NOTEBOOK / GARY KLEIN : Mt. SAC Relays Draws a Field of Big Names

Mike Powell, the world record-holder in the long jump, is among the athletes scheduled to compete in the 34th annual Mt. San Antonio College Relays April 16-18 in Walnut.

Sprinter/long-jumper Carl Lewis, hurdler Edwin Moses, sprinter Evelyn Ashford and sprinter Andre Cason are also scheduled to compete.

The event, which draws an estimated 12,000 participants, actually begins Friday with two days of Youth Days competition involving about 4,000 athletes from third through ninth grade. Community college competition begins April 16, high school events will be held April 17 and university and open events will be held April 18.

Dave Kiley of San Dimas won two gold medals and two silver medals in alpine skiing at the Winter Paralympics last week in Tignes, France.

Kiley, 38, won gold medals in Class LX 11 giant slalom and super giant slalom. He earned silver medals in the slalom and downhill events.

There are three classes, including LW 10, LW 11 and LW 12, which are based on a competitors’ level of disability. The Paralympics also included divisions for amputee skiers and blind skiers.

Kiley is also a member of the U.S. wheelchair basketball team that will compete in the Summer Paralympics in Barcelona, Spain.

Jeremiah Miller of South Hills High and Daniel Maes of Arroyo finished fifth and seventh, respectively, in their divisions at a national high school wrestling meet last weekend at Pittsburgh.

Miller, the state champion at 171 pounds, suffered his first defeat and finished the season 51-1.

Maes finished 56-3.

The Cal Poly Pomona women’s tennis team will play host at its second annual Xenia Anastasiadou Memorial tennis tournament Friday through Sunday at the campus tennis courts.

The eight-team event is named after a two-time Division II singles champion from Pomona who died in a car accident in 1990. All eight teams in this year’s field are ranked among the top 20, including top-ranked Pomona, No. 2 Abilene Christian, No. 5 UC Davis, No. 7 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, No. 8 Florida Southern, No. 9 Cal State Los Angeles, No. 12 Cal State Bakersfield and No. 16 Sonoma State.

The Cal Poly Pomona baseball team entered the week 9-22 and 3-7 in the California Collegiate Athletic Assn., but outfielder Brian Mena remains among the league’s batting leaders.

Mena, a junior center fielder, leads the conference in batting with a .397 average. Last week, Mena hit his fourth and fifth home runs during a 4-3 loss to Cal State Fullerton, which is ranked seventh in Division I by Baseball America.

Pomona plays a three-game CCAA series with Cal State San Bernardino beginning Friday.