BIIF Track & Field Season begins on Saturday at Keaau
- Start of girls 100 meter race
Sizes does matter! Just ask Hawaii Preparatory Academy track & field coach Pat Lau and he’ll tell you that having depth plays an important factor in making a run for the island team championships.
“Our 2011 track team is the largest in school history,” Lau said. “With 89 athletes, 62 girls and 27 boys, we have a lot of depth.”
Lau, who begins his fifth season at the helm, has a reputation for winning Big Island Interscholastic Federation team titles, capturing a boy’s title in 2007 and two girl’s titles in 2008 and 2010.
“For me and my coaches our biggest achievements is producing six individual state champions over the past four years,” Lau said.
The defending girls BIIF champs look overwhelming on paper as they return Kela Vargas, 800 & 1500 meters, Lana Queen and Chelsea Akamine at hurdles, Sydney Budde and Taylor Esaki at pole vault, along with Hana Scully, Mackenzie Buckner and Pam Lynn at sprints.
“Joining us also are most of the girls from the 2010 BIIF cross country championship team which gives us a lot of depth in the distance events,” Lau said.
Ka Makani boys return Shane Brostek in the throws with teammates George Twiggsmith and Rokas Cesnuievicius in the jumps.
“With our new track and HPA’s reputation for having a successful track program we are working hard to defend our 2010 girl’s championships. As for the boys we will be very competitive, but Kamehameha looks to be the team to beat with Hilo and Keaau teams to watch,” Lau said.
Kimo Weaver returns for his third season at Kamehameha with impressive credentials. The Warrior girls were the 2010 BIIF runner-up to the Ka Makani and their boys captured the league team crown.
“We continue to maintain the same team goals as we would like to contend for the league title and improve on our number of state qualifiers,” Weaver said.
Kamehameha boy’s top returnees include Everett Maka McKee at hurdles, Kaenaen Aukai Akau, long jump and sprints along with Hawk Hanoa in the throws.
For the lady Warriors Corin Kim and Kera Akiyama returns at the 400, Erin Carvalho at the distance events, Hi’ilani Evans-Bautista at jumps and hurdles along with teammates Kimberly Kalei Hodson and Alyssa Lehua McGuire taking on Pole Vault duties with McGuire also taking on the hurdles.
“We still need to fill the slots of those that have since graduated,” Weaver said. “We need to better our times and marks each week and we want to keep working hard and peak at the right time. If we can do this and have fun doing it good things will happen.”
Across town the other Warrior team, Waiakea, returns top distance runners, Kelsie Kobayashi for the girls and Jackson Halford for the boys.
Waiakea coaches, Lance and Mary Jane Tominaga are carrying 20 girls and 35 boys on the team and are looking to improve on last year’s third place team finishes for both their boys and girls.
“We did lose a few key seniors, however, with the returnees coming back stronger and the addition of young recruits, the team hopes to better last year’s finish,” Lance Tominaga said.
Waiakea will have a strong sprint and jump corp. lead by Travis Winters and Michael Morikawa for the boys and Teisha Nacis for the girls. Stephen McCauliffe will take on the middle distance, 400 and 800 events.
Keaau’s Vicky Chai also carries 55 athletes on their team, which Chai describes as a young and talented squad.
Jesse Huihui is the Cougars top sprinter with Damien Packer taking on the hurdles and horizontal jumps. Look for Kevin Olsen in the distance events and a talented Nelson Enos in the pole vault.
For the Cougar girls it will be Randi Estrada in the high jump and 400 meter events and Deann Nishimura-Thornton running the distance events.
“I think most schools want the same thing as we do, to win a championship” Chai said. “Having never accomplished this it would be especially sweet for us and this year I think it’s possible. We continue to grow together as a team, most of who have been together for three years. We’re looking forward to an exciting season.”
For Hilo it is first year head coach Jonathan Peralto taking over a large and talented Viking squad.
“Right now we are carrying about 45 boys and 35 girls on our track team,” Peralto said. “A pretty large group, but they are motivated and working hard each day and I have a great coaching staff helping me.”
The Viking girls return Shina Chung at pole vault, Shalila de Bourmont at 3000 meters, Alyssa Hoshide, sprints; Linda Sunia, throws with boys Tyde Kaneshiro, distance, Rick Michels and Dan Taylor in the hurdles.
“I’m not sure who will be in the running for the team titles this year,” Peralto said. “Each year new athletes come out, mixing things up a bit, but I am really looking forward to what the BIIF, as a whole, will produce this year.”
