Right On Track
Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008

Results from the 2008 Nikkei Games Track and Field Events

Photos by JUN NAGATA and MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS/Rafu Shimpo
Gen Fujita (855) pours it on in the five-year-olds’ 50 meter dash.

Seiichi Doizaki (789) hits his stride, leading Ron Muranaka (833) and Ron Girling in the 40+ men’s 100 meter dash. Trailing is Ellen Higa, who simultaneously ran unopposed in the 40+ women’s 100 meters.

WE HAVE LIFTOFF–Shane Oda, 5, takes flight in the long jump.

Erin Natsume, left, looks back to check her lead on the competition in the 12-year-old girls’100 meter dash.

The track and field competitions in the 2008 Nikkei Games were held last Saturday and Sunday on the campus of Cal State Long Beach. Hundreds of athletes, ranging in age from 1 to over 70, took part in a day-long celebration of community, family and shared heritage.

50 Meter Dash 1-year-old Girls
1. Hamabe, Megan
2. Kubota, Mina
3. Nakamura, Tamilyn
50 Meter Dash 1-year-old Boys
1. Wada, Chase
2. Nishida, Jeffery
3. Takata, Alexander
50 Meter Dash 2-year-old Girls
1. Ikeda, Emi
2. Olsen, Lyric
3. Tomoka, Brooke
50 Meter Dash 2-year-old Boys
1. Tam, Justin
2. Matsuda, Trevor
3. Hirano, Mikey
50 Meter Dash 3-year-old Girls
1. Yamamoto, Ava
2. Ikeda, Marisa
3. Yada, Courtney
50 Meter Dash 3-year-old Boys, heat 1
1. Udagawa, Dillon
2. Takahashi, Kenneth
3. Swun, Kenji
50 Meter Dash 3-year-old Boys, heat 2
1. Kubota, Miguel
2. Smetana, Ryan
3. Goslee, JJ
50 Meter Dash 4-year-old Girls
1. Pare, Beatrice
2. Suekawa, Madison
3. Olsen, Makenaa
50 Meter Dash 4-year-old Boys
1. Nishikawa, Ty
2. Matsuda, Connor
3. Kay, Jake
50 Meter Dash 5-year-old Girls
1. Sasaki, Jenna
2. Tanino, Ty
3. Yamamoto, Zoe
50 Meter Dash 5-year-old Boys, heat 1
1. Yoon, Justin
2. Oda, Shane
3. Anzai, Nathan
50 Meter Dash 5-year-old Boys, heat 2
1. Hamakawa, Kevin
2. Sasaki, Chad
3. Smetana, Drew
50 Meter Dash 5-year-old Boys, heat 3
1. Doami, Avery
2. Fujita, Gen
3. Fujishige, Cole
50 Meter Dash 6-year-old Girls
1. Wong, Kirsten
2. Louie, Chloe
3. Ishii, Ami
50 Meter Dash 6-year-old Boys, heat 1
1. Hamabe, Kennedy
2. Douphner, Trent
3. Acosta, Kyle
50 Meter Dash 6-year-old Boys, heat 2
1. Henry, Victor
2. Mizobe, Brandon
3. Yada, Grayson
50 Meter Dash 50+ Women
1. Miya, Carol
50 Meter Dash 50-60-year-old Men
1. Doizaki, Seiichi
2. Utsunomiya, Wade
3. Tanino, Tad
50 Meter Dash 50+
1. Muranaka, Ron
2. Girling, Dan
3. Vaughan, Bill

