UH Hilo women at the West Regionals – results

25.   777  Hawaii-Hilo                              (  28:50  2:24:06   8:45)
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  1    142  Nadia Ramirez            26:02
2    147  Jordan Bledsoe           26:40
3    158  Keri Fujiwara            27:53
4    164  Justina Wood             28:44
5    166  Hillary Ramos            34:47

 

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UHH Vulcan Invite Complete Womens Results

2012 University of Hawaii at Hilo Invitational
Naniloa Volcanoes Resort Golf Course
5k Women		8 a.m.		10/13/2012		Time
1	1		Polina	Babkina	Hawaii Pacific		18.12
2	2		Emily	Ochsner	Chaminade		18.32
3	3		Kim	Kuhnert	Hawaii Pacific		19.26
4	4		Shannon	White	Hawaii Pacific		19.29
5	5		Andrea	Martin	BYU-Hawaii		19.38
6	6		Evelina	Maanson	Hawaii Pacific		19.39
7	7		Jessica	Paget	BYU-Hawaii		19.41
8	8		Nadia	Ramirez	Hawaii Hilo		19.48
9	9		Amy	King	BYU-Hawaii		19.52
10	10		Kelly	Dobbins	Hawaii Pacific		19.57
11	11		Haley	Olcott	BYU-Hawaii		19.59
12	12		Micaela	Jaramillo	BYU-Hawaii		20.22
13	13		Chelsea	Ollar	BYU-Hawaii		20.29
14	14		Taylor	Sinn	Hawaii Pacific		20.39
15	15		Keri	Fujiwara	Hawaii Hilo		20.51
16	16		Jordan	Bledsoe	Hawaii Hilo		21.11
17	17		Marissa	Kunsch	Hawaii Pacific		21.30
18	18		Laura	Spiegel	Chaminade		21.50
19	19		Jessica	Wences	Chaminade		22.18
20	20		Kristine	Kaneichi	Chaminade		22.40
21	21		Shannon	Whener	Chaminade		23.06
22	22		Justina	Wood	Hawaii Hilo		23.49
23	23		Hillary	Ramos	Hawaii Hilo		26.29
24	24		Lyssa	Freitas	Chaminade		26.34
1			Hawaii Pacific		24
2			BYU-Hawaii		44
3			Chaminade		80
4			Hawaii Hilo		84

UHH Vulcan Invite X-C final Men’s Results

2012 University of Hawaii at Hilo Invitational
Naniloa Volcanoes Resort Golf Course
5k Men		8:45 a.m.		10/13/2012		Time
1	1		Spencer	DeAvilla	BYU-Hawaii		15.48
2	2		Jorge	Cisneros	Chaminade		15.48
3	3		Leandro	Santillan	Hawaii Pacific		16.07
4	4		Kevin	Miller	BYU-Hawaii		16.09
5	5		Jonathan	Hooke	BYU-Hawaii		16.17
6	6		Matthew	Belliston	BYU-Hawaii		16.26
7	7		Parker	Hawkins	BYU-Hawaii		16.36
8	8		Nicola	Perez-Garreaud	Chaminade		16.41
9	9		Clayton	Kearl	BYU-Hawaii		16.46
10	10		Craig	Kandler	Hawaii Pacific		16.51
11	11		Marco	Perez	Hawaii Pacific		16.58
12	12		Matt	Baker	Hawaii Pacific		17.03
13	13		David	Madison	Hawaii Pacific		17.06
14	14		Emmanuel	Jimenez	Chaminade		17.07
15	15		Davey	Cagle	Hawaii Pacific		17.09
16	16		Sebastian	Cruz	Hawaii Pacific		17.09
17	17		Corey	Jennings	Hawaii Pacific		17.17
18	18		John	Fratinardo	Hawaii Pacific		18.12
19	19		Aris	Springs	Chaminade		19.08
20	20		Kevin	Ruaro	Chaminade		19.08
21	21		James III	Coughlin	Chaminade		19.24
1			BYU-Hawaii		23
2			Hawaii Pacific		49
3			Chaminade		63

UHH X-C Invite a Homecoming for some

Karl Honma

Naniloa Driving Range – There were no golf balls being hits at the Naniloa Driving Range on Saturday as members of the Pac West cross country were running a three mile course and doing loops on the flat, all grass surface as the University of Hawaii at Hilo held their annual Invitational.

