Chino Hills Golfer Han Is Player of Year

Seung Su Han of Chino Hills has been selected the American Junior Golf Assn. boys’ player of the year. The sophomore from Ayala High won five tournaments this summer.

He was selected to the AJGA All-American team along with Daniel Im of La Mirada, Anthony Kim of La Quinta and Kevin Larsen of Santa Barbara.

In-Bee Park of Eustis, Fla., was selected the AJGA girls’ player of the year. Erica Blasberg of Corona and Jane Park of Beaumont were selected All-Americans.

Jay Choe of Yorba Linda was a boys’ second-team selection and Henry Liaw of Rowland Heights and Josh Wooding of Riverside made third team.

Amie Cochran of Torrance and Irene Cho of La Habra made the girls’ second team.

Peter Yoon

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Senior Juan Robles of Placentia Valencia was one of five runners disqualified from the boys’ race of champions in the Great American Cross-Country Festival in Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday. But his disqualification for taking a wrong turn that cut about 300 meters off the 5,000-meter course couldn’t lower his confidence.

Robles, the runner-up in the Southern Section Division II championships last year, finished fourth in Charlotte before the disqualifications.

“Juan felt disappointed about being disqualified,” Valencia Coach Patricia Hadley said. “But he also feels good about the race because of the way he ran. He now feels that he can run with just about anybody.”

John Ortega

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Riza Zalameda, a junior at Beverly Hills, has been selected to play in the 29th Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy competition today through Saturday in Bournemouth, England.

Zalameda, a Los Angeles resident who is ranked No. 44 in the girls’ 18 division by the U.S. Tennis Assn., is part of the five-member U.S. team that will play Great Britain.

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