Top 10 boys teams in the HHSAA cross country championships held on Maui

 

TEAM SCORE BOYS **********
1	Leilehua
2 4 11 12 26 (41) (75) = 55
Elliot Estrada, Dylan Martinez, Branden Miya, Christopher Olverson,
Jordan Castro, Joshua Castro, Richard Blackburn
2	Maui High
5 6 9 20 23 (45) (54) = 63
Rocky Balala, Nicola Perez-Garreaud, Angelito Cuaresma, Cody
McCorriston, Leonel Tumacder, Jordan Moracco, Jarrett Jackson
3	Iolani
1 13 14 18 28 (37) (48) = 74
Troy Esaki, Zach Masuda, David Clarke, Sam Choe, Lewe Stanaland, Scott
Hom, Brett Tsuzaki
4	Punahou
10 22 24 25 27 (32) (44) = 108
Nikolai Scharer, Sebastian Barahal, Jacques Hebert, Harrison Oshiro,
Darien Lau, Eli Cusick, Gordon Kowalkowski
5	Kamehameha-Kapalama
3 7 17 38 55 (59) (64) = 120
Charles Akiona, Josh Freitas, Davis Kaahanui, Collin Pidot, Katoa Ahau,
Austin Chun, Taylor Lemke
6	Seabury Hall
21 33 35 39 47 (52) (65) = 175
Brenden Hietzman, Myles Malott, Nic Colon, Devin Vinoray, Ryan Koss,
Alden Simmer, Travis Taylor
7	Hawaii Baptist
16 29 34 43 57 (67) = 179
Kelvin Abe, Isaac Fong, Brent Wakuzawa, Kane Verity, Michael Oishi,
Matthew Johnson
8	Mililani
15 19 42 49 56 (66) = 181
Zachary Carvalho, Christopher McCann, Ryan Mayeda, Paven Sinn, Royce
Yamane, Jakob Dewald
9	Waiakea
8 36 50 62 71 (73) (80) = 227
Jackson Halford, Ian McQuate, Robbey Meguro, Hajime Hiyano, Nathaniel
Perez, Keoni Rice, Dyson Sato
10	Honokaa
30 40 60 69 70 (74) (76) = 269
Robert Conners, Tony Conners, Chayce Moniz, Alden Aguirre, Clayton
Robinson, Pedro Sanches, Seanry Agbayani

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BIIF X-C champs, Honokaa and Hawaii Prep, starting 7 for HHSAA championship

Bradley	Cat	11	Hawaii Prep
Evans	Emily	11	Hawaii Prep
Haight	Mariah	10	Hawaii Prep
Ladwig	Veronica	10	Hawaii Prep
Sims	Zoe	11	Hawaii Prep
Ulrich	Kelly	10	Hawaii Prep
Van Pernis	Kristiana	10	Hawaii Prep

Agbayani	Seanry	10	Honokaa
Aguirre	Alden	12	Honokaa
Conners	Robert	12	Honokaa
Conners	Tony	10	Honokaa
Moniz	Chayce	12	Honokaa
Robinson	Clayton	11	Honokaa
Sanches	Pedro	11	Honokaa

Lady Ka Makani looking to continue BIIF Cross Country Dynasty

Lady harriers from Hawaii Prep

The Hawaii Prep girls cross country program doesn’t don Yankee pinstripes, it doesn’t channel Celtic pride and it’s never celebrated their victories with the Lambeau leap.  But in its own realm, Ka Makani wahine are every bit as dominant.

Since 1980 the ladies from Hawaii Preparatory Academy have dominated the Big Island Interscholastic Federation cross county winning league titles in 27 of the past 31 years, according to Ka Makani athletic director Stephen Perry.

The BIIF cross country season opens this Saturday with the HPA girls team coming in as heavy favorites to win yet another league championship.

Waiakea (1983 & 1991) and Kamehameha (2005 & 2007) were the only other schools to win BIIF girls team titles and HPA looks on track to continue their cross country dominance.

Ka Makani return four of the varsity seven from last year’s league champions with Zoe Sims, Emily Evans, Kristiana Van Pernis and Mariah Haight leading the way.

Head coach Michael Franklin returns at the helm, but down plays his team’s goal of winning another league title.

“Truly, people don’t believe me when I say this, but winning a championship is not one of our goals,” Franklin said.  “Our goals are simple as they come from the basic philosophy that life is more satisfying if one pushes him or herself beyond perceived limits.”

