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Canefire Conditioner a tradional fun race for pairs

KEAAU – The Big Island Interscholastic Federation opened its season with a traditional Canefire Conditioner, on the campus of Christian Liberty Academy.

It doesn’t happen to be your usual 3 mile cross country race because harriers are paired up with a teammate and there are special rules for team scoring.

“I ran a conditioner at Taylor University (Indiana). It too was a preseason race,” CLA Coach Frank Grotenhuis said.

The objective is to allow everyone to run with a partner doing a relay format so that each runs a total of 3 miles (the total distance in a BIIF race, but with taking a 1 mile interval beak in between.

Hilo’s 1st and 2nd place teams.

“I think that the kids like it because they have a rest between each mile and they can get away with not being in 3 mile shape,” Grotenhuis said. “Coaches have liked the fact that it’s a low key event, they get to see where their kids are at, and they can see some of their runners win awards.”

“Our goal has been to make it a fun event for the schools and give them a chance to get out to Keaau and see our campus,” Grotenhuis said. “It is always an eye opener for our school to see how popular cross country is!”

The Canefire conditioner gives 3 team trophies and 15 pairs of medals per race, according to Grotenhuis.

This year’s winner pair were both for Hilo in Stephen Hunter and Timon Skinner for the boys and Mahana Sabado-Halpern and Nina Bean for the girls.

Viking Coach Lory Hunter divided her girl pairs so that their number 1 runner would be paired with their number 4 runner and their #2 would be paired with #3.

“We wanted the team pair to push each other,” Coach Hunter said.

And Hilo strategy paid off as their two teams battled for first place and finished one-two with Carmen Garson-Shumway and Kaylee Rapoza finishing within three minutes of each other.

#2 boys team Honokaa & #1 Hilo

“This is an exciting run and this is my favorite race,” Garson-Shumway said.

Bean echoed her teammate statement, “we pushed them to run hard and we paced them to make it fun” she said.

The Hilo pairs were clocked at their mile splits in the 6:52 range with the final mile reaching a speedy 6:02.

The third pair crossing the finish line was TeHani Jones and Tiana Iwata from Kamehameha.

Each coach came with their own strategy.

Michael Franklin head coach for Hawaii Prep Academy girl’s team said he has been doing the same thing for the past 5 years. He didn’t want to pull any surprises on anybody and the whole thing about his team strategy is to try to train them to run as a pack.

HPA lost to Hilo in team scoring by one point. But that didn’t change Franklin’s opinion of his strategy to train them to run as a group.

Coach Jordon Rosado of Waiakea said he likes the format at CLA because it affords his team to rest between miles and he wants to see what it is like when you put all these miles together during the week.

“It’s a great fun way to keep kids motivated to want to run and the CLA coach does a fantastic job putting this event together,” Rosado said.

Coach Joel Truesdell of Kamehameha’s team has done the Canefire conditioner for all seven years.

“It’s a great way to kick off the season, the kids love it. We don’t really train for the race.

Frank Grotenhuis is a great host and it’s his way of showing aloha,” Truesdell said.

On the boy’s side, was another pair of Hilo boys in Stephen Hunter and Timon Skinner taking first place.

“We were running in second place until our final baton pass in which we took over the lead,” Hunter said.

The Honokaa Dragon’s had a ten second lead on Hunter but the young Viking made up the time in a thrilling eleven second turn around.

Hunter had to pass the Dragons in the final baton pass to make it a clean sweep for the Vikings, but Honokaa still pulled out a team title.

Another pair of Vikings in Isreal Sim and Max Panoff came in third place within a minute of the other Hilo team.

Fourth place went to the pair of Paul Gregg and Tyler McCullough from Parker as the Bulls were separated by a mere minute and twelve seconds from first place.

But in the Conditioner format it takes your top four scoring teams to win the team title.

Despite the high temperature of a noon day boy’s race and no trade winds coming through the cane fields it still made for a great venue.

Grotenhuis keeps getting larger and larger participation, with 300 last year and a total of 328 runners this year.

CLA makes the awards possible through a series of fund raisers throughout the year, according to Grotenhuis.

A change in venue has BIIF cross country moving to the campus of HPA next Saturday Sept 1 starting at 10 a.m. instead of Kealakehe.

