CHATTER: CSUN'S ANDERSON QUALIFIES FOR TRIALS.

Byline: Lee Barnathan Staff Writer

Cal State Northridge volunteer assistant track coach Avery Anderson qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials in the decathlon when he won the Northridge Multi-Olympics Trials Qualifier with 7,952 points. The trials standard is 7,900 points.

Anderson, an All-American at UCLA and a former Indianapolis Colts receiver, joins CSUN assistant Dominique Arnold in the 110-meter hurdles as Northridge qualifiers. The trials are July 14-23 at Sacramento. . . .

Former Occidental College track and field star Dixon Farmer is returning to the school as its athletic director. Farmer, a 1963 graduate, won the 1961 NCAA 440-yard hurdles championship and was later enshrined in the school's Hall of Fame.

He previously coached at Gustavus Adolphus, San Diego State, Michigan and Washington. For the past two years he has been track and field coordinator for the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. . . .

The nation's only combined soccer coach and referee conference is July 23-25 at Cal State Northridge. More than 200 AYSO coaches and referees will mingle with soccer experts in various clinics, workshops, training sessions and round-table discussions. Information: (800) USA-AYSO, ext. 715 or Ext. 711. . . .

Pepperdine signed six men's basketball players to letters of intent: guards Michael Hall from Pacific of San Bernardino and Micah McKinney of Dominguez; guard-forwards Terrance Johnson from Dallas and Robert Turner from Western High of Anaheim; forward Glen McGowan from Lemon Grove, Calif., and forward-center Will Kimble from Pacific. . . .

The only locals to sign with the Waves are volleyball players Mike Gledhill (from Taft), Lance Walker and Beau Daniels (both from Pierce College) and water polo players Lloyd Mason from La Canada and Morgan Matthies from Malibu. . . .

The Simi Youth 13-year-old PONY All-Star team captured the North Valley Invitational, beating Chatsworth, Sylmar and West Los Angeles twice. The players: Eric Blackwell, Justin Bogoyevac, Lance Bordeleau, Steven Deese, Daniel Flickinger, Nick Frank, Michael Gilmartin, Matt Morris, Robert Pena, Nick Pinneri, DJ Smith, Brian Solomon and Seann Su'a. . . .

Gennifer Arranga, a 5-foot-6 guard from Centennial of Corona, has signed with UCLA. She is a two-time All-Riverside County second-team selection. . . .

The Malibu Baseball School at Pepperdine University is holding summer camps. The high school showcase camp for grades 10-12 is July 16-20 and a residential/commuter camp for ages 12 to 16 is July 23-27. Information: [phone].