Topanga State Beach lifeguard Scott Deboer recently won a run-swim-run competition in Huntington Beach. He raced against 140 fellow lifeguards and other competitors in the event, which included 8.5 miles of running and 4,000 yards of swimming.
Pepperdine alumni head to Olympics
The Beijing Olympic games will include at least 12 Pepperdine University alumni as athletes or coaches. Pepperdine has been well-represented in the Olympics, with 40 participants throughout the years.
This will be the first Olympic experience for tennis star Simon Aspelin, water polo player Merrill Moses and volleyball player Sean Rooney. Water polo head coach Terry Schroeder, who participated in the Olympics three times as a player, will participate for the first time as a coach. Schroeder won silver medals in 1984 and 1988 and finished fourth in 1992. He was Pepperdine’s head coach for 20 years before deciding to join the USA coaching staff in 2006, and has plans to return to the university after the Olympics. Schroeder is Pepperdine’s all-time scoring leader.
Accompanying Schroeder will be five-time Olympic men’s volleyball coach Marv Dunphy, head coach of team USA in 1988 when they won the gold medal. A Pepperdine volleyball player in the 1970s, he is heading into his 26th season as the head coach at the university and has won four NCAA national championships.
Other Pepperdine alumni travelling to Beijing include Kevin Barnett and Bob Ctyrtlik, who will represent the university as an NBC sports commentator for volleyball and as the U.S. Olympic Committee vice president, respectively.
Malibu resident burns the competition
Incoming eighth-grader Zachary Bornstein won gold medals and set new records in the four events in which he competed at the AAU West Coast Junior Olympic Games in Reno earlier this month.
Bornstein competed in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump, high jump and pole vault during the two-day event.
Bornstein, a Malibu resident, attends Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village for which he will run cross country, track and field, and play soccer. He will also play football for the Westlake Braves.
-Olivia Damavandi
Pepperdine alumni head to Olympics
The Beijing Olympic games will include at least 12 Pepperdine University alumni as athletes or coaches. Pepperdine has been well-represented in the Olympics, with 40 participants throughout the years.
This will be the first Olympic experience for tennis star Simon Aspelin, water polo player Merrill Moses and volleyball player Sean Rooney. Water polo head coach Terry Schroeder, who participated in the Olympics three times as a player, will participate for the first time as a coach. Schroeder won silver medals in 1984 and 1988 and finished fourth in 1992. He was Pepperdine’s head coach for 20 years before deciding to join the USA coaching staff in 2006, and has plans to return to the university after the Olympics. Schroeder is Pepperdine’s all-time scoring leader.
Accompanying Schroeder will be five-time Olympic men’s volleyball coach Marv Dunphy, head coach of team USA in 1988 when they won the gold medal. A Pepperdine volleyball player in the 1970s, he is heading into his 26th season as the head coach at the university and has won four NCAA national championships.
Other Pepperdine alumni travelling to Beijing include Kevin Barnett and Bob Ctyrtlik, who will represent the university as an NBC sports commentator for volleyball and as the U.S. Olympic Committee vice president, respectively.
Malibu resident burns the competition
Incoming eighth-grader Zachary Bornstein won gold medals and set new records in the four events in which he competed at the AAU West Coast Junior Olympic Games in Reno earlier this month.
Bornstein competed in the 100-meter hurdles, long jump, high jump and pole vault during the two-day event.
Bornstein, a Malibu resident, attends Oaks Christian School in Westlake Village for which he will run cross country, track and field, and play soccer. He will also play football for the Westlake Braves.
-Olivia Damavandi