Peralto believes that the level of competition on the island has been increasing each year and is excited about what this season may have to offer.
The 2011 track and field season got under way with a preseason meet at HPA on Saturday, March 5 followed by the Kamehameha preseason invitational on Saturday, March 19.
The regular BIIF season starts on Saturday, March 26, at with an all schools meet at Keaau. Field events get under way at 2 pm followed by running events at 3.
Top Individual BIIF Runners – results – from Kamehameha Invite
Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Track and Field Invitational – 3/19/2011 Kea’au HI
Girls 100 Meter Dash
Name Year School Seed Finals H# Point
1 Kristina Padrigo SO Ka’u 13.76 1
2 Aloha Bohol SR Hilo 13.77 2
3 Chelsea Poe JR Kamehameha HI 13.96 1
Girls 200 Meter Dash
1 Randi Estrada JR Keaau 27.3h 1
2 Aloha Bohol SR Hilo 27.5h 1
3 Shina Chung JR Hilo 28.2h 1
Girls 400 Meter Dash
1 Randi Estrada JR Keaau 1:02:48
2 Kiana Heaukulani SO Hilo 1:12.30 8
3 Michelle Martinez SO Hilo 1:17.37 6
Girls 800 Meter Run
1 Zoe Sims SO Hawaii Prep 2:30.93 10
2 Carmen Garson-Shumway FR Hilo 2:36.02 8
3 Natalie Hagemann SO Keaau 2:51.54 6
4 Veronica Ladwig FR Hawaii Prep 2:54.08 4
Girls 1500 Meter Run
1 Zoe Sims SO Hawaii Prep 5:25.39 10
2 Carmen Garson-Shumway FR Hilo 5:27.78 8
3 Shalila de Bourmont JR Hilo 5:41.60 6
4 Natalie Hagemann SO Keaau 5:47.31 4
Girls 3000 Meter Run
1 Zoe Sims SO Hawaii Prep 11:56.80 10
2 Veronica Ladwig FR Hawaii Prep 12:51.70 8
3 Kaylee Rapoza SO Hilo 13:08.90 6
Girls 100 Meter Hurdles
1 Katharina Brohmeyer JR Keaau 17.8h 1
2 Bree Delacruz JR Hilo 17.9h 1
3 Katie Case JR Hawaii Prep 18.0h 1
Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
1 Katharina Brohmeyer JR Keaau 50.30 1
2 Alyssa McGuire SO Kamehameha HI 52.58 1
3 Katie Case JR Hawaii Prep 52.66 1
Boys 100 Meter Dash
1 Jesse Huihui JR Keaau 11.36
2 Alexander Engdahl JR Keaau 11.72
3 Everett McKee SR Kamehameha HI 11.82
200 Meter Dash
1 Brett Ebanez JR Hilo 24.2h
1 Talon Ota SO Keaau 24.2h
3 Kason Marques SR Keaau 25.1h
4 Johnny Chow SR Keaau 25.3h
4 Aijah Thompson SR Keaau 25.3h
Boys 400 Meter Dash
1 Matthew Shimabukuro SO Keaau 58.77 10
2 Alvaro Fernandez Garcia SO Hawaii Prep 59.76 8
3 Brett Ebanez JR Hilo 1:02.97 6
Boys 800 Meter Run
1 Johann Kuipers JR Hilo 2:14.73 10
2 Kevin Olsen SR Keaau 2:20.73 8
3 Wayne Pavao SR Keaau 2:21.74 6
JR Keaau 2:30.82
Boys 1500 Meter Run
1 Tyde Kaneshiro SR Hilo 4:36.41
2 Kevin Olsen SR Keaau 4:39.02
3 Andrew Langtree JR St Joseph 4:48.15
4 Wayne Pavao SR Keaau 4:55.13
5 Hunter Stephen Hilo 4:58.36
Boys 3000 Meter Run
1 Chris Mosch SR Honokaa 9:35.30
2 Tyde Kaneshiro SR Hilo 10:23.00
3 Andrew Langtree JR St Joseph 10:24.40
4 Hunter Stephen Hilo 10:43.30
5 Max Panoff FR Hilo 11:06.70
Boys 110 Meter Hurdles
1 Everett McKee SR Kamehameha HI 16.1h
2 Easten Tanimoto JR Kamehameha HI 17.5h
3 Rick Michels SR Hilo 18.4h
Boys 300 Meter Hurdles
1 Everett McKee SR Kamehameha HI 42.66
2 Rick Michels SR Hilo 46.90
