Hilo’s Shina Chung wins third BIIF pole vault title
KEAAU – Over three hundred athletes were vying for a spot at the Big Island Interscholastic Federation Championships on Friday as two events have come to conclusion.
Hilo’s Shina Chung and Waiakea’s Travis Winters were reaching into the afternoon sky at Kamehameha’s Pai’ea Stadium as the girl’s pole vault and boy’s high jump were having their finals.
Chung, one of the best in the state at girl’s pole vault, won her third consecutive leagues crown by clearing 9-06, not her best, but good enough to bring her a BIIF individual championship title.
“I came in at 9 feet and there were no other girls in the competition at that point,” Chung said. “Nine feet is the starting height for the state championships and my coach (Sherman Viernes) wants me to be ready.
When Chung came in for her first jump all her competitors had already been eliminated as her closet rival Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s Sydney Budde, cleared 8 feet and went out at 8-06.
“I was nervous because I came in with ‘No Height’ and everyone was done,” Chung said.
But the Viking vaulter had little trouble at 9 feet, clearing the bar on her first attempt, and then later going over 9-06 on her second attempt.
“My goal was to repeat as the pole vault champ,” she said. “Now I’m hoping to improve on my fifth place finish at states last year.”
Winters had lots of competition in the high jump as he and three others were able to clear the bar at 5-10 but Winters was declared the BIIF champ as he managed to do it on his first jump.
“I came in at 5-04 and worked my way up,” Winters said. “This was the second time I cleared 5-10 in the past two weeks, but this is my first BIIF title.”
Also clearing 5-10 was HPA’s George Twigg-Smith and Kyle Katase, along with Keaau’s Joseph Aquino, Jr.
“I only started practice high jump four meets ago,” Winters said. “My first time at high jump practice I cleared 5-06 and my coach said that this was an event I could excel in.”
On the infield it was Kamehameha’s Kaenan Aukai Akua setting a new standard in the long jump with his leap of 22-09 to rank him number one in the state.
“I was looking at the other state leader and I knew I need to hit 22 feet to catch him,” Akua the two time BIIF long jump champ said. “I was looking for a good jump and I had the speed and take off in the air.”
Akua’s leap separated himself by nine inches from the previous state leader and the junior Warrior believes it can still get better.
“I need to keep my feet out front as far as I can and I need to keep my butt off the sand,” Akua said.
Not to be outdone Konawaena’s Lia Galdeira leaped 17-10 to make her the number one contender in the BIIF going into the championships and #2 in the state.
Galdeira’s fantastic jump came moments after the gifted junior false started the 100 meter hurdles to eliminate herself from one of her premiere events.
“I was upset with the DQ,” Galdeira said.
The disqualification is the hurdles proved to be the driving force behind Galdeira’s impressive long jump as that distance carries over into the finals.
Galdeira believes that she is capable of going over 18 feet within the next week to set her up for a possible gold medal at the state championships.
Wildcat teammate Ua Ruedy was producing eye popping results during the Qualifiers in the 100 and 200 dashes, 100 and 300 hurdles, and the long and triple jump to give her six individual events going into the finals.
Ruedy is considered by many to have the best chance to score the most points during the championship finals which would qualify her to be named female track athlete of the year.
Defending girls team champions, HPA, is considered the top contender for repeating as team champs but coach Pat Lau is taking nothing for granted.
“Anything can happen,” Lau said. “One mistake can change the outcome. Everything leading up to the championships has been a rehearsal and hopefully everything will fall into place.”
Since 2007 Lau’s Ka Makani girls teams have never finished lower than second.
“It’s not just about the athletes,” Lau said. “Our coaches spend a lot of time with the kids and make a big difference in the outcome.”
Kamehameha is the defending boy’s team champion and Warrior Coach Kimo Weaver believes that any school can win it all.
“There is no clear favorite for the boy’s team title,” Weaver said. “There are four teams in the hunt, including us, and anything can happen.