August 26, 2012 Posted by waynejoseph | High School Runners | Canefire Conditioner 2012, Carmen Garson-Shumway, Frank Grotenhuis, Isreal Sim, Joel Truesdell, Jordan Rosado, Kaylee Rapoza, Lory Hunter, Mahana Sabado-Halpern, Max Panoff, Michael Franklin, Nina Bean, Paul Gregg, Stephen Hunter, Tehani Jones, Tiani Iwata, Timon Skinner, Tyler McCullough | 1 Comment

Complete Results from the Vulcan 5K

University of Hawaii at Hilo Vulcan XC 5k Run August 11, 2012 Naniloa Volcanoes Golf Course, Hilo, 8:00am
					Pace
Plc	Name	Div		Time	(min/mi)
1	Billy Barnett	20-29		17:07	5:31
2	Chris Mosch	15-19		17:12	5:32
3	Chris Gregory	20-29		17:12	5:32
4	Ian McQuate	15-19		18:25	5:56
5	Ziggy Bartholomy	≤14		18:25	5:56
6	Andrew Langtry	15-19		18:29	5:57
7	Israel Sims	15-19		18:30	5:57
8	Stephen Hunter	15-19		18:56	6:05
9	Joe Barcia	40-49		18:59	6:07
10	Lyman Perry	40-49		19:03	6:08
11	Stefano Barbis	20-29		19:41	6:20
12	Maka’ala Cruz	15-19		20:13	6:31
13	Bill McMahon	50-59		20:20	6:32
14	Timon Skinner	15-19		20:35	6:37
15	Frank Grotenhuis	50-59		21:41	6:59
16	Maximillian Panoff	15-19		21:43	6:59
17	Tyler Honda	15-19		21:44	6:59
18	Carmen Garson-Shumway	15-19	F	21:47	7:01
19	Richard Kerr	15-19		21:47	7:01
20	Hyrum Kim	15-19		21:48	7:01
21	JinHarbour	15-19		21:48	7:01
22	Mehana Sabado-Halpern	15-19	F	21:52	7:02
23	Grant Kunihiro	15-19		22:15	7:10
24	Shaun Parker	≤14		22:28	7:14
25	Shalila De Bourmont	15-19	F	22:37	7:17
26	Donovan Macanas	15-19		22:53	7:22
27	Kai Garson-Shumway	≤14		22:54	7:22
28	Josh Breitbarth	≤14		23:08	7:27
29	Makena Wagner	≤14	F	23:10	7:28
30	Todd Shumway	40-49		23:11	7:28
31	Ryan Whitthens	≤14		23:23	7:32
32	Mikela Cabel	15-19	F	23:24	7:32
33	TeHani Jones	15-19	F	23:28	7:33
34	Nina Bean	15-19	F	23:36	7:36
35	Lory Hunter	40-49	F	23:48	7:40
36	Kahala Huddleston	≤14	F	23:51	7:41
37	Andrew M. Langtry	50-59		23:53	7:41
38	Tiana Iwata	15-19	F	23:54	7:41
39	Kaylee Rapoza	15-19	F	23:54	7:41
40	Stanley Costales	50-59		24:38	7:56
41	Crystal-Lynn Baysa	15-19	F	24:51	8:00
42	Layn Glenn	≤14	F	24:52	8:00
43	Zech DeCleene	15-19		24:55	8:01
44	Vandey Okinaka	15-19	F	25:13	8:07
45	Maria Fratinardo	≤14	F	25:30	8:13
46	Keian Kanetani	≤14		25:38	8:15
47	Victoria Plumage	20-29	F	25:39	8:16
48	Kekai Wong Yuen	≤14	F	25:42	8:16
49	Sara Kim	15-19	F	25:43	8:17
50	Satya Ray	15-19	F	25:45	8:17
51	Bailey Honda	15-19	F	25:45	8:17
52	Vanessa Ignacio	15-19	F	26:04	8:23
53	Jordyn Breitbarth	15-19	F	26:16	8:27
54	Linus Tavares	50-59		26:16	8:27
55	Orion Schlegelmilch	15-19		26:21	8:29
56	Taylor Matas	15-19	F	26:33	8:33
57	Kananiohea Maka’imoku	30-39	F	26:59	8:41
58	Rick Otani	50-59		27:39	8:54
59	Wendy Yamada	40-49	F	27:41	8:55
60	Jordan Melchor	≤14	F	27:43	8:55
61	Donna Wong Yuen	40-49	F	28:09	9:04
62	Hua Uehara	≤14		28:12	9:05
63	Kiana Rae Baruela	≤14	F	28:32	9:11
64	Claymat Kawai’ae’a	50-59		28:44	9:15
65	Kaley Bannister	15-19	F	29:01	9:20
66	Amanda DeRego	≤14	F	29:01	9:20
67	Benjamin Lugviel	20-29		29:16	9:25
68	Savannah Toussaint-Adviento	15-19	F	29:21	9:27
69	Deylan Okinaka	≤14		29:26	9:28
70	Sage Barcia	15-19		29:37	9:32
71	Kaitlyn Funai	15-19	F	30:05	9:41
72	Michelle Fratinardo	15-19	F	30:10	9:43
73	Joey Estrella	60-69		30:32	9:50
74	Sarah Barry	15-19	F	30:54	9:57
75	Will Seitz	30-39		31:01	9:59
76	Michelle Martinez	15-19	F	31:40	10:11
77	Andrew Kerr	≤14		32:13	10:22
78	Irene Gebin	30-39	F	32:42	10:31
79	HarukoHarbour	≤14	F	32:51	10:34
80	Hayley Barcia	15-19	F	33:21	10:44
81	Angela Ames	15-19	F	33:40	10:50
82	Allison Yano	40-49		33:43	10:51
83	Taylor Ignacio	15-19	F	33:44	10:52
84	Lee Otani	50-59	F	34:30	11:06
85	Kaisley-Alana Cadebona-Rios	15-19	F	34:36	11:08
86	Jaysha Alonzo-Estrada	15-19	F	35:26	11:24
87	Kaitlyn Yamada	≤14	F	35:26	11:24
88	Jayden Gebin	≤14		37:13	11:59
89	Nyadean Campbell	≤14	F	38:13	12:18
90	Julie Bledsoe	50-59	F	39:03	12:34
91	MeKella Lawrence	15-19	F	39:36	12:45
92	Sydney Barcia	15-19	F	39:44	12:47
93	Barbara Rodas	30-39	F	40:07	12:55
94	Ivana Yoon	≤14	F	41:35	13:23
95	Jayla Alonzo-Estrada	≤14	F	42:29	13:40
96	Wayne Joseph	60-69		47:58	15:26