100 Meter Dash 7-year-old Girls, heat 1
1. Hiraga, Jillian
2. Murobayashi, Jessica
3. Hanaoka, Kristin
100 Meter Dash 7-year-old Girls, heat 2
1. Sasaki, Kately
2. Kuramoto, Casey
3. Pekele, Macy
100 Meter Dash 7-year-old Girls, heat
1. Yamada, Ally
2. Tam, Nicole
3. Uyematsu, Taryn
100 Meter Dash 7-year-old Boys
1. Hamabe, Montgomery
2. Doami, Aaron
3. Fujita, Kai
100 Meter Dash 8-year-old Girls
1. Sawamura, Kaela
2. Okada, Taylor
3. James, Kendell
100 Meter Dash 8-year-old Boys
1. Kuramoto, Corey
2. Ishii, Ryan
3. Tanabe, Blake
100 Meter Dash 9-year-old Girls
1. Tamura, Danica
2. Uyematsu, Shaye
3. Wong, Lauren
100 Meter Dash 9-year-old Boys
1. Van Ginkel, Andrew
2. Hamamoto, Jack
3. Kato, Ryan
100 Meter Dash 10-year-old Girls, heat 1
1. Pugrad, Miyuki
T2. Kasahara, Keileene
T2. Hamada, Lili
3. Hayakawa, Krista
100 Meter Dash 10-year-old Girls, heat 2
T1. Anthony, Tierney
T1. DeLaCruz, Rachel
2. Nitta, Stephanie
3. Scott, Tiara
100 Meter Dash 10-year-old Boys
1. Shinba, Royce
2. Sawamura, Jared
3. Yee, Justin
100 Meter Dash 11-year-old Girls
1. Toms, Lauren
2. Masuda, Ashley
3. Okada, Cori
100 Meter Dash 11-year-old Boys
1. Van Ginkel, Connor
2. Tamura, Troy
3. Pakele, Joshua
100 Meter Dash 12-year-old Girls
1. Natsume, Erin
2. Braesch, Amanda
3. Scott, Rayna
100 Meter Dash 12-year-old Boys
1. Hamada, Brian
2. Okaybayashi, Matthew
100 Meter Dash 13-year-old Boys
1. Kusumoto, Darren
100 Meter Dash 14-15-year-old Boys
1. Hirota, Cheyne
2. Chan, Micheal
3. Hardy, Steven
100 Meter Dash 13-15-year-old Girls
1. Uyematsu, Lindsay
2. Middo, Alyssa
3. Nishimura, Kaci
100 Meter Dash 16-year-old Boys
1. Wong, Michael
2. Houle, Dillion
3. Mayemura, Collin
100 Meter Dash 30+ Women
1. Kasahara, Kathy
100 Meter Dash 30+ Men
1. Sawamura, John
2. Yoon, Ken
3. Higa, Keith
100 Meter Dash 40+ Women
1. Higa, Ellen
100 Meter Dash 40+ Men
1. Middo, Paul
2. Doizaki, Seiichi
3. Muranaka, Ron

400 Meter Dash 13-year-old Boys
1. Kusumoto, Darren
400 Meter Dash 15-year-old Girls
1. Nishimura, Kaci
400 Meter Dash 16-year-old Boys
1. Houle, Dylan
2. Nishikawa, Kazunori
400 Meter Dash 30+ Men
1. Sawamura, John
2. Yoon, Ken
3. Yada, Sonny

1600 Meters 12-year-old Boys
1. Okabayashi, Matthew
1600 Meters 13-year-old Boys
1. Kusumoto, Darren
1600 Meters 16-year-old Boys
1. Nishikawa, Kazunori
1600 Meters 15-year-old Girls
1. Auerbach, Nicole
1600 Meters 19+-year-old Boys
1. Kubo, Bryce
2. Kubo, Casey
3. Kubo, Corey

Ball Throw 2-year-old Boys
1. Tam, Justin
2. Matsuda, Trevor
3. Hirano, Mikey
Ball Throw 3-year-old Girls
1. Hamakawa, Kayla
2. Yada, Courtney
3. Yamaguchi, Katelyn
Ball Throw 3-year-old Boys
1. Smetana, Ryan
2. Udagawa, Dillon
3. Goslee, JJ
Ball Throw 4-year-old Girls
1. Lui, Makayla
2. Pare, Beatrice
3. Suekawa, Madison
Ball Throw 4-year-old Boys
1. Hamabe, Wyatt
2. Nishikawa, Ty
3. Nakasuji, Landon
Ball Throw 5-year-old Girls
1. Tanino, Ty
2. Acosta, Sydney
3. Yamamoto, Zoe
Ball Throw 5-year-old Boys
1. Oda, Shane
2. Hamakawa, Kevin
Ball Throw 6-year-old Girls
1. Pakele, Macy
2. Wong, Kirsten
3. Yada, Kellie
Ball Throw 6-year-old Boys
1. Kato, Scott
2. Nakamura, Devon
3. Hamabe, Kennedy

