Hawaii beach volleyball: Gold for Hartong, Speiler, Cook, Crabb, McKibbins

Former Hawaii All-Americans Emily Hartong, Katie Spieler and Karissa Cook helped the U.S. women win gold and Punahou grads Trevor Crabb, Maddison and Riley McKibbin the men’s gold Wednesday at the ANOC World Beach Games in Doha, Qatar.
In the women’s final, Cook, Hartong, Spieler along with Geena Urango, Kelly Reeves and Allie Wheeler were part of the 4×4 team that beat Brazil, 21-16, 21-9. The U.S. fell to Brazil 21-13, 21-21 in pool play but came back to defeat Vanuatu in the quarterfinals and Canada in the semis.
In the men’s final, Crabb, the McKibbins, Brian Cook, Troy Field and Casey Patterson defeated host Qatar, 21-18, 26-24. Earlier the Americans lost to Qatar in pool play, 16-21, 21-10, 15-10, and came back to down Mozambique in the quarters and Indonesia in the semis.
Cook, Hartong, Reeves and Urango started in the final. Cook had five kills and five blocks, and Hartong six kills and four blocks.
The McKibbins, Crabb and Cook played in the final. Crabb had 11 kills and a block, and Maddison McKibbin five kills and four blocks.
ANOC stands for Association of National Olympic Committees.