DODDS-Japan regular-season meet hosted by Matthew C. Perry
When: 9 a.m. Saturday
Where: Yasaka Dam, 3.1-mile course, Iwakuni, Japan
What: Last tuneup for Department of Defense Dependents Schools-Japan teams prior to three postseason meets. DODDS-Japan schools are invited to the Kanto Plain Association of Secondary Schools final on Oct. 18 at Tama Hills Recreation Center, and also the Atsugi Invitational on Oct. 25 at Naval Air Facility Atsugi. The DODDS-Pacific Far East meet is slated for Nov. 3 and 4 at Gosser Memorial Golf Course, Misawa Air Base.
Runners to watch: The meet will feature two past Far East champions, Andrew Quallio of Zama American (2007) and Nadine Mulvany of Nile C. Kinnick (2006), along with five other runners who finished in the top 20 of November’s Far East individual races: Trey Sauls of Yokota (third), David Krievs of Kinnick (fifth with Kubasaki of Okinawa), Cole Miller of Perry (12th) and Will Traufler of Kinnick (17th) on the boys side, and Zama’s Mallarie Ashliman, fifth in the girls race last year.