The BIIF championship begins with field events starting at 3pm and running events at 4 at Kamehameha’s Pai’ea Stadium on Saturday. Admission charges are $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and $1 for students with activity cards.
BIIF High Jump Results from Keaau Track & Feild Meet
Girls High Jump
BIIFQualify: B 4-02
HHSAA Auto: A 5-00
HHSAA Cons: C 4-10
1 Pamela Lynn SR Hawaii Prep 4-10.00C 10
2 Kaila Voss JR Kealakehe 4-08.00B 8
3 Rachael Bianchi JR Kealakehe J4-08.00B 6
4 Catherine Thorbecke JR Hawaii Prep 4-06.00B 4
5 Nani Welch Keliihoomalu FR Hawaii Prep 4-02.00B 2
6 Natalie Hagemann SO Keaau 4-00.00 1 Boys High Jump BIIFQualify: B 5-02 HHSAA Auto: A 6-00 HHSAA Cons: C 5-08 1 Travis Winters JR Waiakea 5-10.00C 10 2 Kyle Katase SR Hawaii Prep 5-08.00C 8 3 Joseph Aquino Jr JR Keaau 5-06.00B 6 4 Robert Mockchew SR Kealakehe 5-06.00B 3 4 Rokas Cesnulevicius SR Hawaii Prep 5-06.00B 3 6 Micah Kaaihue FR Kamehameha HI 5-04.00B 1
BIIF Long Jump Results from Kona – McKee – Kaopua on top
Boys Long Jump BIIFQualify: B 17-00 HHSAA Auto: A 21-00.25 HHSAA Cons: C1910.50
1 Everett McKee SR Kamehameha HI 19-11.25C 10
2 Alika Kaopua JR Ka’u 19-04.25B 8
3 George Twigg-Smith SR Hawaii Prep 18-08.50B 6
4 Kyle Katase SR Hawaii Prep 18-03.75B 4
5 Johnny Chow SR Keaau 18-02.25B 2
6 Christopher Hu FR Waiakea 17-08.00B 1
Girls Long Jump BIIFQualify: B 13-00 HHSAA Auto: A 16-05.50 HHSAA Cons: C 15-04
1 Emalia Galdeira JR Konawaena 15-08.00C 10 2 Kristina Padrigo SO Ka'u 14-10.75B 8 3 Marley Strand-Nicolaisen SO Ka'u 14-07.00B 6 4 Shani Cosma SO Keaau 14-04.25B 4 5 Talea Lischetski JR Kealakehe 14-02.50B 2 6 Britney Paahana JR Konawaena 14-02.25B 1
BIIF Swimming Results – Top three teams and individual finishers
Hilo Aquatic Club/Hilo HS HY-TEK’s MEET MANAGER 3.0 – BIIF Swimming & Diving – 1/8/2011Results
#2 Men 1 mtr Diving BIIF LEAGUE: 195.30# 1984 Michael Aki
1 Michael, Duncan 15 HPA-HI 106.70
#3 Women 200 Yard Medley Relay
BIIF LEAGUE: 1:49.95# 2002 WAIK J. Bartolome, C. Kaapu-Lyons, N. Okuna,T. Binek 2:02.08 STAT 2:07.27 CONS
Team R elay Finals Time
1 HILO A 1:57.82 STAT Ichinose, Sharae Tsuha, Beth Kojiro, Emilee Carlson, Ginger 29.06 32.53 29.47 26.76
2 WAIK-HI A 2:00.56 STAT Paulachak, Kara 15 Uekawa, Madisyn 14 Kawakami, Kasey 13 Hill, Lauren 15 31.75 31.36 29.24 28.21
