Hawaii Prep girls cross country HHSAA state champions for 2011
- Franklin
“Something special and magical happened today,” Coach Michael Franklin said when learning that his Hawaii Preparatory Academy girls cross country team won the state title.
Ka Makani harriers gave everything they had during the 49th Annual Hawaii High School Athletic Association cross country championships held Saturday at the Kapalua Village Golf Course on Maui.
“Everything worked out according to how we trained over the years, as we ran as a team and packed our runners together,” Franklin said.
HPA the Big Island Interscholastic Federation team champion went step to step with HHSAA six time defending champion Punahou in what proved to be a run for state bragging rights.
Ka Makani harriers were runner up to Punahou last year, but turned the tables on the Buff and Blue with their pack style running.
HPA had all five girls in the top 9, which saw their lead pack of Kristiana Van Pernis, Mariah Haight, Zoe Sims, Emily Evans and Kelly Ulrich finish fifth through ninth respectively.
This was Hawaii Preps first girls cross country state title since 1994 when the team was coached by Phil Conley.
“Phil Conley and Stan Shutes have played an important role in the success of this program,” Franklin said. “Those two coaches established the foundation for what we have today as they instilled the tradition and philosophy behind our success. I just happened to step into a program that fits my style of coaching.”
Franklin also contributed a huge portion of his team’s ascent to being the best in the state to having the right combination of young runners.
“We have the right group of personalities with great team leadership and really positive attitudes,” Franklin said. “What happened today was very special and magical and I’m very proud of what we did.”
- Kelly Ulrich
HPA’s number five runner, Kelly Ulrich, didn’t run on the varsity team last year and was key to the team’s success in winning the team championship by finishing 9th overall this year.
“Our coaches read a poem called ‘Power of the Pack’ and I kept listen to the words in that poem as I wanted to be able to see our top four girls during the race,” Ulrich said. “I didn’t expect to do as well as I did, but it felt really good to run fast and stay with our pack.”
Kristiana Van Pernis had a 14th place finish last year during state competition and was the first BIIF girl to cross the finish line this season in fifth place overall.
“I felt like I turned my brain off during the race and just focused on running,” Van Pernis said. “I enjoyed running with my teammates and that’s where all my thoughts went.”
Trying to stay with the HPA pack was Waiakea’s Kelsie Kobayashi who placed 11th overall (the top 20 individual boys and girls received state medals.
“This was a phenomenal season,” Kobayashi said. “I had my best finish ever in the four years I’ve run states. I just tried to get out fast and not get boxed in at the beginning of the race. I used the HPA pack as I was trying to make my way up to them.”
Kobayashi, a senior, was pleased with the outcome.
“I left everything on the course,” she said. “I kept thinking about what my coach (Rosado) told me early in the season, that cross country doesn’t require a lot of equipment, just a lot of heart.”
Seabury Hall’s Dakota Grossman a sophomore won the individual state title for a second year finishing in a time of 19 minutes 27 seconds
In the boys race it was Waiakea’s Jackson Halford being the first Big Island runner to cross the finish line with St Joseph’s Andrew Langtry close behind. Halford finished eighth overall in a field of 160 runners, managed to redeem himself after a second place finish during the BIIF championships the week before.
“This race more than made up for my finish at the BIIF championships,” Halford said.
“I beat my personal goal coming into states,” Halford said. “I was just hoping to come in 10th this year after my 25th place finish last year.”
Halford started out slow during the opening mile of the three mile race and his strategy paid big dividends.
“I knew everyone was going to go out really fast and then die,” Halford said. “At the first mile marker I was in 40th place and people started falling back.”
Halford a senior believes this was the best race of his four year racing career.
For Langtry who finished tenth overall this was his first opportunity to participate in the state cross country championships.
“It was great and I went out perfectly,” Langtry said. “I was staying close to Jackson and we helped push each other. Also having my dad come out to watch the race was something that helped me run well.”
Waiakea boys were the top scoring BIIF team, placing ninth to BIIF champion’s Honokaa tenth place finish.
“I told my guys if they didn’t do well today they’d be walking back to Kahului,” a joking Warrior Coach Rosado said. “They were a lot more serious and focused today than they were at the BIIF Championships a week ago.”
Leilehua won the boys team title with 55 beating out Maui 63 and Iolani with 74 points.