August 12, 2012 Posted by waynejoseph | Running on the Big Island | Andrew Langtry, Israel Sims, Jordyn Breitbarth, Linus Tavares, Lory Hunter, Mikela Cabel, Nana Bean, Taylor Matas, Wayne Joseph, Ziggy Bartholomy | 1 Comment

Sunrise Athletics Track Club medals at Junior Olympics on Oahu

Members of the Sunrise Athletics Track & Field Club who participated in the Junior Olympic Association Championships on Oahu include, front row, left to right, Chase Kotomori, Stanley Belmes, Tobi Johnson, Teryn Tominaga, Ella Johnson, Akemi Tominaga; middle row, Deylan Okinaka, Kameron Reis, Tyler Clemens-Kailipaka; back row, coach Tyler Kubojiri, Kelsie Kobayashi, Jackson Halford, Vandey Okinaka, Karley Swain, Vanessa Ignacio,Carmen Garson-Shumway, coach Cassie Morigaki. Missing from photo: Saya Yabe, Colton Austria, Maria Calso, SheAnn Belmes,Tyler Honda, Dyson Sato, Tylan Reis, Ian McQuate, and coaches MJ and Lance Tominaga.

The Sunrise Athletics Track and Field club earned 23 medals and 10 ribbons at a Junior Olympics championship meet earlier this month at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

The Big Island squad was coached by MJ Tominaga and Lance Tominaga, Lory Hunter, Cassie Morigaki, Cameron Nance, Tyler Kubojiri and Lourence Tolentino, and their athletes turned in some of the top times in the meet.

Carmen Garson-Shumway, a Hilo High School standout, outkicked her opponent on the final straightaway in the 800 meters to win in 2 minutes, 25.51 seconds, and she took second in the 1,500 meters.

In a 1,500 race in which only one second separated second and fourth place, Waiakea graduate Jackson Halford was runner-up and Waiakea junior Ian McQuate was fourth.

McQuate later claimed an uncontested 3,000.

Waiakea senior sprinter Colton Austria won silver in the 100 (11.65) and 400 (55.16).

Seventh-grader Tyler Clemens-Kailipaka showed off his speed in the sprints, capturing gold in the 200 and silver in the 100.