3 HPA-HI A 2:04.86 CONS Twigg-Smith, Hannah 13 Cuartero, Jellian 14 Luciani, Bhillie 14 Vernola, Amber 16 32.79 35.80 29.56 26.71
#4 Men 200 Yard Medley Relay BIIF LEAGUE: 1:40.32# 2007 KEAL
P. Greenwell, D. Coakley, N. Garrett, M. Hamilton 1:51.07 STAT 2:01.00 CONS
1 HPA-HI A 1:38.16# STAT Nakachi, Kaikea 16 Katase, Kyle 16 Ross, Ryan 1Borowski, Logan 16 24.90 27.43 24.48 21.35
2 HILO A 1:44.84 STAT Gandall, Kinney Kubo, Christian Takeda, Justin O’Shaughnessy, Patrick 27.75 29.16 24.49 23.44
3 WAIK-HI A 1:45.05 STAT Kawano, Ryan 16 Kuwaye-Tamanaha, Ren 13 Uekawa, Grant 16 Causey, Campbell 15 27.72 29.57 24.42 23.34
#5 Women 200 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 1:54.28# 2008 Krista Maier 2:02.63 STAT 2:05.52 CONS
1 Shimizu, Rachel 15WAIK-HI 1:59.46 STAT 27.69 29.98 30.96 30.83
2 Tsuha, Beth HILO 2:01.07 STAT 28.46 30.75 30.52 31.34
3 Imoto, Paula 14 KS-H 2:07.31 28.68 31.64 33.15 33.84
#6 Men 200 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 1:44.84# 1981 Kimo Guerrero 1:49.52 STAT 1:57.39 CONS
1 Causey, Campbell 15WAIK-HI 1:49.46 STAT 25.12 27.88 28.76 27.70
2 Gandall, Kinney HILO 1:49.96 CONS 25.27 27.43 28.58 28.68
3 Hill, Adam 13WAIK-HI 1:57.77 26.05 29.96 31.19 30.57
#7 Women 200 Yard IM BIIF LEAGUE: 2:09.62# 2002 Marlene Yafuso 2:21.66 STAT 2:24.25 CONS
1 Hauanio, Madison-Ga i1l4 KEAL-HI 2:16.72 STAT 29.11 34.38 41.88 31.35
2 Ichinose, Sharae HILO 2:19.06 STAT 28.39 34.85 43.39 32.43
3 Calderara, Aurora 17WAIK-HI 2:22.53 CONS 29.87 35.36 43.26 34.04
#8 Men 200 Yard IM BIIF LEAGUE: 1:59.01# 2000 Thomas Sanford 2:07.58 STAT 2:14.25 CONS
1 Nakachi, Kaikea 16 HPA-HI 1:59.12 STAT 24.84 29.61 36.99 27.68
2 Kuwaye-Tamanaha, R 1en3WAIK-HI 2:07.55 STAT 27.17 33.24 36.34 30.80
3 Uekawa, Grant 16WAIK-HI 2:08.19 CONS 26.33 34.57 39.32 27.97
#9 Women 50 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 24.21# 2002 Tamarah Binek 25.90 STAT 26.59 CONS
1 Uekawa, Madisyn 14WAIK-HI 24.78 STAT
2 Vernola, Amber 16 HPA-HI 27.01
3 Carlson, Ginger HILO 27.02
#10 Men 50 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 20.64# 2006 Daniel Coakley 23.15 STAT 23.79 CONS
1 Borowski, Logan 16 HPA-HI 21.75 STAT
2 Katase, Kyle 16 HPA-HI 22.44 STAT
3 Rimando, Ryan 16WAIK-HI 22.66 STAT
#11 Women 100 Yard Fly BIIF LEAGUE: 57.86# 2002 Nicole Okuna 1:03.81 STAT 1:07.49 CONS
