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Athletes of the Month for April 2000
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Posted on May 25 2000
Student athletes
Hee Seung Kim – Tennis
Hee Seung led the Saipan Tennis Team to victory, 6-1, 6-3 in singles and 6-0, 6-0 in doubles, to beat Guam in their annual Guam-Saipan Junior Shootout. He also beat Gerald Boyer for the UMDA-CNMI Junior Tennis Championship.
Melissa Coleman – Swimming
Melissa swam maximum 10 events in the A Championships on Guam and bettered hew own time in six of those events. She earned all A and AA times and dropped considerable in her long distance event.
Athletes
Dean Palacios – Swimming
Dean swam his best meet of the year bettering his time in all 10 events, he swam in the A Champs and swam AA or AAA times in all of them. Dean also played a major role for MBA in Math Counts representing his school. He won a high point trophy.
Audra Winkfield – Swimming
Audra swam her last meet on Guam since she will be attending the University of Hawaii this coming Fall, and it will be her best meet of the year. She swam PB’s and achieved all A and AA times, and topped it off with a high point trophy in her division.
Other athletes nominated by their associations for Athlete of the Month that should be recognized for outstanding performances during the month of April were Juan Camacho in swimming and Kana Aikawa in tennis.
