Cross country team photos Wanted

If you’d like to see your team photo posted on this blog please send me a JPEG copy and I’d be happy to post it.  The following two photos were taken by the Big Dog at the Waiakea meet and the third was taken by a Cougar parent.

Kamehameha-Hawaii girls, head coach is Joel Truesdell

Honokaa girls, head coach, Josh Abner

Click onto photos to enlarge.  Send team pics to waiakeabigdog@aol.com.

The Keaau Cougars, head coach Donna Wong Yuen

HPA girls team photo at https://waynejoseph.wordpress.com/2010/09/29/hpa-girls-cross-country-team-photo/

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HPA Girls Cross Country Team Photo

The following photo was taken by Phyllis Kanekuni after the Ka Makani won the Kaiser Invitational Meet.  Congratulations to the team on a job well done.  For results go to:  https://waynejoseph.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/hpa-girls-cross-country-team-wins-kaiser-invite/

Coach Michael Franklin and the 2010 Lady Ka Makani

BYUH Men & Women Leading Pac West cross country

Chaminade Invitational Sept.25,2010 Men’s 8K Individual Result CUH INV –MEN INDIVIDUAL Place Bib Name Team Time 1 65 Thomas Puzey BYUH 25:54.28 2 61 Mathew Gulden BYUH 26:08.36 3 66 Justin Royer BYUH 26:15.03 4 86 Tyler Kornfield UAF 26:33.80 5 77 Anders Ludvigsen HPU 26:36.13 6 62 Vincente Herrera BYUH 26:41.91 7 93 Keoni Ucker UH-HILO 26:45.73 8 67 Luke Graesser BYUH 27:05.37 9 64 Brandon Krout BYUH 27:06.47 10 59 Nathan Williams CUH 27:10.25 11 78 Dany Malley HPU 27:13.51 12 72 Jon Cleghorn HPU 27:13.85 13 69 Mathew Roberts BYUH 27:27.60 14 91 Nicholas Hagemann UH-HILO 27:47.34 15 87 David Norris UAF 27:48.25 16 85 Andrew Arnold UAF 28:12.09 17 55 Emmanuel Jimenez CUH 28:21.34 18 92 Zach Johnson UH-HILO 28:22.47 19 60 Daniel Bridge BYUH 28:24.55 20 58 Garrett Prinslow CUH 28:26.17 21 84 Lars Arneson UAF 28:26.80 22 89 Eric Soederstroem UAF 28:48.23 23 68 Ryan Spencer BYUH 28:59.36 24 56 Tucker Kidd CUH 29:05.67 25 76 Craig Kandler HPU 29:05.91 26 82 Rasmus Folino Nielsen HPU 29:27.49 27 88 John Parry UAF 29:36.25 28 75 Corey Jennings HPU 29:39.21 29 79 Warren Nastivar HPU 29:39.58 30 90 Cody Priest UAF 29:51.38 31 70 Paul Olea BYUH 30:01.67 32 94 Justin Pang UH-HILO 30:07.13 33 71 Davey Cagle HPU 30:33.90 34 73 John Fratinardo HPU 31:17.94 35 95 Paul Mauser UH-HILO 31:34.62 36 74 Javob Garza HPU 31:51.42 37 96 James Imai UH-HILO 32:15.90 38 80 Christian Smith HPU 34:39.58 39 53 James Coughlin CUH 35:54.31 40 54 Steven Hatton CUH 40:06.44       Men’s 8K Team Result Place  Team  Points Total Points  1  Brigham Young University – Hawaii  1 2 3 6 8 20  2  University of Alaska Fairbanks  4 15 16 21 22 78  3  Hawai’i Pacific University  5 11 12 25 26 79  4  University of Hawaii at Hilo  7 14 18 32 35 106  5  Chaminade University of Hawaii  10 17 20 24 39 110    Chaminade Invitational Sept.25,2010 Women’s 5K Individual Result Place Bib Name Team Time 1 26 Frida Aspnaes HPU 18:31.75 2 35 Raphaela Sieber UAF 18:43.40 3 34 Theresia Schnurr UAF 19:16.40 4 15 Lacey Krout BYUH 19:19.17 5 17 Amanda Wilson BYUH 19:21.46 6 9 Katherine Buxton BYUH 19:31.83 7 38 Ashlee Jimenez UH-Manoa 19:40.47 8 29 Jana Benedix UAF 19:42.42 9 12 Lacee Kurtz BYUH 19:43.43 10 11 Kelsey Elder BYUH 19:43.97 11 16 Eden Lake BYUH 19:46.32 12 8 Heather Brown BYUH 19:48.13 13 20 Kim Kuhnert HPU 19:50.27 14 13 Chanda Romney BYUH 20:02.49 15 36 Liisa Cushing UH-Manoa 20:11.41 16 33 Crystal Pitney UAF 20:15.62 17 30 Heather Edic UAF 20:20.44 18 6 Shannon Whener CUH 20:21.22 19 32 Kinsey Laine UAF 20:22.69 20 48 Kirsta Andrew UH-Hilo 20:25.92 Women’s 5K Team Result Place Team Points Total Points 1 Brigham Young University – Hawaii 4 5 6 9 10 34 2 Univerisity of Alaska Fairbanks 2 3 8 16 17 46 3 Hawai’I Pacific University 1 13 22 26 27 89 4 University of Hawaii at Manoa 7 15 21 25 30 98 5 University of Hawaii at Hilo 20 28 38 40 42 168