Franklin believes that his harriers need to focus on themselves and their team rather than on trying to win a league championship.

“Focusing on winning a championship would require too much attention on others,” he said.  “We really have a team focus.”

Ka Makani girls finished second in the state last season and this year is considered the team to challenge Punahou again for the Hawaii High School Athletic Association title.

“This is the strongest team that I have yet coached at HPA,” Franklin said.  “That does not mean that it is the fastest team.  It is the strongest because of its unified spirit and unanimous love for the running lifestyle.  Whether we win or lose races, this team’s attitude makes it exceptional.”

Gunning for the girl’s title will be the Warriors of Kamehameha as Coach Joel Truesdell return five of his top seven girls.

“This is the first time since we last won the BIIF championship that we return this many varsity starters,” Truesdell said.

Kamehameha returns three girls that were in the top 20 at the BIIF championships last season in Tiana Iwata (12^th), Corin Kim (16^th) and Erin Carvalho (20^th).

“We’ve got some depth on our girl’s squad as we have 8 girls running in the lead pack,” Truesdell said.  “Our goals are the same as last year, to get a full team into states.”

Also shooting to get a full team to qualify for the state championship is Hilo’s veteran coach, Bill McMahon.

“Our top two returning girls are Shalila De Bournmont and Carmen Garson-Shumway,” McMahon said.  “Our boy’s team are all young, but I do have a good sized group.”

Waiakea’s  fastest girl is Kelsie Kobayashi and she will be anchored by Haley Rasse, Vanessa Ignacio, Skye Ombac, and Vandey Okinaka, according to Coach Jordan Rosado.

“We have a large team, with 40 boys and 28 girls,” Rosado said.  “I feel we have as good a chance to compete for the boy’s team title as anyone else, since Honokaa lost some of their best runners to graduation.”

Waiakea will be led by Jackson Halford and Keoni Rice with Ian McQuate, Hajime Hiyano and Dyson Sato providing needed support according to Rosado.

Honokaa, returns as the four time defending league champion, but has some holes to fill from last season.

“Chayce Moniz, Clayton Robinson, Pedro Sanches, Robert Conners, Tony Conners, Riston Matias, Koa Phenice, Sean Quinlan, Justin Warren, and Mason Wilkes are our returners,” Coach Joshua Abner said.

Abner lost three of his seven starters from last year, including two time individual BIIF champion Chris Mosch, which leaves the door open for several teams to vie for the team title.

“Every day is an open tryout for us and every one of these boys are hungry,” Abner said.

Last season’s big surprise came from the boys at Parker School as Coach Ceri Whitfield qualified her team for the HHSAA.

“I feel with the hard work these boys put into their training they have as much chance as any of the other schools to come in first,” Whitfield said.  “They are very committed and positive about their chances this year as they work very hard.”

Leading the way for the Bulls is Jesse Tarnas who will brings a solid core of runners which includes Jesse Tarnas, Paul Gregg, Tyler McCullough, Jess Burns and Evan Kasberg.

Kamehameha boys coach, Ryan Cabalse, has four returnees that made it to the state championships last season in Shawn Correa-Doll, Kaulana Ho, Colton Hill, and Jonah Knell.

“Our boy’s squad has never qualified as a team for states yet, (five from the same team need to qualify to score as a team) but we are hoping to contend for one of the automatic team slots this season,” Cabalse said.

St. Joseph returns one of the best BIIF runners in Andrew Langtry who is expected to challenge for the individual league crown.  Langtry ran in various community races during the off season and was often seen in the top leader board.

Keaau brings 41 boys and 15 girls into competition with returnees Deann Nishimura-Thornton and Natalie Hagemann leading the girls while Jhun-Delle Venture, Davin Alviento, Greg Matias, Arman Navarro and Adrian Martinez headline the boy’s squad, according to Coach Donna Wong Yuen.

Though difficult, we always want to try and qualify a team for states,” Wong Yuen said.  “Our goals are to have fun and improve from last year.”

Christian Liberty Academy doesn’t have any girls on their cross country team but will bring 10 boys to the starting line, according to Coach Frank Grotenhuis.

“Caeden Cambra and Keenen Freitas are the two fastest on the team,” Grotenhuis said.  “We’re looking at having the boys push hard so that they can achieve their personal best.”