3 Joey Kailimai FR Hawaii Prep 47.61
BIIF boys cross country at Waiakea – top 35 results
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| 16:48 | Robinson | Joshua | Hon |
| 16:53 | Kaneshiro | Tyde | Hilo |
| 16:53 | Langtry | Andrew | St Joe |
| 17:01 | Grotenhuis | Jordan | CLA |
| 17:11 | Whitner | Geoff | Keala |
| 17:14 | Michels | Rick | Hilo |
| 17:17 | Mabuni | Brandt | Makuu |
| 17:28 | Olsen | Kevin | Keaau |
| 17:29 | Tarnas | Jesse | Parker |
| 17:40 | Ray | Billy | Hilo |
| 17:40 | Halford | Jackson | WHS |
| 18:00 | Rice | Keoni | WHS |
| 18:09 | Mah | Brandon | Hon |
| 18:19 | Conners | Tony | Hon |
| 18:23 | Gregg | Paul | Parker |
| 18:31 | Shiraki | Dylan | Hon |
| 18:36 | Hayano | Hajime | WHS |
| 18:38 | McCullough | Tyler | Parker |
| 18:40 | Gregg | Daniel | Parker |
| 18:47 | Kuipers | Johann | Hilo |
| 18:50 | Vandervoort | Devin | Makuu |
| 19:01 | Robinson | David | Hon |
| 19:05 | Chong | Devin | Keala |
| 19:05 | Marshall | Williamson | WHS |
| 19:07 | Pavao | Wayne | Keaau |
| 19:14 | Haight | Spencer | Hon |
| 19:16 | Hunter | Stephen | Hilo |
| 19:19 | Andrew | Dong | Makua |
| 19:22 | Panoff | Max | Hilo |
| 19:22 | Meguro | Robby | WHS |
| 19:32 | Uemura | Ryne | WHS |
| 19:33 | Crowell | Mathew | Hilo |
| 19:34 | Clubs | James | Keaau |
| 19:38 | Kerr | Max | Hilo |
| 19:39 | Navarro | Arman | Keaau |
Big Dog edit. The official results failed to include the names and times of some runners past #35 so I decided not to post the top 60 boys results rather than run results with blank spots.
Kamehameha Invitational varsity boys X-C results
Kamehameha Schools-Hawaii Campus HY-TEK’s Meet Manage Kamehameha Hawaii Cross Country Invitational – 9/11/2010 Kamehameha Schools Hawaii Campus Kea’au, HI
Chris Mosch
1 Siqueiros, Rene Watsonville 16:43.69 1
2 Mosch, Chris Honokaa 16:45.98 2
3 Garcia, Edgar Watsonville 17:04.49 3
4 Robinson, Joshua Honokaa 17:23.01 4
5 Grotenhuis, Jordan Christian Liberty 17:40.59 5
6 Kaneshiro, Tyde Hilo 17:48.23 6
7 Langtry, Andrew St. Joseph’s 17:48.46
8 Abe, Kelvin Hawaii Bapti 17:50.34 7
9 Connors, Robert Honokaa 17:50.74 8
10 Knight, David Watsonville 17:51.20 9
11 Mabuni, Brandt Makua Lani 17:52.98 10
12 Johnson, Matt Hawaii Bapti 17:56.17 11
13 Michels, Rick Hilo 17:56.59 12
14 Olsen, Kevin Kea’au 17:59.37 13
15 Corona, Martin Watsonville 18:01.96 14
16 Tarnas, Jesse Parker School 18:06.45 15
17 Moniz, Chayce Honokaa 18:12.56 16
18 Ray, Billy Hilo 18:13.59 17
19 Macy, Justin Hawaii Prep 18:14.70 18
20 Requelman, Daylan Laupahoehoe 18:15.32
21 Wakuzawa, Brent Hawaii Bapti 18:15.62 19
22 Halford, Jackson Waiakea 18:19.69 20
23 Fong, Isaac Hawaii Bapti 18:29.02 21
24 Correa, Shawn Kamehameha 18:33.67 22
25 Ho, Kaulana Kamehameha 18:34.75 23
26 Gahan, Makaala Kamehameha 18:41.40 24
27 Mah, Brandon Honokaa 18:42.29 25
28 Ortiz, Abraham Watsonville 18:43.20 26
29 Gregg, Daniel Parker School 18:47.13 27
30 McCullough, Tyler Parker School 18:47.63 28
31 Gregg, Paul Parker School 18:48.82 29
32 Oishi, Michael Hawaii Bapti 18:53.73 30
