• Tri For Fun Triathlon: April 30 at the Santa Maria Valley YMCA. Join the quarter-mile swim, 12.5- or 17.9-mile bike ride, and 5K run/walk. To register, call the YMCA at 937-8521.
• Santa Maria Youth Football: Registration is May 8 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Westgate Community Room, 1300 Marsala Ave./1800 Westgate in Santa Maria.
• Weightlifting Challenge: The senior Airman Dan Johnson Memorial Patriot Games Challenge at the Santa Maria Athletic Club is May 21. Join powerlifting, bench press, deadlift, and push-pull competitions beginning at 9 a.m., followed by a program in memory of Johnson, the Tuskegee Airmen, veterans, and fallen police officers. For more info, call 344-2186 or e-mail kmctawzer@verizon.net.
Sports Shorts is compiled by Staff Writer Jeremy Thomas. Information should be sent to the Sun via fax, e-mail, or mail.
This article appears in Apr 21-28, 2011.