Orange County Area Roundup : Three Skaters to Compete in National Championships

Three area girls will compete in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 1-8 after qualifying in the Pacific Coast sectionals at Phoenix recently.

Joan Colignon, 16, of La Mirada will compete in her first national championships in the senior ladies division. She was fourth overall at Phoenix.

In the junior ladies division, Karen Terry, 14, of Garden Grove finished third in the sectionals. Last year, she finished second in the ladies novice division in the nationals.

Shannon Caudill, 12, of Tustin qualified for her first national championships by finishing second in novice ladies.

Winter League play in an 18-team slow-pitch softball league for players age 55 and older has begun. The league, which consists of teams from around Orange County, includes two from Costa Mesa that practice at 9 a.m. Saturdays at TeWinkle Memorial Park on Arlington Avenue, across the street from the Orange County Fairgrounds. Contact Peter Similuk at 957-2515 for more information.

Two runs to benefit school groups are scheduled for early 1987:

A 5- and 10-kilometer run to benefit the Roy O. Andersen and Harbor View Elementary Schools in Newport Beach will be held Jan. 18. The registration fee is $5 ($12 with T-shirt). Applications for the run are available at both schools, at local sporting goods stores or by calling 675-6782. Runners also can register on the day of the race.

The 5K and 10K Run For Academic Excellence will be held Feb. 7 by the Academic Boosters’ Club of Edison High School. The pre-registration fee, which includes a T-shirt, is $13. Race day fee is $13. Entry forms are available at Edison High School and sporting goods stores as well as by calling 968-7530. Profits will be used to fund scholarships and academic activities for Edison students.

Area Notes

Jeff Mansukhani, a junior at the University of San Diego from Capistrano Valley High School, is closing in on some school football records. A wide receiver, he had 49 catches for 813 yards this past season, though he was injured for the last two games. He has 78 career receptions and, barring injury, should break the career mark of 101 during his senior year. . . . Chapman volleyball players Tammy Light of Portland, Janet Jenson of Anaheim and freshman setter Dana Beardsley of Chula Vista have been voted to the All-Southwest Region Division II women’s team by coaches . . . Senior midfielder Doug Neely and junior forward Rick Snyder of Chapman College have been named to the NCAA Division II All-Far West soccer team as well as first team All-California Collegiate Athletic Assn. Junior Scott McCrimmon was named to All-CCAA second team . . . Chapman’s Valarie Hartsfield has been named as a basketball player to watch on the American Women’s Sports Federation’s All-American checklist. Hartsfield, a 5-11 senior, is averaging 17.6 points and 6.1 rebounds a game after eight games this season.