While the ladies from UHH were finishing in fourth place out of four scoring teams there was a pair of Big Island Interscholastic Federation coaches leaving their mark at the Invite.

Karl Honma a long time Hawaii Preparatory Academy coach was on hand leading the Hawaii Pacific University women to a team victory.

“I was at HPA for 17 seasons and this is the 20^th anniversary of the Ka Makani boys winning a state championship,” Honma said.

Honma who now works with the HPU girls was quick to point out that he is only a letter away from his former school.

“There is no place like being on the Big Island ‘’,” Honma said. 

Polina Babkina from HPU won the 3 miler in 18:12 from Russia via West Alabama.

“This is my second month in the Pac West and I wish there was more competition,” she said.  “I hit all of my splits and I had to push myself.”

HPU won the girls team scoring with 24 points followed by Bingham Young University with 44, Chaminade with 80 and UHH 84.

 

Leading the way for the Vulcan women was Nadia Ramirez in 8^th place overall (19:48), Keri Fijiwara 15th place (20:51), Jordan Bledsoe 16^th (21:11), Justina Wood 22 (23:49) and Hillary Ramos 23 (26:39).

There were a total of 24 girls running in the race.

Ramirez, a 2011 graduate of Hilo High has led the team posting the fastest times and claims to have “a love hate relationship with running.”

“Coach Jaime doesn’t let me quit and he pushes me,” she said.

With a bare bones budget which doesn’t allow for scholarships Coach Guerpo has raised only enough funds for travel for the Lady Vuls which makes it difficult to compete against other schools in the PacWest.

“Next season we’ll have a limited scholarship budget which means I can go out and recruit some runners,” Guerpo said.

For the men it was Spencer DeAvilla from BYUH winning again this year in a time of 15:48.

It wasn’t as easy for DeAvilla this time around as he was chased by Jorge Cisneros from Chaminade in what was a near photo finish.  Both men clocked in at 15:48.

DeAvilla, a senior, took the early lead just 100 meters into the race.

“I probably went out too fast, but the course was flat with no hills and the weather was ideal,” he said.  “I love coming to Hilo and I love this course.”

DeAvilla kept a modest lead throughout the race before Cisneros made his move.

“In the closing parts of the race I became a little worried,” DeAvilla said.  “It’s a good thing we practiced speed work during the week.”

BYUH won the team scoring with 23 points to the HPU men with 49 and Chaminade had 63.

It made it a clean sweep for former BIIF Coaches as Norman Kaluhiokalani of BYUH is a former Kau coach from 1971 to 1973.

“I’ve been at BYUH since 1973, some 39 years and I’ve been very blessed to have produced many men’s and women’s team champions while being there,” he said.  “Coach Jaime really has done a lot to improve this course over the years.”

For Coach Guerpo hosting a race is a good opportunity to showcase Hilo to the rest of the conference.

“I love planning and hosting a PacWest meet,” he said.  “It’s a good course and I get lots of positive feedback from the rest of the runners and coaches in the conference.”

Guerpo gave lots of credit to his timing crew and support staff for making it all possible.

“Howard Meguro let us run on the driving range and even practice on it,” Guerpo said.

Due to the low impact on the muscles some teams, such as the girls from HPU, decided to run the 3 miles barefooted.

“You can also run it with spikes, flats or in the case of the HPU women even barefooted,” said Guerpo.

This is Guerpo 14^th season and his 4^th season hosting the Vulcan Invite from the Naniloa Driving Range.

On tap for the Lady Vulcan’s are travel dates on Oct 27 and Regional’s on Nov 3 in which there will be 30 plus schools in competition according to Guerpo.