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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

BIIF X-C 2nd place teams, Hilo and Waiakea Top 7 runners readies for States

Bean	Nina	9	Hilo
Breitbarth	Jordyn	10	Hilo
De Bourmont	Shalila	12	Hilo
Garson-Shumway	Carmen	10	Hilo
Lawrence	Karina	12	Hilo
Rapoza	Kaylee	11	Hilo
Ray	Satya	9	Hilo

Halford	Jackson	12	Waiakea
Hayano	Hajime	10	Waiakea
McQuate	Ian	10	Waiakea
Meguro	Robbey	12	Waiakea
Perez	Nathaniel	9	Waiakea
Rice	Keoni	11	Waiakea
Sato	Dyson	10	Waiakea

October 27, 2011 Posted by waynejoseph | High School Runners | BIIF cross country, Carmen Garson-Shumway, Dyson Sato, Hajime Hayano, Ian McQuate, Jackson Halford, Jordyn Breitbarth, Karina Lawrence, Kaylee Rapoza, Keoni Rice, Nathaniel Perez, Nina Bean, Robbey Meguro, Satya Ray, Shalila de Bourmont | Leave a comment

Revised BIIF Girls Cross Country from Waiakea 9.24.11, Top 60 Results

The girls race held at Waiakea had 149 finishers with Hawaii Prep winning the team scoring followed by Hilo. Revised Official List

BIIF Cross Country Meet at Waiakea – 9/24/2011
                           Waiakea High School Hilo HI

1 Kobayashi, Kelsie         12 Waiakea               19:29.38    1
2 Haight, Mariah            10 Hawaii Prep           20:01.37    2
3 Sims, Zoe                 11 Hawaii Prep           20:02.16    3
4 Garson-Shumway, Carmen    10 Hilo                  20:05.73    4
5 Evans, Emily              11 Hawaii Prep           20:07.18    5
6 Van Mols, Kari            11 Kealakehe             20:16.97    6
7 De Bourmont, Shalila      12 Hilo                  20:26.15    7
8 Kirkhill, Sydney           9 Kealakehe             20:32.77    8
9 Choe, Joy                 10 Makua Lani            20:33.64    9
10 Ulrich, Kelly             10 Hawaii Prep           20:41.64   10
11 Van Pernis, Kristiana     10 Hawaii Prep           20:47.91   11
12 Ray, Satya                 9 Hilo                  20:49.92   12
13 Bradley, Cat              11 Hawaii Prep           20:53.43   13
14 Cooke, Kirrah              9 Hilo                  20:58.27   14
15 Kim, Corin                12 Kamehameha            21:00.81   15
16 Choe, Grace               12 Makua Lani            21:01.27   16
17 Rasse, Haley              11 Waiakea               21:12.99   17
18 Bettencourt, Mika         10 Kealakehe             21:24.29   18
19 Thornton, Deann           12 Kea’au                21:26.55   19
20 Ladwig, Veronica          10 Hawaii Prep           21:36.10   20
21 Bean, Nina                 9 Hilo                  21:42.37   21
22 Carvalho, Erin            12 Kamehameha            21:47.35   22
23 Rapoza, Kaylee            11 Hilo                  21:47.97   23
24 Dorn, Keili                9 Makua Lani            21:54.02   24
25 Grenwell, Kelly           11 Honokaa               21:56.21   25
26 Breitbarth, Jordyn        10 Hilo                  22:09.19   26
27 Nakamura, Tiffany         11 Makua Lani            22:16.07   27
28 Iwata, Tiana              10 Kamehameha            22:17.35   28
29 Lawrence, Karina          12 Hilo                  22:20.02
30 Shiraki, Allie            10 Honokaa               22:23.60   29
31 Adona, Hilghang           10 Honokaa               22:24.35   30
32 Trainer, Hannah           12 Kamehameha            22:24.99   31
33 Busek, Jessica            11 Waiakea               22:25.91   32
34 Akai, Tsukasa             12 Hawaii Prep           22:40.99
35 Olinaka, Vandey           11 Waiakea               22:45.91   33
36 Iwata, Shayla              9 Kamehameha            22:47.38   34
37 Hagemann, Natalie         11 Kea’au                22:56.34   35
38 Pitoy, Shea               12 Hilo                  23:00.05
39 Nakamoto, Shayli           9 Konawaena             23:01.81
40 Jones, Tehani             11 Kamehameha            23:04.72   36
41 Hemalon, Mahina           12 Kea’au                23:13.16   37
42 Aguirre, Elizabeth        10 Honokaa               23:22.87   38
43 Cabel, Mikela             10 Kamehameha            23:23.37   39
44 Ombac, Skye               10 Waiakea               23:29.60   40
45 Hughes, Jillian           11 Waiakea               23:32.42   41
46 Ignacio, Vanessa          10 Waiakea               23:33.20   42
47 DeCarli, Mercedes         11 Makua Lani            23:42.68   43
48 Roddie, Candice           11 Waiakea               23:50.62
49 Manuia, Alana              9 Kamehameha            23:51.85
50 Langevin, Mariko          11 Parker                23:53.22
51 Bianchi, Rachael          12 Kealakehe             23:53.82   44
52 Bannister, Kaley          10 Kamehameha            23:55.66
53 Bader, Alexa               9 Kamehameha            23:57.09
54 Alterman, Allison         12 Kealakehe             24:01.67   45
55 Cosma, Shani              11 Kea’au                24:03.33   46
56 Fojas, Jazz               11 Hawaii Prep           24:04.14
57 Boyette, Taylyn           11 Parker                24:04.79
58 Swain, Karley             12 Waiakea               24:07.54
59 Pautz, Whitney            12 Hualalai              24:08.29
60 Lerma, Amanda             12 Kamehameha            24:10.28