The BIIF harriers get off to a running start on Saturday with Grotenhuis as his CLA family playing host to the Canefire Conditioner starting at 10 am on the Keaau campus.

Honokaa boys slip past HPA in West Side cross-country

2010 BIIF Cross Country 9/4/2010 BOYS RESULTS  Kealakehe High School                             
1  #66 Mabuni, Brandt    Makua Lani     18:26.02    1            

2 #239 Macy, Justin            Hawaii Prep           18:43.88    2             

 3 #241 Martin, Logan           Hawaii Prep           18:47.85    3            

4 #182 Connors, Tony           Honokaa               18:49.45    4             

5  #70 Vandervoort, Devin      Makua Lani            18:51.68    5     

  6 #180 Cockle, Keith           Honokaa               18:58.32    6            

  7 #203 Robinson, Joshua        Honokaa               19:23.42    7            

8 #254 Van Kirk, Tyler         Hawaii Prep           19:23.66    8            

9 #195 Moniz, Chayce           Honokaa               19:24.14    9            

10 #205 Sanches, Pedro          Honokaa               19:29.35   10            

11 #181 Connors, Robert         Honokaa               19:32.46   11            

12 #207 Shiraki, Dylan          Honokaa               19:36.88   12            

13 #255 Yoda, Ryuta             Hawaii Prep           19:37.25   13            

14 #192 Mah, Brandon            Honokaa               19:38.89                 

15 #202 Robinson, David         Honokaa               19:40.18                 

16 #250 Severino, Michael       Hawaii Prep           19:40.96   14            

17 #101 Chong, Devin            Kealakehe             19:51.65   15            

18 #247 Rogerson, Michael       Hawaii Prep           19:52.00   16            

19  #61 Andrew, Dong            Makua Lani            20:07.25   17            

20 #234 Chock, Nicholas         Hawaii Prep           20:09.44   18            

21 #243 Moniz, Cole             Hawaii Prep           20:10.03                  

22 #178 Case, Dolen             Honokaa               20:35.73                 

23 #240 Magoon, Carson          Hawaii Prep           20:37.53                 

24 #105 Rodrigues-Cho, Eddy     Kealakehe             20:45.49   19            

25 #213 Warren, Justin          Honokaa               21:17.84                 

26 #214 Wilkes, Mason           Honokaa               21:19.11                 

  27  #98 Agusan, Candonimo       Kealakehe       21:24.69   20            

28 #231 Arakawa, Kaz            Hawaii Prep           21:27.78                 

29 #236 Disney, Walter          Hawaii Prep           21:29.34                 

30  #99 Alterman, Evan          Kealakehe             21:30.18   21            

31 #242 Matsuda, Kyle           Hawaii Prep           21:30.76                 

32  #65 Eric, Dong              Makua Lani            21:35.07   22            

33  #67 Ng, Pono                Makua Lani            21:35.88   23            

34  #83 Bailey, Loren           Konawaena             21:50.88                 

35 #198 Phenicie, Koa           Honokaa               21:54.35                 

36 #200 Quinlan, Sean           Honokaa               21:55.63                 

37  #91 Defiesta, Domenic       Kohala                21:56.11   24            

38 #208 Souza, Ethan            Honokaa               21:57.04                 

39 #194 Matias, Riston          Honokaa               22:29.41                 

40  #71 Whalen, Paul            Makua Lani            22:29.90   25              

41 #237 Greco Hiranaka, Can     Hawaii Prep           22:57.40                 

42 #104 Matsuyama, Evan         Kealakehe             23:00.56   26            

43  #90 Bello, Rysen            Kohala                23:40.37   27            

44  #89 Antonio, Paul           Kohala                23:49.86   28            

45 #187 Kapu, Aukanaii          Honokaa               24:36.33                 

46 #191 Loo, Austin             Honokaa               24:58.72                 

47  #93 Francisco, Tristan      Kohala                24:59.93   29            

48  #97 White, Montana          Kohala                25:00.55   30            

49 #190 Lacanlale, Rodel        Honokaa               25:02.15                 

50  #63 Creitz, Andrew          Makua Lani            25:07.70   31            

51 #188 Key, Michael            Honokaa               25:19.42                 

52 #204 Roque, Levyn            Honokaa               25:19.90                 

                                                                                                               Team Scores                                  

  1 Honokaa   36                 2 Hawaii Prep   40                 3 Makua Lani 68             4 Kealakehe 101             5 Kohala    138