1 King, Akemi 14WAIK-HI 1:04.24 CONS 30.16 34.08
2 Camacho, Leahi 13 KEAL-HI 1:04.46 CONS 30.26 34.20
3 Jernigan, Kelly 16 KEAL-HI 1:05.79 CONS 29.96 35.83
#12 Men 100 Yard Fly BIIF LEAGUE: 51.59# 2010 Logan Borowski 57.28 STAT 59.99 CONS
1 Uekawa, Grant 16WAIK-HI 54.34 STAT 25.43 28.91
2 Kawano, Ryan 16WAIK-HI 55.72 STAT 25.29 30.43
3 Takeda, Justin HILO 56.84 STAT 25.97 30.87
#13 Women 100 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 53.29# 2004 Tamarah Binek 56.31 STAT 58.81 CONS
1 Uekawa, Madisyn 14WAIK-HI 54.44 STAT 25.81 28.63
2 Shimizu, Rachel 15WAIK-HI 57.09 CONS 27.36 29.73
3 Jernigan, Cara 14 KEAL-HI 58.01 CONS 27.70 30.31
#14 Men 100 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 46.79# 2007 Daniel Coakley 51.13 STAT 53.15 CONS
1 Borowski, Logan 16 HPA-HI 48.78 STAT 24.67 24.11
2 Rimando, Ryan 16WAIK-HI 50.84 STAT
3 Ross, Ryan 16 HPA-HI 50.91 STAT 24.58 26.33
#15 Women 500 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 5:03.28# 2008 Krista Maier 5:30.81 STAT 5:40.09 CONS
1 Tsuha, Beth HILO 5:22.75 STAT 30.08 32.33 33.04 32.82 32.81 33.29 32.43 33.08 32.52 30.35
2 Hauanio, Madison-Ga i1l4 KEAL-HI 5:23.03 STAT 29.34 32.48 32.59 33.04 33.15 33.06 32.64 33.03 33.06 30.64
3 Imoto, Paula 14 KS-H 5:45.31 30.53 33.55 34.32 34.48 35.86 35.74 35.16 36.21 35.32 34.14
#16 Men 500 Yard Free BIIF LEAGUE: 4:49.28# 1980 Kimo Guerrero 5:05.59 STAT 5:22.58 CONS
1 Causey, Campbell 15WAIK-HI 4:57.58 STAT 26.07 28.62 29.07 30.06 29.90 30.31 31.14 31.72 31.24 29.45
2 Gandall, Kinney HILO 5:03.96 STAT 26.54 29.22 30.01 30.57 31.50 31.81 30.96 31.41 32.29 29.65
3 Foo, Ky 15 KEAL-HI 5:04.87 STAT 26.83 30.77 32.13 33.64 29.95 29.24 30.92 30.06 31.88 29.45
#17 Women 200 Yard Free Relay BIIF LEAGUE: 1:40.71# 2002 WAIK W. Nekoba, N. Okuna, M. Yafuso, T. Binek
1:46.39 STAT 1:53.10 CONS
1 WAIK-HI A 1:53.16 Hill, Lauren 15 Torigoe, Katie 15 Jobes, Jayna 14 Nakamura, Kirsten 14 27.62 28.89 27.49 29.16
2 HPA-HI A 1:58.58 Marbach, Josie 15 DiZinno, Madi 16 Francis, Seychelle 13 Luciani, Bhillie 14 31.30 29.53 30.20 27.55
3 HILO B 2:04.20 Chambless, Kadey Pitoy, Shea Sampaga, Erica Ongais, Kayla 30.33 28.60 35.63 29.64
#18 Men 200 Yard Free Relay BIIF LEAGUE: 1:29.35# 2010 HPA K. Katase, K. Nakachi, L. Borowski, R. Ross
1:38.03 STAT 1:43.11 CONS
1 HPA-HI B 1:33.28 STAT Nakachi, Kaikea 16 Ross, Ryan 16 Ryan, Koiawe 15 Tarnas, Kulan 15 22.29 22.84 23.97 24.18