Other top BIIF finishers placing within the top 100 on Maui were:
Boys: 27) Parker’s Paul Gregg 30) Kamehameha’s Shawn Correa Doll, 45) Honokaa’s Robert Conners, 54) Waiakea’s Ian McQuate 62) Honokaa’s Tony Conners 76) Waiakea’s Robbey Meguro 77) Hilo’s Stephen Hunter 80) Kealakehe’s Luka Walter 84) Kamehameha’s Makaala Cruz 92) Parker’s Jesse Tarnas 94) Honokaa’s Chayce Moniz 96) HPA’s Justin Macy 97) HPA’s Michael Rogerson
Girls: 15) Kealakehe’s Kari Van Mols 26) Hilo’s Carmen Garson-Shumway 30) Hilo’s Satya Ray 35) Kealakehe’s Sydney Kirkhill 38) Makua Lani Joy Choe 45) Makua Lani’s Grace Choe 47) Keaau’s Deann Nishimura-Thornton 53) HPA’s Veronica Ladwig 56) Kamehameha’s Erin Carvalho 61) Konawaena’s Shayli Nakamoto 63) Hilo’s Shalila De Bourmont 66) Kealakehe’s Mika Bettencourt 67) Kamehameha’s Corin Kim 69) HPA’s Cat Bradley 80) Hilo’s Jordyn Breithbarth 81) Hilo’s Kaylee Rapoza 82) Keili Dorn Makua Lani 84) Honokaa’s Hildhang Adams 85) Honokaa’s Elizabeth Aguirre 92) Honokaa’s Kelly Greenwell 93) Kamehameha’s Mikela Cabel 95) Makua Lani’s Tiffany Nakamura 100) Keaau’s Natalie Hagemann
REVISED – BIIF Boys Cross Country from Waiakea 9.24.11 – Top 60 results
Boys race from Waiakea 9.24.11 had 217 finishers with WHS winning the team scoring followed by Kamehameha Below is the revised list of Official Results
BIIF Cross Country Meet at Waiakea – 9/24/2011
Waiakea High School Hilo HI
Last Completed Event
1 Halford, Jackson 12 Waiakea 16:37.33 1
2 Correa Doll, Shawn 12 Kamehameha 16:56.06 2
3 Conners, Tony 10 Honokaa 17:11.79 3
4 Mcquate, Ian 10 Waiakea 17:16.75 4
5 Mabuni, Brandt 12 Makua Lani 17:20.47 5
6 Walter, Luca 12 Kealakehe 17:42.90 6
7 Gregg, Paul 11 Parker 17:43.36 7
8 Langtry, Andrew 11 St. Joseph’s 17:47.10
9 Cruz, Makaala 10 Kamehameha 17:50.64 8
10 Hunter, Stephen 10 Hilo 17:52.84 9
11 Tarnas, Jesse 12 Parker 18:03.22 10
12 Yoda, Ryuta 11 Hawaii Prep 18:03.92 11
13 Rice, Keoni 11 Waiakea 18:06.11 12
14 DeRego, Teddy 12 Kamehameha 18:10.54 13
15 Conners, Robert 12 Honokaa 18:15.54 14
16 Kerr, Max 11 Hilo 18:15.90 15
17 Meguro, Robbey 12 Waiakea 18:19.22 16
18 Sato, Dyson 10 Waiakea 18:20.06 17
19 Rogerson, Michael 12 Hawaii Prep 18:22.53 18
20 Vandervoort, Devin 11 Makua Lani 18:27.93 19
21 Gahan, Makaala 12 Kamehameha 18:32.38 20
22 Alviento, Davin 11 Kea’au 18:35.08 21
23 Akai, Hide 9 Hawaii Prep 18:40.34 22
24 Ventura, Jhun Delle 12 Kea’au 18:40.67 23
25 Spetich, Michael 10 Hawaii Prep 18:42.73 24
26 Knell, Jonah 11 Kamehameha 18:47.30 25
27 Marshall, Miles 9 Waiakea 18:50.96 26
28 Kim, Hyrum 9 Hilo 18:53.44 27
29 Camocho, Matthew 10 Waiakea 18:57.57 28
30 Navarro, Arman 11 Kea’au 18:58.50 29
31 Kim, Duk Hwan 12 Kea’au 18:58.70 30
32 Disney, Walter 10 Hawaii Prep 19:00.22 31
33 Aguirre, Alden 12 Honokaa 19:04.20 32
34 Hirae, Jordan 10 Kamehameha 19:04.54 33
35 Guignard, Max 12 Kealakehe 19:05.29 34
36 Agusen, Candonino 11 Kealakehe 19:05.87 35
37 Ferrell, Jeffery 9 Kea’au 19:06.72 36
38 Martinez, Adrian 12 Kea’au 19:10.29 37
39 Abilla, Kristian 12 Pahoa 19:15.70 38
40 Trump, Andrew 12 Kohala 19:16.01 39
41 Carvalho, Cjay 10 Honokaa 19:16.28 40
42 Adams, Josiah 9 Kohala 19:17.76 41
43 Shabat, Tylor 12 Waiakea 19:18.35
