Sports Briefs
Areas, Fang win gold
Stacy Areas, 12, and Ethan Fang, 9, won gold medals in tae kwon do at the Southern California Regionals in Anaheim and have qualified for the National Junior Olympics in Minneapolis, Minn.
The two, who compete for the tae kwon do team at the Los Gatos Athletic League, were joined by silver medal winner Matea Couris, 12, and bronze medal winners Adam Fang, 13, Tiffany Irizarry, 12, and Alex Couris, 12, as Junior Olympics qualifiers.
Already qualifying for the Junior Olympics in the Northern Regionals held in April were Michael Hayes, 13, Michelle Sanfilipo, 11, Shuree Irizarry, 11, Christopher Chan, 9, Garrett Irizarry, 9, and Chad Taylor, 9.
The team is coached by Eli and Akiko Rod.
LGHS graduate is nominated
Ryan Nyquist, a graduate of Los Gatos High School, was nominated for the BMX Rider of the Year award at the ESPN Action Sports and Music Awards.
The voting committee said Nyquist, currently a resident of Greenville, N.C., "pushed the technical aspect of dirt jumping farther than anyone in the 2001 season. He is an all- around great rider and won the 2001 X Games silver medal in dirt jumping as well as the Bike Stunt Series' coveted belt for 2001 in Park."
Awards were to be presented in 17 categories, highlighted by the athlete of the year in nine categories from six action sports--BMX, skateboarding, motorcross, surfing, skiing and snowboarding. The ESPN Action Sports and Music Awards also acknowledged six musical artists for each of the sports categories.
Nyquist took second place at the B3 Anaheim and B3 Louisville, then won gold in street at the Gravity Games.
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