2 HPA-HI A 1:35.17 STAT Borowski, Logan 16 Monahan, Michael 17 Tanoai, Kainoa 15 Katase, Kyle 16 21.53 25.64 25.92 22.08
3 HILO A 1:45.79 Takeda, Justin Kerr, Max Vargas, Nathan Jack, Kaleo 23.45 28.02 27.17 27.15
#19 Women 100 Yard Back BIIF LEAGUE: 59.84# 2010 Alyssa Foo 1:04.09 STAT 1:08.00 CONS
1 Ichinose, Sharae HILO 1:02.61 STAT 30.22 32.39
2 Hauanio, Madison-Ga i1l4 KEAL-HI 1:05.07 CONS 31.25 33.82
3 Kawakami, Kasey 13WAIK-HI 1:05.32 CONS 31.66 33.66
#20 Men 100 Yard Back BIIF LEAGUE: 53.57# 2010 Kaikea Nakachi 59.79 STAT 1:04.38 CONS
1 Nakachi, Kaikea 16 HPA-HI 52.69# STAT 25.73 26.96
2 Bisel, Ryan HILO 1:01.46 CONS 30.14 31.32
3 Friend, JP 16 KEAL-HI 1:02.97 CONS 30.58 32.39
#21 Women 100 Yard Breast BIIF LEAGUE: 1:06.07# 2002 Cassie Kaapu-Lyons 1:12.29 STAT 1:14.67 CONS
1 Uekawa, Madisyn 14WAIK-HI 1:07.72 STAT 31.30 36.42
2 Jernigan, Cara 14 KEAL-HI 1:11.81 STAT 34.28 37.53
3 Shimizu, Rachel 15WAIK-HI 1:14.78 35.22 39.56
#22 Men 100 Yard Breast BIIF LEAGUE: 58.61# 2010 Peter Chi 1:04.04 STAT 1:07.73 CONS
1 Katase, Kyle 16 HPA-HI 1:00.91 STAT 28.63 32.28
2 Rimando, Ryan 16WAIK-HI 1:01.46 STAT 28.35 33.11
3 Kubo, Christian HILO 1:03.69 STAT 30.47 33.22
#23 Women 400 Yard Free Relay BIIF LEAGUE: 3:41.82# 2001 WAIK M. Rivera, T. Binek, M. Yafuso, N. Okuna
3:56.19 STAT 4:15.99 CONS
1 HILO A 3:47.58 STAT Ichinose, Sharae Kojiro, Emilee Carlson, Ginger Tsuha, Beth 26.59 55.94 28.08 58.97 27.59 58.13 25.74 54.54
2 KEAL-HI A 3:50.66 STAT Hauanio, Madison-Gail 14 Jernigan, Kelly 16 Camacho, Leahi 13 Kalua’U, Jes-Ai 14 26.92 56.12 28.04 58.32 27.87 58.34 27.89 57.88
3 WAIK-HI A 3:54.56 STAT Shimizu, Rachel 15 Flores-Oishi, Coco 13 Jobes, Jayna 14 Kawakami, Kasey 1327.91 57.47 28.47 1:00.15 27.92 58.83 27.55 58.11
#24 Men 400 Yard Free Relay BIIF LEAGUE: 3:18.74# 2007 KEAL N. Garrett, I. Cristobal, M. Hamilton, D. Coakley
3:35.82 STAT 3:52.06 CONS
1 WAIK-HI A 3:29.28 STAT Causey, Campbell 15 Hill, Adam 13 Peng, Patrick 15 Uekawa, Grant 16 24.77 51.80 25.05 52.91 26.44 54.81 23.91 49.76
2 HILO A 3:29.59 STAT Gandall, Kinney Bisel, Ryan Hamane, Cody Weller, Kepa 24.57 50.57 24.93 52.41 24.87 52.72 25.33 53.89
3 KS-H A 4:14.11 Hulse, Cooper Paulino, Laa Kalaukoa, Nainoa 15 Lawcock, Joshua 13 26.64 56.45 27.98 1:01.29 29.93 1:06.08 31.67 1:10.29