33 Rice, Keoni Waiakea 19:00.53 31
34 Shiraki, Dylan Honokaa 19:03.50 32
35 Vandervoort, Devin Makua Lani 19:07.96 33
36 Connors, Tony Honokaa 19:09.99 34
37 Ota, Matthew Hawaii Bapti 19:23.11 35
38 Martin, Logan Hawaii Prep 19:25.01 36
39 Nakamura, Micah Hawaii Bapti 19:29.04 37
40 Hon, Kimo Parker School 19:36.02 38
41 Hunter, Stephen Hilo 19:38.31 39
42 Yoda, Ryuta Hawaii Prep 19:40.14 40
43 Burns, Jesse Parker School 19:42.65 41
44 Meguro, Robbey Waiakea 19:50.70 42
45 Pavao, Wayne Kea’au 19:52.32 43
46 Sandstrom, Owen Waiakea 19:53.11 44
47 Rogerson, Michael Hawaii Prep 19:55.30 45
48 Thomas, Ryan Kamehameha 19:56.57 46
49 Marshall, Akil Waiakea 20:02.97 47
50 Severino, Michael Hawaii Prep 20:03.75 48
51 Chong, Devin Kealakehe 20:11.68 49
52 Panoff, Max Hilo 20:16.90 50
53 Magoon, Carson Hawaii Prep 20:19.30 51
54 Carrancho, Justin Watsonville 20:23.23 52
55 Alviento, Davin Kea’au 20:26.65 53
56 Clubbs, James Kea’au 20:29.63 54
57 Pelletier, Kyle Kamehameha 20:30.92 55
58 Van Kirk, Tyler Hawaii Prep 20:31.58 56
59 Crowell, Matthew Hilo 20:34.20 57
60 Benavidez, Ben Watsonville 20:35.90 58
61 Matias, Greg Kea’au 20:37.44 59
62 DeRego, Theodore Kamehameha 20:38.20 60
63 Koscik, Christopher St. Joseph’s 20:49.34
64 Memmer, Luke Hilo 20:58.63 61
65 Rhyss, Dorian Kea’au 21:09.96 62
66 Agusan, Candonimo Kealakehe 21:14.04 63
67 Kurihara, Kyle Kealakehe 21:16.46 64
68 Harbour, Jin Waiakea 21:25.91 65
69 Yamauchi, Dalen Waiakea 21:30.60 66
70 Andrew, Dong Makua Lani 21:32.29 67
71 Barroga, Rogelio Kea’au 21:33.33 68
72 Alterman, Evan Kealakehe 21:45.93 69
73 Ng, Pono Makua Lani 22:08.20 70
74 Ogawa, Rogan Kamehameha 22:29.33 71
75 LeBoeuf, Nathan Laupahoehoe 22:31.82
76 Wada, Ben Christian Liberty 22:34.45 72
77 Moylan, Louis Christian Liberty 22:48.96 73
78 Whalen, Paul Makua Lani 22:53.81 74
79 Eric, Dong Makua Lani 23:03.41 75
80 Matsuyama, Evan Kealakehe 23:04.01 76
81 Johnston, McCrae Parker School 23:17.44 77
82 Creitz, Andrew Makua Lani 23:38.21 78
83 Clark, Ian Christian Liberty 25:19.91 79
84 Houston, Ben Christian Liberty 25:49.97 80
85 Wada, Justin Christian Liberty 26:14.76 81
86 Sato, David Christian Liberty 26:15.82 82
Team Scores
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Rank Team Total 1 2 3 4 5 *6 *7 *8 *9
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1 Watsonville 53 1 3 9 14 26 52 58
2 Honokaa 55 2 4 8 16 25 32 34
3 Hawaii Baptist Academy 88 7 11 19 21 30 35 37
4 Hilo 124 6 12 17 39 50 57 61
5 Parker School 137 15 27 28 29 38 41 77
6 Kamehameha – Hawaii 170 22 23 24 46 55 60 71
7 Waiakea 184 20 31 42 44 47 65 66
8 Hawaii Prep 187 18 36 40 45 48 51 56
9 Kea’au 222 13 43 53 54 59 62 68
254 10 33 67 70 74 75 78
11 Christian Liberty 309 5 72 73 79 80 81 82
12 Kealakehe 321 49 63 64 69 76
Kamehameha boys win team East Side Cross-Country
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TEAM STANDINGS: 1 Kamehameha – Hawaii 49 2 Waiakea 53 3 Hilo 66 4 Kea’au 74
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