series of strikes on the mat.
Lee ended the fight with a right hand that pressed Batolbatol up against the cage and then unleashed a flurry of kicks and punches that eventually dropped Batolbatol, who communicated to the referee once on the ground he was done.
Lee’s victory is his second this month and third in the past three months for ONE Championship. His sister, Angela, is also undefeated and holds the organization’s women’s world atomweight title.
Local surfers post high scores
Maui’s Dege O’Connell, competing for the first time in three years due to injury, posted a high score of 9 in round one of The Local Motion Surf Into Summer WSL Men’s QS 1,000 on Friday at Ala Moana Bowls.
Waipahu’s Jason Shibata matched O’Connell’s score of 9 as the high score of the day.
Round two will conclude today, with the event expected to resume at 7:30 a.m.