HPA Girls cross-country team wins Kaiser Invite

Congratulations to the Hawaii Prep girls cross country team for winning the Kaiser Invitational this past weekend on Oahu.  Michael Franklin’s harriers now set up a showdown against Hilo when the Ka Makani host an all-schools BIIF meet at their Waimea campus on Saturday.  

This photo was taken during the 2009 season by the Big Dog. I’d be happy to post a current photo should someone from HPA send one to me

Girls Varsity Overall Results and Team Results Honolulu Marathon/Kaiser High School  Cross Country Invitational  

Patsy Mink Central Oahu Regional Park September 25, 2010 1PM Girls Varsity  Place TmPl No. Name Yr School Varsity

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1 1 1721 HEIDI NICHOLLS 12 Hawaii Baptist Acadmy 20:06.30

2 2 1866 BREANNE BALL Iolani 20:23.00

3 3 677 JESSICA JOHNSON 12 Kamehameha Schools Oahu 20:39.25

4 4 1082 SOPHIE CURATILO Moanalua High School 20:40.40

5 5 964 COURTNEY GARNER Mililani High School 20:48.50

6 6 968 KIMBERLY PUGLIESE Mililani High School 20:55.50

7 7 214 ZOE SIMS Hpa 21:00.40

8 8 213 KELA VARGAS Hpa 21:05.10

9 1426 CHAYLENE GUINTO St Francis High School 21:06.85

10 9 215 EMILY EVANS Hpa 21:08.90

11 203 TIALANA GREENWELL Honokaa High School 21:18.00

12 912 LYSSA FREITAS 12 Maui High 21:28.20

13 10 769 DEYLYNN WHITE 11 Kapolei High School 21:29.45

14 11 680 AWAPUHI LEE 12 Kamehameha Schools Oahu 21:36.50

15 12 1722 KERI OGOSHI 12 Hawaii Baptist Acadmy 21:38.45

16 13 972 TAYLOR SUWA Mililani High School 21:43.95

17 14 1337 TAYLOR BLACK 11 Radford 21:44.00

18 15 1710 ELISE UYEHARA 9 Hawaii Baptist Acadmy 21:44.75

19 16 899 RACHEL MORIHARA 12 Leilehua 21:50.10

20 17 1624 FUJIWARA KERI Waipahu High School 22:00.70

21 18 889 RHIANNON CLEVELAND 10 Leilehua 22:04.30

22 19 895 KATELYN LACAMERA 10 Leilehua 22:08.55

23 20 1166 RISA LAM 10 Pac5 22:12.00

24 21 217 KRISTIANA VAN PERN Hpa 22:15.75

25 22 966 JACLYN KNAUS Mililani High School 22:16.70

26 23 540 LINNEA TOKUSHIGE Kalani High School 22:18.65

27 24 617 KRYSTIAN-ELIZAB BR 10 Kamehameha Schools Oahu 22:22.55

28 937 TIFFANY TANG 12 McKinley High School 22:26.50

29 25 60 KRISTEN FERNANDEZ- 12 Campbell High School 22:27.10

30 26 1726 AIMEE UYEHARA 12 Hawaii Baptist Acadmy 22:27.60

31 362 KELSI TERAMAE Island Pacific Acadmy 22:40.00

32 27 216 SAM NEAL Hpa 22:41.40

33 28 1870 CASEY MORRISSEY Iolani 22:41.95

34 29 66 CHARLENE VALERIANO 12 Campbell High School 22:49.90

35 30 508 ARITA MAKENZIE 10 Kaiser 22:52.30

36 31 691 LIANA DOLLAR 11 Kamehameha Schools Oahu 22:53.65

37 1242 STACEY LIN 12 Punahou 22:54.40

38 32 218 MARIAH HAIGHT Hpa 22:55.25

39 1205 MERRIE OSHIRO 12 Pearl City High 22:56.15

40 33 970 TAYLOR SINN Mililani High School 23:00.90

41 34 220 PHOEBE HONO Hpa 23:01.60

42 219 HANA SCULLY Hpa 23:03.75

1. HPA 7 8 9 21 27 (32) (34) = 72

Zoe Sims, Kela Vargas, Emily Evans, Kristiana Van Pernis, Sam Neal,  Mariah Haight, Phoebe Hono

2. Mililani High School 5 6 13 22 33 (38) (45) = 79

Courtney Garner, Kimberly Pugliese, Taylor Suwa, Jaclyn Knaus, Taylor  Sinn, Alyssa Stiles, Taylor Reed

3. Hawaii Baptist Acadmy  1 12 15 26 50 (51) (52) = 104

Heidi Nicholls, Keri Ogoshi, Elise Uyehara, Aimee Uyehara, Malia Ito,  Jennifer Bunch, Mary Yeh

Former UH Rainbow Football Coach, Bob Wagner, staying healthy

Kamehameha-Hawaii AD, Bob Wagner

I’m certainly glad its football season again as there is nothing I enjoy more than watching my favorite team, the Rainbows, on television.