Meanwhile, Teryn Tominaga, and Tobi Johnson and Ella Johnson also earned medals or ribbons in their respective events

August 9, 2012 Posted by waynejoseph | Running on the Big Island | Akemi Tominaga, Cameron Nance, Colton austria, Ella Johnson, Ian McQuate, Jackson Halford, Karley Swain, Lory Hunter, Lourence Tolentino, MJ Tominaga, Teryn Tominaga, Tyler Clemens-Kailipaka, Vandey Okinaka | Leave a comment

Salute to the Veterans 5K results from Hilo Hawaii July 4th, 2012

Place	Bib #	Name	Time
1	184	NIKOLAI ALEXANDER DEININGER	0:18:40
2	284	ANDREW J. LANGTRY	0:18:59
3	83	ALAN RYAN	0:19:19
4	201	MICHAEL DALY	0:19:36
5	193	ALLEGRA MAYER	0:19:44
6	280	STEPHEN HUNTER	0:20:06
7	275	JUSTIN PANG	0:20:09
8	93	JORDAN MCBRIDE	0:22:38
9	78	ROB VAN GEEN	0:22:45
10	100	MARIANNE WOLLER	0:23:01
11	281	LORY HUNTER	0:23:24
12	282	STEWART HUNTER	0:23:39
13	89	DJ BLINN	0:23:47
15	257	EVAN WILLIAMS	0:24:27
16	289	COLBY LA BRIE	0:24:49
17	194	LARISSA PHILANTHA EDWARDS	0:24:56
18	200	BRADY BENNETT	0:25:11
18	9999	SHAILIN BENNETT	0:25:11
19	91	ADAM CAUSEY	0:24:56
20	286	DANIELLE REISMAN	0:25:26
21	99	TIM CHRISTOPHER	0:25:58
22	81	ROY YAMADA	0:26:13
23	279	KEVIN HUNTER	0:27:04
24	258	GARY L. THOMAS	0:28:20
25	195	LORI SHARP	0:28:54
26	98	CATHERINE SPINA	0:29:13
27	188	PAUL REVERE	0:29:18
28	206	TERRY STEELMAN	0:29:32
29	205	JARVIS VALERA	0:29:54
30	265	KELLY QUEZADA	0:30:07
31	277	ALAHNA JAMSEN	0:30:13
32	274	LAURIE KANETA	0:30:29
33	88	FAYE SOLI	0:30:29
34	186	ALLISON T. YANO	0:30:30
35	292	ROG BRANDS	0:30:37
36	96	ZEB HUDSON	0:30:44
37	202	CHRISTINE MAKAWEO	0:31:06
38	197	MURIEL AHUNA-LEONG	0:31:14
39	90	LEE OTANI	0:31:27
40	196	TINA MARIE LIWAI	0:31:33
41	204	DULCE BARTON	0:31:35
42	203	STAN FORTUNA	0:31:50
43	294	KAITLYN GREGORY	0:32:22
44	84	MARIE KIRAMOTO	0:32:23
45	295	MATT GREGORY	0:32:36
46	273	MICHELLE BRANCO	0:32:54
47	95	CHRISTINE MCMANON	0:32:55
48	97	DENNIS SHIGEOKA	0:33:22
49	287	CARRIE REIN	0:33:46
50	94	ZENY EAKINS	0:35:01
51	288	DENISE NAKANISHI	0:35:40
52	79	NAIMO L TABAR	0:36:35
53	190	HERBERT H. WEGNER	0:37:01
54	92	KRISTINA LOCKRIDGE	0:37:16
55	187	BENEDICT L. FUATA	0:37:23
56	80	CHRYSTINE BUGBEE	0:38:31
57	191	WYMOND WILDS	0:38:45
58	269	LINDA NAKO	0:39:06
59	296	PAIGE GREGORY	0:39:20
61	189	GLORIA WONG	0:39:44
63	199	CHARISH SUMAOANG	0:41:11
64	264	DAVID N KOHARA	1:01:46
65	293	ANGIE GREGORY	0:41:18
66	192	PAUL HANSON	0:41:26
67	87	MARTHA REBER	0:41:50
68	2	CHRISTINE MEREDITH	0:42:16
69	10	EDIE ALEXANDER	0:42:17
70	248	DAN SMITH	0:42:42
71	272	BARBARA PAOLA	0:44:42
72	85	KAHUHIPA DONNER	0:45:16
73	270	LESLIE CARROLL	0:46:01
74	271	MIKE CARROLL	0:46:02
76	252	MARALYN RENKEN	0:47:20
77	256	ANGELA KOIZUMI	0:48:55
78	283	DOROTHY SANGER	0:48:56
80	291	ROBIN BAUMAN	0:51:16
81	233	BETSY ROSS	0:51:20
82	267	ROY GACUTAN	0:51:24
83	266	VICKY GACUTAN	0:51:26
84	239	SUSAN HENDRICKS	0:52:06
86	245	DAWN STONE	0:55:06
87	278	SUZAN THOMPSON FORREST	0:55:08
88	86	KAHHEAWAE DONNER	0:55:15
89	228	JEFF STONE	0:56:22
90	240	ROBIN KLODA	0:56:23
91	121	DALYNNDA ODON	0:59:53
92	268	MILES NAKANISHI	0:59:55
93	236	LIBBIE KAAHU	1:01:36
94	224	EDWIN TAYLOR	1:01:46
95	249	SANDY DUBCZAK	1:01:14
97	231	TOKUSHIGE NAKMOTO	1:08:47
98	211	MABEL DE SILVA	1:09:18
101	229	DAN KAMA	1:21:42
102	244	FREDA HART	1:21:58
103	247	DELORES MARVIN	1:21:59
104	1	GEORGE H. KELLY	1:23:00
105	250	JON MARSHALL	1:23:02
106	230	A. M. KAMA	1:23:02
107	276	HENRY CALIO	1:23:04

