Okinawa Christian

Many teams have extra things to deal with this week

Few weeks are as memorable in the life of a high school student as homecoming. School spirit is place on display in a variety of manners, to include the homecoming parade, the dance, even days when students are asked to wear pajamas or don their clothing backwards.

Nile C. Kinnick hopes to make it back-to-back Far East Division I cross country team titles.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Cross country preview

Kinnick, Yokota look to plug holes in lineups

Already a Far East track and field power, Nile C. Kinnick has seen some of that success translate over to the cross country courses in recent times.

Junior Dejayla Simms is one of two returning regulars for Kadena girls volleyball.<br>Mary Obsuna/Special to Stripes

Volleyball preview

Defending champs facing different prospects

A one-of-a-kind run that produced three straight Far East Division I Tournament titles might be at an end for Kubasaki.

Nile C. Kinnick junior Exotica Hall clears the high jump bar in the Far East track and field meet. Hall won in a meet-record 1.60 meters, topping the previous mark of 1.56 which stood for five years.

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Far East track - Day 2

Kinnick, Zama defend titles as more records fall

Ti’Ara Carroll said she couldn’t think of a better end to her four-year career as a Zama sprinter.

Kadena senior high-jump specialist Donte Savoy.

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Far East track preview

Records in cross hairs at season-ending meet

Britt Sease and the Zama girls relay team enter the 2017 Far East Track and Field Meet having set new Pacific records across 400 meters less than a week ago.

ASIJ quartet now holds Pacific 3,200 relay mark

With Pacific 800-meter record-holder Britt Sease running the anchor leg in 1 minute, 55.1 seconds, the Mustangs foursome shattered the three-year-old Pacific record.

Final Okinawa meet also Far East qualifier

Since the qualifying deadline for the Far East track and field meet was established six years ago, the Okinawa season-ending meet has usually come afterwards and not meant much.

Okinawa Christian school info

Location: Yomitan, Japan
Mascot: Crusaders
Colors: Red, black and white trim
Enrollment:
Website: http://www.ocsi.org/index.html

Principal: Latasha Calvin
Athletic director: David Kennedy

Coaches:

Wall of champions

Far East Championships for Okinawa Christian:

2017

Sam Calvin, DII boys 400

2014

Division II boys cross country, Kento Nambara

2013

Division II boys cross country

2012

Division II boys cross country

Pacific Scoreboard List

Prep roundup

Perry girls break through for first DODEA-Japan title

Bobbi Hill has won just about individual accolades in her four seasons with Matthew C. Perry girls soccer. She’s a three-time All-Far East Division II selection and two-time tournament outstanding offensive player.

Guam High freshman Amber Guerrero took first in the javelin in the first two meets of the island track and field season, hitting a personal-best 86 feet, 10 1/4 inches in the opener on March 31. Triple jump and javelin are offered on Guam and at southeast Asian schools, but not within DODEA-Pacific.<br>Photo courtesy of Benjamin Leon Guerrero

Home Team

Track athletes can jump and throw more in Guam

A year ago, Ashlyn Yelvchak was an up-and-coming sophomore triple jumper, finishing second in the Idaho junior varsity 5A District III finals with a personal-best 30 feet, 8½ inches – less than 3 inches short of the champion.

Zama junior Faith Bryant, the only athlete entered from off-island in the 13th Mike Petty Memorial Track and Field meet, hits a meet-best 4.73 in the long jump, winning the event, upsetting defending Far East champion Gabriella Provost and setting a personal and school best in the event.<br>Mary Obsuna/Special to Stripes

Bryant among those to shine at scaled-down Petty meet

Friday’s was the smallest Mike Petty Meet in terms of entrants since 2011, with only Zama's Faith Bryant based off island.

Kadena senior Donte Savoy high-jumped 6 feet, 3 inches a year ago despite painful shin splints that limited him, his coaches said. Savoy said he plans to jump at least that this year, and his coaches believe that with a pain-free season, the Pacific record of 6-7 1/2 is within reach.<br>Alex Dunham/Special to Stripes

Track preview

Records are running scared in Pacific track

How far can Brianna Hunter throw? Edgren senior broke shot put Far East mark in first meet and is one of handful of athletes with aspirations of re-writing more this season.