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Published 10:50 am Friday, February 29, 2008
Larway earns curling honor
Joel Larway has been named USA Curling’s top male athlete for 2004. Larway, who curls out of Seattle’s Granite Curling Club, played a key role at the second position on brother Jason Larway’s Seattle rink, helping the team to a first-place showing at the Washington State Playdowns and at the 2004 USA Curling Men’s National Championship in Grand Forks, N.D. He also was a national champion in 1992 and 2001.
One of his team’s goals for the coming season is to win the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in February, Larway said.
This is the first time Larway has been named USA Curling’s Athlete of the Year.
Edmonds man finishes first
Ryan Erickson of Edmonds took first place in the Project Gotham Racing 2 competition at U.S. National Finals Sept. 18-19 in Long Beach, Calif.
Joe Anthony, also of Edmonds, took second place. Both players advance to the World Cyber Games 2004 in San Francisco Oct. 6-10. The five-day event will feature 700 competitors from 64 countries battling over a prize pool of more than $400,000.