44 Moniz, Chayce 12 Honokaa 19:21.31 42
45 Alip, Dayson 9 Kamehameha 19:21.68 43
46 Defiesta, Domenic 12 Kohala 19:27.02 44
47 Higgins, Tucker 9 Hawaii Prep 19:33.84 45
48 Lomberg, Jonathan 12 Kealakehe 19:34.21 46
49 Matsuda, Dan 9 Hawaii Prep 19:34.65 47
50 Perez, Nathaniel 9 Waiakea 19:36.27
51 Harbour, Jin 10 Waiakea 19:45.11
52 Gomez, Tevyn 10 Waiakea 19:45.72
53 Chock, Nicholas 12 Hawaii Prep 19:48.98
54 Sanches, Pedro 11 Honokaa 19:50.38 48
55 Laird, Gavin 10 Honokaa 19:51.01 49
56 Robinson, Clayton 11 Honokaa 19:51.52
57 Magoon, Carson 12 Hawaii Prep 19:51.87
58 Pacris, Mark 9 Waiakea 19:54.05
59 Grothmann, Rihei 10 Kamehameha 19:54.53
60 Frost, Thunder 9 Kealakehe 19:56.20 50
Related link: https://waynejoseph.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/biif-girls-cross-country-from-waiakea-9-24-11-top-60-results/
Honokaa cross country boys dominate at HPA
Honokaa coach Josh Abner with Chris Mosch and Joshua Robinson
Hawaii Preparatory 2010 BIIF Cross Country – 10/2/2010 Boys 3 Mile Run CC VARSITY
1 #196 Mosch, Chris Honokaa 17:47.63 1 2 #5 Halford, Jackson Waiakea 18:08.14 2 3 #261 Grotenhuis, Jordan Christian Liberty 18:18.03 3 4 #106 Whitner, Geoff Kealakehe 18:29.34 4 5 #34 Langtry, Andrew St. Joseph’s 18:32.28 6 #66 Mabuni, Brandt Makua Lani 18:38.37 5 7 #224 Michels, Rick Hilo 18:42.02 6 8 #203 Robinson, Joshua Honokaa 18:44.50 7 9 #144 Correa, Shawn Kamehameha 18:52.02 8 10 #195 Moniz, Chayce Honokaa 18:52.42 9 11 #239 Macy, Justin Hawaii Prep 18:53.84 10 12 #156 Ho, Kaulana Kamehameha 18:54.52 11 13 #181 Connors, Robert Honokaa 18:55.13 12 14 #128 Olsen, Kevin Kea’au 18:56.68 13 15 #218 Kaneshiro, Tyde Hilo 19:01.47 14 16 #227 Ray, Billy Hilo 19:02.00 15 17 #7 Hayano, Hajime Waiakea 19:10.71 16 18 #70 Vandervoort, Devin Makua Lani 19:14.75 17 19 #182 Connors, Tony Honokaa 19:17.26 18 20 #241 Martin, Logan Hawaii Prep 19:18.48 19 21 #207 Shiraki, Dylan Honokaa 19:25.32 20 22 #38 Gregg, Daniel Parker School 19:29.71 21 23 #192 Mah, Brandon Honokaa 19:32.79 22 24 #22 Rice, Keoni Waiakea 19:33.57 23 25 #150 Gahan, Makaala Kamehameha 19:53.29 24 26 #154 Hill, Colton Kamehameha 19:56.01 25 27 #113 Clubbs, James Kea’au 19:56.74 26 28 #220 Kuipers, Johann Hilo 20:08.10 27 29 #247 Rogerson, Michael Hawaii Prep 20:11.46 28 30 #254 Van Kirk, Tyler Hawaii Prep 20:23.18 29 31 #169 WongYuen, Kauila Kamehameha 20:23.62 30 32 #226 Panoff, Max Hilo 20:27.79 31 33 #15 Meguro, Robbey Waiakea 20:28.15 32 34 #126 Navarro, Arman Kea’au 20:28.53 33 35 #40 Hon, Kimo Parker School 20:30.57 34 36 #205 Sanches, Pedro Honokaa 20:30.96 37 #146 DeRego, Theodore Kamehameha 20:34.30 35 38 #255 Yoda, Ryuta Hawaii Prep 20:37.52 36
- Defending BIIF champ, Chris Mosch, wins at HPA
1 Honokaa 47 1 7 9 12 18 20 22 2 Hilo 93 6 14 15 27 31 42 52 3 Kamehameha-Hawaii 98 8 11 24 25 30 35 37 4 Waiakea 114 2 16 23 32 41 49 53 5 Hawaii Prep 122 10 19 28 29 36 39 40 6 Kea'au 161 13 26 33 44 45 47 51 7 Kealakehe 204 4 46 48 50 56 79 8 Makua Lani 206 5 17 55 64 65 72 75 9 Parker School 215 21 34 38 60 62 68 83 10 Christian Liberty 275 3 58 70 71 73 76 78 11 Pahoa 278 43 54 57 61 63 66 69 12 Kohala 357 59 67 74 77 80 81 82
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