September 24, 2011 Posted by waynejoseph | High School Runners | Allie Shiraki, Amanda Lerma, BIIF girls cross country results from Waiakea, Carmen Garson-Shumway, Deann Thornton, Emily Evans, Erin Carvalho, Hannah Trainer, Jessica Busek, Kari Van Mols, Karina Lawrence, Karley Swain, Kaylee Rapoza, Kelsie Kobayashi, Mariah Haight, Nina Bean, Tiana Iwata, Tsukasa Akai, Whitney Pautz, Zoe Sims | Leave a comment

Canefire Conditioner – Cross Country Girls Race – BIIF results

Girls
School	Finish Place	Runners	Time
WKA	1	Kelsie Kobayashi; Haley Rasse	37:04:65
Hilo	2	Carmen Garson-Shumway; Karina Lawrence	38:35:71
HPA	3	Mariah Haight; Cat Bradley	38:38:84
HPA	4	Kristiana Van Pernis; Jasmine Fojas	38:42:50
HPA	5	Mia Croonquist; Kelly Ulrich	38:43:12
HPA	6	Veronica Ladwig; Emily Evans	38:48:26
Hilo	7	Nina Bean; Kirrah Cooke	38:52:28
Hilo	8	Shalila DeBourmont; Kaylee Rapoza	38:58:49
KAM	9	Corin Kim; Erin Carvalho	39:17:55
WKA	10	Krystina Carvalho; Ivy Conley	40:04:88
Keaau	11	Deann Nishimura-Thornton; Shani Cosma	40:11:18
Honoka’a	12	Kelly Ann Greenwell; Allie Shiraki	40:23:83
Keaau	13	Natalie Hagemann; Avery-Rose Jarvis	40:37:96
Hilo	14	Jordyn Breitbarth; Shea Pitoy	41:16:18
KAM	15	Tiana Iwata; Sara Kim	41:48:82
Hilo	16	Satya Ray; Sydney Romo	41:49:45
KAM	17	Alana Manuia; Mikela Cabel	42:02:51
WKA	18	Vandey Okinaka; Kara Paulachak	42:38:21
KAM	19	Britni Napihaa; Tehani Jones	42:40:63
Honoka’a	20	Monica Carlos; Katie Aguilar	42:51:56
WKA/Keaau	21	Vanessa Ignacio; Mahea Kakazu	43:24:87
KAM	22	Shayla Iwata; Kaelynne Manoha	43:35:08
Hualalai	23	Molly Jacoby; Whitney Pautz	44:35:57
WKA	24	Candice Roddie; Skye Rances	44:52:52
Parker	25	Marie Jobes; Taylyn Boyette	44:58:09
Honoka’a	26	Hildang Adona; Camelia Witt	45:06:16
HPA	27	Melia Cavedoni; Meimei Nakahara	45:06:35
HPA	28	Jah’nae Ayoso-Purdy; Malama Tamasese-Solomon	45:11:18
KAM	29	Kaley Bannister; Alexa Bader	45:16:98
HPA	30	Nina Enos; Mikeala Owen	45:17:51
HPA	31	Leila Morrison; Jade Sohriakoff	45:24:56
Honoka’a	32	Emily Ono; Elezibeth Aguirre	45:37:62
WKA	33	Kylie Andaya; Kiana Baruela	45:47:07
Keaau	34	Desiree Sumaoang; Mahina Homalon	46:00:51
KAM	35	Amanda Lerma; Kalai Grothmann	46:13:11
KAM	36	Hannah Trainer; Gina McGuire	46:16:86
WKA	37	Jessica Busek; Bethany Bisel	47:05:28
WKA	38	Noreen Gonong; Katrina Bath	47:30:62
KAM	39	Kalena Medeiros; Iris Jarvis	47:33:96
Hilo	40	Alohi Chambless; Michelle Martinez	47:43:97
WKA	41	Carly Belcher; Shiho Aoki	47:50:31
WKA	42	Courtney Ip; Jillian Hughes	48:03:02
KAM	43	Namele Naipo-Arsiga; Sara Duvoisin	48:03:80
Keaau	44	Rayline Mae-Adrian; Autumn Miyares-Thompson	48:24:69
Keaau	45	Brittney Ganir; Cristine Belmes	48:28:88
Honoka’a	46	Danielle Warren; J. Mae Quiamas	50:06:39
Kohala	47	Chelsea Ventura; Eloisa Viernes-Obero	50:50:42
KAM	48	Kayla Andrade; Mahealani Taganas	51:21:31
HPA/KAM	49	Mikeala Owen; Saydie Mandaguit-Arakaki	51:52:39
KAM	50	Alyssa McGuire; Michelle Fratinardo	54:01:46
KAM	51	Chrisha Sanoria; Shaniah Yogi	56:57:15
KAM	52	Jaysha Alonzo-Estrada; Sarah Barry	58:05:14
Kohala	53	Cody Geiger; Michelle Sahagun	58:12:56
WKA	54	Angela Ames; Ishael Shaw-Demello	58:28:88
KAM	55	Malia Cruz; Lily Ayau	1:03:44:92