Salinas, Butler Earn HPH Silversword Athlete Honors

Chaminade University men's cross country runner Ben Salinas (Highland, Ind./Western Colorado University/Highland HS) and women's volleyball right-side hitter Marcelle Butler (Woodstock, Ga./Howards University/Sequoyah HS) are the Hawai'i Pacific Health Silversword Male and Female Athletes of the Week, for competition between Oct. 18 and 24.
 
Salinas ran in his first 8-kilometer event of the season at last Saturday's Pacific West Conference Cross Country Championships at the Kahuku Golf Course, completing the course in 31 minutes, 26.1 seconds as the 'Swords' second finisher in the race.
 
Butler had 11 kills and four total blocks while hitting .381 in the 'Swords' three-set sweep of in-city rival Hawai'i Pacific University last Wednesday. She is among the team leaders in kills and blocks this season.
 
 
Previous 2021-22 Hawai'i Pacific Health Male and Female Silversword Athletes of the Week:
Aug. 31: Brooklen Pe'a (women's volleyball), no male awardee
Sept. 7: Brandon Yasue (men's soccer), Shantel Torres-Benito (women's soccer)
Sept. 14: Alexia Byrnes (women's volleyball), no male awardee
Sept. 21: Schuyler Peterson (men's golf), Annah Rivera (women's volleyball)
Sept. 28: Kelton Cheney (men's soccer), Caili Cain (women's soccer)
Oct. 5: Owen Daugherty (men's cross country), Eri Leong (women's cross country)
Oct. 12: Elijah Bernardo-Flores (men's cross country), Caitlin Bocobo (women's cross country)
Oct. 19: Colin Roemer (men's soccer), Shayla Padilla (women's soccer)