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Decathletes Belany and Clubb

Apr. 13, 2008

Maui's multi-talented tracksters score big points

By RODNEY S. YAP

Belany qualified for the NCAA regional in the long jump with a distance of 24-2 1/4 (7.37 meters) and later topped the competition in the 110-meter hurdles with a 14.51-second performance.

The Navy men's track and field team won 14 of the 19 events to capture the N-Star with an impressive 118-85 victory over Army in the annual Star Meet at Shea Stadium in West Point.

The Midshipmen improved to 10-0 on the outdoor slate and evened the all-time outdoor Star Series to 41 wins apiece.

In mid-March, Belany and Navy travelled to Point Loma, Calif., to compete at the Point Loma Invitational. There, Belany was reunited with fellow MIL athlete Mark Miller, a former St. Anthony thrower and freshman at Point Loma.

Belany, a state champion from Haiku, has posted some impressive collegiate marks en route to earning three letters competing in the Patriot League.

The following are Belany's Career-Best Marks going into Friday's Meet:

 55m hurdles (I) - 7.80

 60m hurdles (I) - 8.28

 High Jump (I) – 5-10 3/4 (1.80m)

 Long Jump (I) – 23-7 1/2 (7.20m)

 Pole Vault (I) – 15-3 (4.65m)

 Heptathlon (I) - 4,682 pts.

 110m hurdles (O) - 14.66

 High Jump (O) – 5-10 (1.78m)

 Pole Vault (O) – 15-7 (4.75m)

 Long Jump (O) – 23-3 1/2 (7.10m)

 Shot Put (O) – 27-8 3/4 (8.45m)

 Decathlon (O) – 5,723 pts

(I-indoors, O-outdoors)

 • First-Team All-Patriot League (Indoor: 60m hurdles - 2007; Outdoor: 110m hurdles - 2007)

 • 60m hurdles - Indoor (8.28 - 10th)

 • Heptathlon - Indoor (4,682 pts. - 1st, 3,839 pts. - 3rd)

http://navysports.cstv.com/sports/m-track/mtt/belany_ron00.html

Former Kekaulike state champion Akoni Clubb

CLOSED CLUBB?: Instead of being a senior decathlete at Azusa Pacific University, King Kekaulike's Akoni Clubb is currently suspended for violating school policy and is awaiting a committee decision.

Clubb, 21, posed for the December cover and inside spread of a women's magazine that features semi-nude or fully nude men. The magazine sought Clubb, who modeled for JC Penny and fitness and sportswear ads when he attended Mt. San Antonio Junior College in Calif. in 2004.

Clubb had no intensions of making modeling his full-time career, but like many college students needing money, the Maui resident accepted the offer feeling it would be an easy way to earn good money.

Once the publication hit newstands school officials suspended Clubb for violating school policy.

The decision came on the heels of an outstanding junior season that saw Clubb earn All-American honors. He capped the best decathlon of his career with a near 400-point improvement from 2006, tallying 6,847 points to finish third in the NAIA.

“It was very selfish of me to do it," Clubb was quoted as saying in a blog last December. "I wasn’t really thinking. I would never want to disrespect Coach Reid, Coach Barnett or Bryan Clay. I respect them highly.”

Clubb's remorse and personal apology to the team, however, may not be enough to have him reinstated.

A hearing is expected to take place at the Christian school once the investigation is complete, followed by a confidential meeting between the student and administration. While Clubb awaits a phone call from the school he has been seen on Maui working out and trying to stay in shape.

The following are Clubb's career marks established as a junior in 2007:

110 hurdles - 14.96

High Jump - 6-3 3/4

Long Jump - 22-9

Pole Vault – 14-5 ¼

Shot Put – 41-3 ¾

Discus – 124-3

Javlin – 154-5

100m – 11.14

400m – 53.28

1,500 – 5:14.19

SMITH DIARIES: Kamehameha Maui has its only track Alumni competing in the at Pacific University in Forest Grove, Ore. Freshman Nicole Smith was the 2006 MIL 300-meter hurdle champion. In preparing for her first collegiate track season on the Pacific Boxers' women's roster, Smith shares a weekly journal on the school's track and field site:

http://web.mac.com/spencer07/www.KSMTrack.com/HOME.html.

YOUNG GUN: Former Seabury Hall standout Brittany Young is now running cross country at UC Irvine. Back in August, Young finished 29th (17:13.0) at the Nevada Twlight Classic at Rancho San Rafel Park.

Young, the 2006 state champion in the 800, is not on the UC Irvine women's track team.