Northwest Sports Briefing
Notebook: Boxer Kwan wins U.S. gold

By Seattle Times news services

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Christina Kwan recently won a gold medal in the U.S. women's boxing championships in Spokane and will compete at the Ringside World Championships this month.

The world championships — to be held in Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 17-21 — will include 1,500 boxers from 15 countries.

Kwan, a 1998 graduate of Shorecrest High School and cousin of figure skater Michelle Kwan, won the gold medal in the 95-pound division during the national competition last week.

Kwan, a graduate of UNLV, is also aiming for a spot on the U.S. team for the Beijing Games in 2008, when women's boxing is expected to be an Olympic event for the first time.

"My goal is also to box in the Olympics and to be among the first women to medal in the sport," she said.

Notes

• Galen Rupp of Portland broke the national high school and junior records in the 5,000 meters at the KBC Night of Athletics meet in Heusden-Zolder, Belgium, last weekend. Rupp ran in 13:37.91, besting the national high school record of 13:44.0 set by Spokane's Gerry Lindgren in 1964.

• John Dahl, a former Everett Silvertips forward, signed with the Fresno Falcons of the ECHL. The Falcons, an affiliate of the NHL's San Jose Sharks, begin play in October.

• Puget Sound Sports and Entertainment will introduce a plan Friday for a $30 million project in Olympia that would include a 6,000-seat events center, an ice rink and a home for the Puget Sound Sports Hall of Fame Museum.
 
• Stuart Estrada of Toppenish suffered a fractured skull when he was kicked by a wild horse while preparing to ride it in a race at the Frontier Days Rodeo in Cheyenne, Wyo. Estrada was hospitalized in critical condition yesterday.

Washington State Open

Men's Open Singles (Round of 64)

Michael Kogan (1), New Orleans beat Michael Eck, Sammamish, 6-0, 6-0; Justin Chow, Vancouver, BC beat Garrett Engeset, Enumclaw, 6-1, 7-5; David Chu, Vancouver, BC beat Derek Wallensteen, Nanaimo, BC 6-0, 6-0; Garren Azama, Bellevue beat Dennis Titov, Lk Forest Pk, beat (ns); Jesse Walter (6), Seattle beat Michael Reading, Bothell, 6-2, 6-2; Amir Ghazvinian, Mercer Island beat Matthew Look, Seattle, 6-2, 6-2; Eric McKean, Portland, OR, beat Roma Tkachenko, Bellevue, 6-0, 6-0; Thomas Solomon, Modesto, CA beat Dylan Cohon, Shoreline, 6-1, 6-2; Brian Verwolf, Camano Island, beat Matthew Frank, 5-7, 6-4, 6-1; Clark Barclay, Tacoma, beat Dale Nguyen, Seattle, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4; Jimmy Jackson, Bellevue, beat Henry Egbuka, Tacoma, 6-0, 6-0; Robert Vincent, Mercer Island, beat Elliot Beam, Bainbridge Is, beat (ns); Eric Drew (8), Bellevue, beat Matthew Sambrook, Issaquah, 6-1, 6-0; John Bolton, Portland, OR beat Chris Pilkey, Bellingham, 6-0, 6-1; Torrey Gambill, Colbert, beat Jeffrey Hammond, Mercer Island, 6-3, 6-4; Mike Foiles, Auburn, beat Eric Pickard, Portland, OR, 6-2, 6-2; Dennis Rozetta, Waikoloa, HI beat Simon Harvie, Calgary, AB, 7-5, 6-3; Marcelo Wolff, Kirkland beat Phalkun Mam, Salem, OR, 6-1, 1-6, 7-6; Jeff Loranger, Redmond beat Aron Shimeles, Seattle, 7-5, 6-7, 7-5; Jeremy Berman, Kirkland beat Nomar Mapalo, Shoreline, 6-0, 6-0; Steven Walters, Normandy Park beat Sean Dolan, Redmond, 7-5, 6-2; Stefan Rozycki, Modesto, CA beat Rob Condiotty, Bellevue, 6-2, 6-0; Dan Even, Bellingham beat Doinas Ghidirmic, Rancho Mirage, CA, 7-5, 6-2; Eric Eggers, Bremerton beat Randy McAlpin, Burien, 6-2, 6-4; Victor Romero (3), New Orleans beat Dwayne Tyner, Vancouver, 6-2, 6-2; Daniel Chu (5), Vancouver, BC beat Tyler Jackson, Lake Oswego, OR, 6-4, 6-2; Eric Wagar, Yakima beat Brett Joelson (7), Beaverton, OR, Wd (ill); Jesse Schouten, Bellingham beat Pannhara Mam, Salem, OR, 6-3, 6-4; Ryan Pang, Mountain View, CA beat Victor Le, Vancouver, BC, 6-3, 6-1; Graeme Kassautzki (4), Vancouver, BC beat Zach Glaser, Redmond, 6-1, 6-0; David Wermuth, Palo Alto, CA beat Ryan Slemons, Mill Creek, 6-1, 6-0; Jaroslav Bulant (2) beat Alex Chen, Bellevue, 6-0, 6-1.