Long Jump 5-year-old Girls
1. Yamamoto, Zoe
2. Tanino, Ty
3. Sasaki, Jenna
Long Jump 6-year-old Girls
1. Pakele, Macy
T2. Wong, Kirsten
T2. Ishii, Ami
Long Jump 7-year-old Girls
1. Tam, Nicole
2. Uyematsu, Taryn
3. Hamakawa, Mika
Long Jump 8-year-old Girls
1. Okada, Taylor
2. James, Kendell
Long Jump 9-year-old Girls
1. Tamura, Danica
2. Uyematsu, Shaye
3. Wong, Lauren
Long Jump 10-year-old Girls
1. Pugrad, Miyuki
2. Hamada, Lili
3. Hayakawa, Jamie
Long Jump 11-year-old Girls
1. Toms, Lauren
2, Masuda, Ashley
3. Okada, Cori
Long Jump 12-year-old Girls
1. Natsume, Rachel
2. Uyematsu, Lindsay
3. Yoshinaga, Amy
Long Jump 4-year-old Boys
1. Hamabe, Wyatt
2. Nishikawa, Ty
Long Jump 5-year-old Boys
1. Fujita, Gen
2. Udagawa, Riley
3. Yoon, Justin
4. Sasaki, Chad
Long Jump 6-year-old Boys
1. Hamabe, Kennedy
T2. Douphner, Trent
T2. Yada, Grayson
3. Acosta, Kyle
Long Jump 7-year-old Boys
1. Higa, Joshua
2. Hamabe, Montgomery
3. Fujita, Kai
Long Jump 8-year-old Boys
1. Douphner, Shay
2. Henry, Alex
T3. Chan, Steven
T3. Nitta, Kent
Long Jump 9-year-old Boys
1. Van Ginkel, Andrew
2. Hamamoto, Jack
3. Kato, Ryan
Long Jump 10-year-old Boys
1. Shinba, Royce
2. Auerbach, Jonathan
3. Sawamura, Jared
Long Jump 11-year-old Boys
1. Van Ginkel, Connor
2. Tamura, Troy
3. Pakele, Joshua
Long Jump 12-year-old Boys
1. Hamada, Brian
2. Okabayashi, Matthew
Long Jump 15–16-year-old Boys
1. Higa, Bryant
2. Nishikawa, Kazunori
3. Mayemura, Collin

High Jump 8-year-old Girls
1. James, Kendell
High Jump 8-year-old Boys
1. Tanabe, Blake
2. Chan, Steven
3. Nitta, Kent
High Jump 9-year-old Girls
1. Wong, Lauren
2. Uyematsu, Shaye
High Jump 9-year-old Boys
1. Van Ginkel, Andrew
2. Hamamoto, Jack
High Jump 10-year-old Girls
1. Hayakawa, Krista
T2. Scott, Tiara
T2. Anthony, Tierney
T3.Hagino, Bayley
T3. Nitta, Stephanie
T3. Nishikawa, Haruka
High Jump 10-year-old Boys
1. Shinba, Royce
2. Sawamura, Jared
3. Auerbach, Jonathan
High Jump 11-year-old Girls
1. Toms, Lauren
2. Bokosky, Karly
3. Okada, Cori
High Jump 11-year-old Boys
1. Van Ginkel, Connor
2. Pakele, Joshua
3. Tanino, Del
4. Kato, Ryan
High Jump 11-year-old Girls
1. Braesch, Amanda
2. Natsume, Rachel
3. Scott, Rayna
High Jump 12-year-old Boys
1. Okabayashi, Matthew
High Jump 13-year-old Girls
1. Uyematsu, Lindsay
High Jump 13-year-old Boys
1. Kusumoto, Darren
2. Auerbach, Blake
High Jump 14-year-old Boys
1. Chan, Micheal
High Jump 16-year-old Boys
1. Wong, Michael
2. Nishikawa, Kazunori
High Jump 18-year-old Boys
1. Chan, Kyle

DAIKON RELAYS
Boys 5-8-year-olds
1. Team 3–Fujita, Gen; Yoon, Justin;
Mizobe, Brandon; Douphner, Trent
Boys 8-year-olds
1. Team 2–Chan, Steven; Tanabe, Blake;
Douphner, Shay; Kuramoto, Carey
2. Team 4–Lee, Matthew; Lui, Ryan; Fujita, Kai
Girls 7-year-olds
1. Team 9–Hamada, Holly; Hanaoka, Kristin;
Hiraga, Jillian; Murobayashi, Jessica
2. Team 8–Uyematsu, Taryn; Yamada, Ally;
Hamakawa, Mika; Kuramoto, Casey
3. Team 7–Tam, Nicole; Yee, Sarah;
Pakele, Macy; Lee, Samantha
Girls 9-11-year-olds
1. Team 12–Natsume, Rachel; Natsume, Erin;
Uyematsu, Lindsay; Tom, Lauren
2. Team 10–Wong, Lauren; Tamura, Danica;
Uyematsu, Shaye; Hamada, Lilly
3. Team 11–Hayakawa, Jamie; Hayakawa, Krista;
Anthony, Tierney; Hagino, Bayley