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Saipan triathletes, ping-pong players excel
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Posted on Oct 30 2011
Triathletes Mieko Carey and Butch Sublemente and ping pong players Jean Shi, Budhi Gurung, Steve Lim, Todd Montgomery, and David Yang made it to last week’s headlines for their notable performances in separate competitions.
Carey and Sublemente completed the grueling 2011 XTERRA World Championship in Maui, Hawaii. Two former champions and several others did not finish the off-road triathlon race, while the two Saipan triathletes soldiered on with Carey timing in at 3:20:42 and Sublemente submitting 3:41:07.
In the 16th Marianas Goodwill Table Tennis Tournament held at the Northern Marianas College Gymnasium, Saipan swept the three divisions, beating Tinian and Guam.
Shi won the singles championship against Tinian’s Luke Lu and then teamed up with Gurung in beating Guam’s Hiromitsu Hamamoto and John Matias in the doubles finals. Saipan also prevailed in the team event.
Other notable performances last week were Jack Kabiriel and Mamiko Oshima-Berger’s wins in the 2011 Saipan Radar Run and Lawrence Camacho’s victory in the RGA 2-man scramble event.
Kabiriel was the top male finisher in the 4.7-mile race, timing in at 37:32, while Oshima-Berger ruled the women’s division with a new best time of 38:44.
Camacho went solo in the 2-man competition and still won against five pairs after shooting a net 56.
Other on going competitions on Saipan continued last week. In the Shirley’s caging, Fiesta Resort & Spa Saipan booked back-to-back wins. In the NMIFA youth league, Shirley’s FC handed Matansa its first loss in the girls U15 division, while MP United 1 remained unbeaten in five games in the boys U15. In the men’s league, Wild Bill’s and Inter Godfathers are both undefeated with their identical 2-0 slates. In the Rotary caging and SML youth baseball, playoff games were played last week.
