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ON THE RUN . . . Stanford track coach Vin Lananna is hoping one last chance will help propel Palo Alto resident Kim Fitchen onto the United States track and field team for the World Championships to be held in Edmonton, Canada beginning Aug. 3. Lananna is organizing a women's 10,000-meter run for Monday at Stanford's Cobb Track and Angell Field at 9 p.m. Monday happens to be the final day for athletes to make their 'A' standards needed to make the national team. The standard for the 10,000 meters is 32:00.00. Fitchen, who trains with the Stanford-based Nike Farm Team, finished fourth in the nationals in Eugene in the 10,000 in a time of 32:38.38. The top two finishers, Deena Drossin and Jen Rhines met the standard, each running under 32 minutes last year. Third-place finisher Sylvia Mosqueda, has not. Fitchen, age 32, was the U.S. leader in the event (32:14.64) earlier in the season, and has still run the second-fastest U.S. time of the year behind Rhines (32:05.14). Lananna is hoping for about 16 women to participate in the race to help Fitchen reach the standard. Fitchen was a member of the USA cross-country team, which earned a bronze medal at the World Cross Country Championships this year. Interested athletes can contact the Stanford track office at (650) 723-2736. Stanford senior Gabe Jennings, who finished fourth at the nationals in the men's 1,500 meters, has met the standard and will likely join Seneca Lassiter and Paul McMullen at the world championships unless Andy Downin, who won the event at the national meet, reaches the standard by Monday.

WHAT A RACKET . . . Stanford grad Alex Kim is a wild-card entry in the $50,000 Seascpae Challenger tennis tournament, which got underway on Monday at the Seascape Sports Club in Aptos. Former Stanford player Geoff Abrams is also entered. The Challenger, part of the USTA professional circuit, runs through Sunday, July 22. France's Anthony Dupuis, ranked No. 65 on the ATP tour, is the highest ranking player ever at the event. For information, call (831) 688-1993.

OF LOCAL NOTE . . . Palo Alto's Westy Rose was the overall champion of the Bill Krause Memorial Junior Championship last week at the Green Tree Golf Club in Vacaville. Rose shot a 2-under-par 70 to beat more than 120 other golfers. This was a major event on the Northern California Junior Golf Association circuit . . . The Palomares Figure Skating Club hosts its annual Chabot Skate at Ice Oasis in Redwood City at 9 a.m. on Saturday and 8 a.m. on Sunday. Events include freeskating, moves competition, dance and artistic contests. Among those competing for Palomares are Palo residents Alison Adams, Tess Bellomo, Marie Beylin and Ara Billman, and Menlo Park residents Christopher Marty, Courtney Collins, Pamela Imperiale-Hagerman, Alexandra Watson and Ariel Winawer. Ice Oasis is located at 3140 Bay Road. Admission is free. For more information, call the rink at (650) 364-8090 or the Palomares Club via e-mail at info@palomaresfsc.org.

SUMMER CAMPS . . . The Stanford Thunder, an under-12 boys CYSA team, is seeking experienced players. Tryouts are held each Friday at 5:30 p.m. at the JLS Middle School field. For more information, contact Abdul Hakim at 424-1642 . . . The Palo Alto Soccer Club is seeking players, boys and girls, for its 2001-02 CYSA season. Call 361-0561 for details, or visit the PASC web site at www.pasoccerclub.org . . . The Palo Alto Sports Camp will be holding sessions for boys and girls entering third to seventh grade during the summer. Activities include soccer, basketball, ultimate Frisbee, swimming, flag football, tennis, track and field, and other fun games. No experience necessary to participate. Members of the counseling staff are graduates of Palo Alto and Gunn High schools. The two-week sessions cost $310. The final session, held at Gunn High between 9:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., will run July 30-Aug. 10. For more information, visit the web site www.PaloAltoSportsCamp.com.

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