Local Briefs

Track

Led by June Machala, six Spokane competitors brought home as many medals from the USA National Masters Championships in Eugene, Ore., last weekend.

Machala earned half of them in the women’s 60-64-year-old age group. She earned golds in the 5,000 and 10,000 meters and a silver in the 400 meters.

In winning the 5,000, she was timed in 21 minutes, 48 seconds and beat the reigning world champion in the process. She was clocked in 45:25 in the 10,000 and 1:24 in the 400.

“The short stuff (400) I’ve never done before; this was my first time,” said Machala. “I’m a road racer. My husband just told me what to do.”

Husband Joe Machala claimed the bronze medal for a third-place finish in the men’s 50-54 10,000 meters.

The silver in that race was earned by Jerry Graham of Spokane. He also was second in the 5,000 in the men’s 50-54 age group. He led most of the last 1,000 meters in the 5,000, losing by a second in 16:40, and timed 35:28 in the 10,000.

John Schulte was sixth in the men’s 45-49 10,000 (36:54) and Bart Haggin was 10th in the men’s 55-59 5,000 (18:57). Terry Kelly coaches the group.

Golf

Jamie Hanna, an assistant pro at Indian Canyon Golf Course, has been named the new men’s and women’s golf coach at Eastern Washington University.

Hanna, 29, has spent the past four years gaining extensive teaching experience with youth in the area.

She takes over for Don Kallem, who coached the Eagles for most of the past two seasons before retiring from his teaching position this spring. He was also Eastern’s men’s coach for 16 seasons from 1966-82.

Hanna has studied at Washington State, Arizona State and the Professional Golf Association business schools I and II.

Volleyball

A college officiating clinic for experienced referees will be held today at 1 p.m. in room 203 of Gonzaga University’s Administration Building.

A rules clinic for all area high school officials and coaches will be held Monday at 6:30 p.m. in GU’s Jepson Center Auditorium.

For more information, contact Dale Goodwin at 448-7319.

Miscellany

Carla Baker is a new assistant athletic trainer at Eastern Washington University.

Baker spent the past two years as athletic trainer at San Luis Obispo (Calif.) High School. She has also worked at a spine and orthopedic rehabilitation center in San Luis Obispo, as well as at Kishwaukee College and Kaneland High School in Illinois.

She received her master’s degree from Northern Illinois in 1993 after earning her bachelor’s degree from Western Oregon State College in 1989.

The fifth annual Kootenai County Vandal Booster kickoff cruise on Lake Coeur d’Alene will be Thursday, with boarding at 7:30 p.m. and departure at 8 from the docks near the Coeur d’Alene Resort.

Contact Bob Yuditsky at (509) 924-0023 or (208) 667-2515 for more information.