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Okinawa-based sports reporter Dave Ornauer on military-related sports in the Far East.

Fearless forecast: What records will be demolished at Okinawa Activities Council district track and field meet?

Assuming the weather holds up (70-percent chance of rain forecast), here's what records Ornauer believes will tumble, and which will be threatened, at the Okinawa Activities Council district track and field meet at 9 a.m. Saturday at Koza City Stadium:

-- Boys 400 relay: Gone. Kadena's Brandon Harris, Lotty Smith, Thomas McDonald and Shariff Coleman have already been posting 43-second times; seems like enough to send 44.2, set by Kadena in 2006, to the demolition heap.

-- Girls 400: Gone. Sarah Wilson of Zion Christian Academy clocked just over 59 seconds at the Mike Petty Memorial Meet on April 4; that's two seconds better than the 1 minute, 1.2 seconds run by Kubasaki's Serafina Smith in 2003.

-- Boys mile: Gone. Kadena's Jacob Bishop has already run faster than the 4-minute, 53-second standard set by Kadena's Tim Nabonne three years ago.

-- Boys two-mile: Most likely gone. There's that Bishop feller again, and he's definitely in Kubasaki's Matt Coon's old neighbourhood of 10:20 set in 2007.

-- Boys 200: Probably gone. And take your pick, Coleman, Harris, Kubasaki's Marquis Newton; they're all in the neighbourhood of 22.8, run by Kadena's Emanual Watkins in 2003.

-- Boys long jump: Possibly gone. The way Coleman jumps, the 6.49 meters set by Kadena's Manny Duran in 2006 is within the conversation.

Any others you think will tumble? Shout it out! And remember, you've entered THE "No-Hate Zone." :)

whoa -- someone should video

whoa -- someone should video and youtube these events.
Dave - you gonna post KAIAC results for us?

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Dave Ornauer has covered DODDS-Pacific high school and Far East interservice sports for 25 years -- since his first Far East high school basketball tournament in February 1982 at Yokota Air Base, Japan. When he’s not working, Dave can usually be found reading, enjoying food and fine wine and spending time with family.

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