Sunday May 11

Local briefs: Skyline College's Ho tops in the state in badminton

FROM DAILY NEWS DISPATCHES

Skyline College badminton standout Maggie Ho captured the state community college singles championship Saturday, beating City College of San Francisco's Yan Li 21-11, 21-13 on Skyline's home court.

It was only the second time in the nine-year history of the state tournament that two NorCal players met in the final. It happened in 2000, when Bonnie Chan, a Skyline player now but a CCSF player at the time, finished second to De Anza College's Ann Kim.

Ho, who finished second in the state singles last year, took second place in doubles this year with partner Keshia Yusman. The title went to San Diego City College's Aenoy Bounsavath and Amy Tu, who won the final in straight sets, 22-20 and 21-12, after finishing second a year ago.

Ho won her semifinal Saturday with a 21-9, 21-13 decision over San Diego City College's Amy Tu. Chan also reached the semifinals, but she lost in a walkover to Li.

The team of Chan and Khin Htwe bowed out of the doubles competition with a walkover loss to Tu and Bounsavath in a semifinal Saturday. Ho and Yusman beat San Diego City College's team of Sombath Vilitchai and Stephanie Fong 21-18, 16-21, 21-19 in the other semifinal.



CSM's Young is named NorCal meet's best

College of San Mateo's Kelly Young scored 25 points and was voted the outstanding women's field event competitor at Friday's Northern California Community College Track and Field Championships at Modesto Junior College.

The freshman out of Capuchino High was easily the highest-scoring women's or men's field event competitor in the meet. She qualified for next week's state championships at Cerritos College with runner-up finishes in the javelin (121 feet, 3 inches; second behind the third-ranked thrower in the nation), the hammer throw (144 feet; second behind the nation's fourth-ranked thrower) and the shot put (38 feet, 4 1/4 inches).

A tired Young became the only athlete to place in all four throws, finishing eighth in the discus at 113-7. The top six finishers qualified for state. The winner, Holly Lohse of Shasta (135-6), was the only other thrower to even score in three events and finished well behind Young with a total of 17 points.

Young was satisfied with her day's work, although she had the idea of also qualifying for the state finals in the discus.

"I'm going to state, and I was close to my PR's today," she said. "My rhythm is coming back."

CSM throws coach Mike Lewis promised to give Young some rest leading up to the state finals "and she should get some big numbers down there," he said. "At this meet, she was within range of her PR's and could've caught a throw in any event to go into first place.

Other CSM performances:

n Laura Woodall ran her personal best in the 5,000 meters (20:26.44) and finished 13th. She had placed ninth in the 10K finals last week.

n Jose Montoya ran with the lead pack in the men's 1,500 meters until the start of the best lap, when he was jostled and lost contact. He finished 11th in 4:16.41. He later started the 5,000 but dropped out.



Closing day comes today at historic Bay Meadows

The $55,000 Mother's Day Handicap, a 1 1/16-mile turf race for fillies and mare, will highlight today's closing-day program at Bay Meadows Race Track in San Mateo. Post time is 12:45 p.m.

Although today will mark the final day of racing at a regular Bay Meadows meeting, it won't be the last day of horse racing at the historic facility. The San Mateo County Fair will present 10 days of racing at Bay Meadows Aug. 6-17.

Bonk, a gray gelding, posted a three-length victory in the 1 1/4-mile final leg of the Triple Play Starter Series at Bay Meadows on Saturday.

The three-race series began with a 1 1/16-mile contest for $10,000 claimers on

March 16. The first leg was run in two divisions. Bonk ran third in his division and was claimed by trainer Steve Sherman for owner Bob Bone.

Sherman and Bone saw Bonk run second, beaten four lengths by Sidepocket Cat, in the 1 1/8-mile second leg on April 13. Saturday, they saw Bonk rally boldly through an opening along the rail at the top of the stretch and score an authoritative victory in the third leg, which had a purse of $63,720. Sidepocket Cat finished fifth as the 4-to-5 favorite.

"We claimed this horse for this race," Sherman said. "We didn't expect him to win the 1 1/8-mile race. We thought he'd love the distance of this race. This horse could go 1 3/4 miles or two miles. He has the same stride no matter how far he goes."

Jockey Russell Baze completed a sweep of Saturday's first four races with his victory aboard Bonk, who was timed in 2:04.24, paid $8.00 to his backers and earned $36,000.



Burlingame golfer fifth after one round

Dash Lindsell, a high school junior from Burlingame, shot a round of 72 Saturday in the first round of the Golf World/Medicus Preseason Junior at Rancho Mirage.

Lindsell stands in a tie for fifth place in the American Junior Golf Association event after firing a 36 on both the front and back nines on the Gary Player-designed course that plays 6,953 yards.