Global Support Help Chuuk Wrestling Team Win Big for Chuuk

When the wrestlers from Chuuk State left Chuuk on July 16 for Palau to participate in a two-week intensive wrestling training camp prior to the start of the Micronesian Games, they had hopes of improving their skills and representing Chuuk State proudly. The training camp was the idea of SHIP/HOOPS and made possible by Asinech [...]

Chuukese MVP athlete brings pride to Chuuk

Congratulations to water polo and swimming athlete Alena Alumbaugh from Chuuk who was recently featured in a Pacific Daily News article. Daughter of Dolores and Richard Alumbaugh, Alena started swimming at an early age when the family lived in California. She transitioned to water polo when the family moved to Oahu where Richard serves in [...]

Chuukese wrestler wins two silver medals at Oceania Wrestling Championships

Samoa. On April 7 and 8, wrestlers from Oceania – Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia – came to Samoa to compete in the Oceania Wrestling Championships.  There were many excellent wrestlers from throughout the region. Greco-Roman wrestling was the first style to be contested. Keitani Graham, representing the FSM and his home state [...]

Was this the first organized girls soccer game in the FSM?

On Saturday morning March 6 a girls’  soccer game was played between St Cecilia girls and Xavier High School (XHS) girls at Andersen Field, in Weno Island, Chuuk State.  This may have been the first organized league soccer game ever played between two girls teams. If not the first, it certainly was one of the [...]

Chuukese Citizens in Guam Celebrate Track & Field Day

CRM extends a word of congratulations to the organizers of the Chuuk Track & Field Day in Guam, August 28 – 30, 2009. Citizen-led efforts such as this can only help build community among our citizens in Guam and encourage our young citizens to make a difference both in their lives as well as the [...]

Chuukese At World Championship in Athletics

Every two years, the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) features world championships at predetermined host cities accross the globe. The 12th edition of this championship now unfolds in Berlin from August 15 to 23, 2009. As the FSM Athletics is an affiliate of IAAF, FSM gets to send competitors to this prestigious and elite [...]