July 5, 2012 Posted by waynejoseph | Running on the Big Island | A.M Kama, Alan Ryan, Allegra Mahyer, Andrew Langtry, Dan Kama, Delores Marvin, DJ Blinn, Freda Hart, George Kelly, Henry Calio, JonMarshall, Jordan McBride, Justin Pang, Lory Hunter, Marianne Woller, Michael Daly, Nikolai Deininger, Rob Van Geen, Stephen Hunter, Stewart Hunter | Leave a comment

BIRR Scholarship 5K full results – won by Gregory and Kobayashi

Gregory & Kobayashi

Name Time Gender Age Chris Gregory 17:26 M ** 25 Nick Muragin 18:32 M 43 Zach Johnson 18:52 M 22 Steven Hunter 18:55 M 15 Andrew Langtry 19:45 M 17 Max Panoff 20:17 M 15 Steve Pavao 21:12 M 55 Kelsie Kobayashi 21:50 F ** 18 Emily Taaroa 22:37 F 28 Robert Connors 22:59 M 18 Elmer Solis 23:06 M 28 D. J. Blinn 23:08 M 62 Lory Hunter 23:08 F 49 Jordan Aguiar 23:34 M 22 Cody Tehero 23:57 M 25 Kaylee Rapoza 24:10 F 16 Rick Otani 24:13 M 52 Glen Ishii 24:18 M 21 Colby La Brie 24:21 M 32 Stewart Hunter 24:45 M 50 Jimmy Park 25:46 M 58 Charles Keane 26:04 M 59 Robert Belcher 26:48 M 57 Dennis Nagai 26:49 M 49 Firmin Tehero 27:44 M 57 Nathan Ermitano 27:50 M 19 Bryson Kobayashi 27:51 M 20 Hugh Kobayashi 27:57 M 57 Digg Deep 29:08 M 58 Mother Love 29:10 F 51 DeAnn Thorton 29:16 F 18 Marty Banks 30:35 F 51 Amanda Alexander 30:43 F 21 Norbert Furumo 31:52 M 55 Sarah Johnson 32:19 F 49 Lee Otani 32:21 F 57 Craig Johnson 32:25 M 56 Jerelyn Hammer 32:25 F 50 Braxton Sherlock 32:49 M 19 Robert Tomlinson 33:22 M 51 Brielie Labass 33:23 F 17 Kylin Rapoza 40:11 F 12 Sossity Rapoza 40:31 F 38 Felicia Hammer 47:45 F 16 Lacy Toledo-Muragin 47:45 F 17 Kim Sasaki 48:16 F 42 Leah Pukahi 48:17 F 34 Sierra Modine 48:34 F 39 Nani Kyota 1:01:48 F 46 Becky Kyota 1:01:48 F 17 Chad Kyota 1:01:48 M 7