IanClark-SINJIN SMITH Special Appearance!!!!!<br>
Heyas "AVP Young Guns Fanorama CLUB" Members"!!!<br> I
though you might like to check this out. Hope to see you
there. Take<br> care, Ian Clark.<br> SINJIN SMITH
HEADLINES OLYMPIANS PAST, PRESENT AND<br> FUTURE AT THE
COLORADO CROSSROADS<br> IRVINE, California (March 6, 2000)
-- Beach Volleyball Olympian,<br> Christopher St.
John "Sinjin" Smith, and FIVB Gold Medalist and<br>
Boulder native, Ian Clark, will make a special guest
appearance at the<br> Colorado Crossroads Junior National
Volleyball Qualificiation<br> Tournament, held at the
Colorado Convention Center March 17-19.<br> Smith and
Clark appear courtesy of MIKASA SPORTS, the
Official<br> Supplier of Volleyballs to the 2000 Summer
Olympic Games.<br> Sinjin Smith, a native of Pacific
Palisades, Calif., is a 5-time FIVB<br> World Champion and
competed in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta,<br>
Georgia. He was the first player to reach the 100 win mark
in the history<br> of beach volleyball and held the
record for open wins for over a decade<br> with 139
total career victories. In 1999, Smith re-teamed with
Olympic<br> partner, Carl Henkel of Redondo Beach, Calif. and
the duo is challenging<br> for their second Olympic
Beach Volleyball appearance at Bondi Beach in<br>
Sydney, Australia this September. As members of the U.S.
Beach<br> Volleyball National Team, Smith and Henkel
compete full time on the<br> FIVB World Tour, the
official beach volleyball Olympic qualification<br> tour
for the Sydney Games. <br> Smith played collegiately
at UCLA, leading the Bruins to multiple<br> National
Championships and earning All-American honors. Smith is a<br>
member of the FIVB's International Beach Volleyball
World Council,<br> serving as its President, and at age
42 is the oldest active beach volleyball<br>
Olympian.<br> Appearing with Smith is U.S. National Beach
Volleyball Teammate, Ian<br> Clark, native of Boulder, Colo.
Clark won a gold medal at the 1999<br> FIVB World Tour
Mexico Open and is currently ranked fifth on the
U.S.<br> Beach Volleyball depth chart. He was named Rookie
of the Year in 1995<br> on the American-based Assoc.
of Volleyball Professionals beach<br> volleyball
tour. He led the Pepperdine Waves to an NCAA Men's<br>
National Championship, followed by a gold medal
performance at the<br> 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival.<br>
Joining Smith and Clark at the Colorado Crossroads event
will be the<br> U.S. Paralympic Team among others. The
team will do a demonstration<br> on court on Saturday,
March 18, immediately followed by an autograph<br>
session with team members and staff.<br> All autograph
sessions will take place at the Colorado Convention<br>
Center, Lobby B, in the MIKASA booth. The first 200
people in line to<br> meet Sinjin Smith and Ian Clark on
Saturday, March 18, will receive a<br> free gift from
MIKASA.<br> MIKASA is the Official Supplier for volleyball,
beach volleyball and<br> water polo for the 2000 Summer
Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia,<br> marking a record
setting 9th Olympic Games for the company. With the<br>
addition of beach volleyball in 1996 and women's water
polo in 2000,<br> MIKASA is the leading supplier of
inflatable ball equipment to the<br> Olympic Games. MIKASA
is also an official sponsor of the Colorado<br>
Crossroads and host Front Range Volleyball Club. The company
is world<br> famous for its technological advances
in the robotic ball production of<br> Olympic game
balls since 1964 and was the first to introduce the use
of<br> robotic technology to the world market from its
headquarters in<br> Hiroshima, Japan. MIKASA is proud of its
worldwide efforts to regulate<br> and monitor the highest
ethical labor practices in the manufacturing of all<br>
products.<br> For more information, please visit online at
www.mikasa.net or contact<br> Lori Okimura at 949-863-1588 or
Lori@...<br> Unca Nick