Even before I graduated from the University of Hawaii, Manoa, I was a huge fan and when I lived on Oahu I attended most of the games at Aloha Stadium.

That is why I was impressed to meet former Rainbow coach, Bob Wagner, who is now the Athletic Director at Kamehameha-Hawaii.

Wagner assumed the Rainbow head coaching job in 1987 and led the team to their first top 20 finish in 1992.  During his tenure at UH Wagner guided the Rainbows to their first Western Athletic Championship and was instrumental in giving the ‘Bows national recognition before leaving in 1995.

At age 63 Wagner looks in great physical shape, I knew I needed to get to know him better so that I could write a Big Dog story about him.

Sure enough this active senior citizen continues to work out regularly and eat healthy.

“I will usually workout five days a week for at least an hour a day,” Wagner said.  “I spend an hour either on a regular or stationary bike and I will do core exercises and stretching three to five days during the week.”

Wagner grew up in the Midwest where sports played a big part in childhood development.

 “I was always playing something each season from an early age,” Wagner said. 

At Newark Senior High School in Newark, Ohio, Wagner became a one sport varsity player and that sport, of course was football. 

“I went to a big high school and then went on to attend Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio where I played both football and lacrosse,” he said.

Wagner credits a lot of his success to the coaches he had while growing up. 

“I was very fortunate to have outstanding high school coaches.  I was even more fortunate in college to play for two coaches who are both in the college football Hall of Fame,” he said.“I really believe that the foundation of having good coaches had a lot to do with my getting involved in physical education and athletics.”

Today Wagner supplements his biking and stretching workouts with water aerobics in the ocean accompanied by some core exercises that basically work the abdominal muscles.

Wagner takes care of his body by eating healthy foods.

“For breakfast, five to seven times per week, I will eat oatmeal with blueberries, walnuts, a banana and flaxseed meal. At least once a week I will have a fish sandwich and a salad at Hokulani’s as they have maybe the best fish sandwich in the state,” Wagner said with a wide grin.

Wagner will also eat healthy by consuming low fat foods, such as fish, some poultry and very little red meat.

“My lunches and dinner meals follow a low fat diet and I will usually include an apple and an orange each day.  I try to stay away from sweets, but will have a dessert every now and then,” Wagner said.

Wagner is a good example of a senior citizen who continues to work at a full and stressful job, but maintains a good balance of exercise and a healthy diet.

“I try to get at least five hours of a cardiovascular workout each week as well as maintaining a core workout and stretching routine,” he said.

Staying active, eating right and maintaining a strong social network all help in leading us towards a healthy and productive lifestyle.

Bob Wagner is one of the many fine examples of people who continue to work full time, yet maintain a regular exercise routine and a healthy diet.

As an athletic director the job responsibilities require much more than a normal 40 hour workweek, which is no easy feat for anyone, especially for those of us in our 60’s.

And what does this former Rainbow coach look for when hiring coaches for Kamehameha?

“A good coach to me is a good person first, one that can communicate and that has passion to help the kids,” Wagner said.  “A good coach is also good for the sport and is smart and brings lots of knowledge and experience.  Pretty much in that order.”

Wagner continues to support Rainbow athletics as he and former UH football coach, Dick Tomey, attended a fundraiser function on Oahu recently.

“I’ve always tried to eat healthy and to stay active most of my life,” Wagner said.  “Because of past knee injuries I have mostly been on the bike for the last 25 to 30 years.  I really believe that this has saved me from having knee replacement surgery.”

I admire Bob Wagner for his contributions he made to my favorite team, the Rainbows, but more importantly for the hard work and dedication he has given over a lifetime to the development of sports.

 “The Rainbows will always mean a lot to me.  From day one I thought of the Rainbows as a melting pot football team, with young men of varied nationalities and ethnic groups coming together.  It brought to mind the Jesse Jackson, Rainbow Coalition where all races could come together as one,” Wagner said.

Our hometown university team has many loyal fans and traditionalist who will continue to call them the Rainbows.  UH football is like Wagner believed, closely associated to Jesse Jackson’s melting pot coalition. 

“America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth,” Jackson said.

Go Bows!

And someday should you happen to see a Rainbows fan come jogging through the streets of Hilo remember to smile, say “woof” and never shy away from “Running with the Big Dog.”

Email the Big Dog at waiakeabigdog@aol.com.