Number of BIIF boys and girls qualifying for HHSA
Following the BIIF Championship on Friday, October 19, Mr Stephen Perry will announce the following:
BIIF Scrambling for playoff advantage in cross country
BIIF Cross Country at Kamehameha-HI
KEAAU – Kamehameha-Hawaii played host to the final regular season all schools cross country meet in the Big Island Interscholastic Federation while the league prepares for the BIIF Championships.
The defending team BIIF champions for the girls Hawaii Preparatory Academy and for the boys Honokaa jockeyed for position to once again defend their team titles.
According to HPA Athletic Director the top four teams in the BIIF along with the top 37 girls and top 38 boys will it make to states.
Saturday’s regular season finale saw BIIF teams peaking at the right time to fight for those positions with the host Warriors remaining hopeful for a positive outcome.
“Our goal is just to get a boys team into states,” Warrior Coach Ryan Cabalse said. “We’ve never had a scoring boy’s team at states.”
Honokaa boys may be the league’s biggest surprise, winning the coveted BIIF team title 5 years in a row, but never during this season, until Saturdays last all school’s meet.
For the Dragons it was Anthony Connors winning his first meet of the season and teammate Brooks McVey taking third giving Honokaa a solid 1-3 punch.
This was a first time this season that both boys have broken into the top 5 and for Connors it was a huge confidence booster.
“We’re peaking at the right times,” Connors said. “I think we have a great shot at winning our sixth team titles.”
Kohala’s Josiah Adams broke into the top 5 for the first time this season.
“I did it for my parents who come out to watch me run every week,” Adams said. “I hope I made them proud today?”
Adams came away with a newfound confidence in his ability. “I’m still pretty excited and I’m looking forward to the BIIF Championships.”
Adams wasn’t the only boy new to the top five leader board and with it its confidence booster.
HPA’s Michael Spetich, a junior, wanted to ‘prove’ himself and be peaking at the right time to give himself a booster shot of confidence prior to the BIIF’s.
Waiakea’s Ian McQuate who has always been in the top 5 leader board is saving the best for last.
“I don’t want to sound cocky but I think I can win BIIF’s,” McQuate said. “If I peak at the right time then anything is possible, you gotta believe in miracles.”
McQuate is hanging in the top 3 or 4 along with Parker’s Paul Gregg which makes the two of them the most dangerous to emerge at the top of the BIIF leader board.
In the boys team standings coming out of the Kamehameha meet it was Honokaa winning with 60 points HPA 63, Hilo 79, Kealakehe 94 and Kamehameha-HI 96.
While the Honokaa boys team have been off the radar so has the Ka Makani boys until this Saturdays meet which opened the door to a new host of individuals and teams waiting to break down the obstacles which have prevented them in the past from breaking through.
The HPA girls under Coach Michael Franklin are in his seventh season and have won 5 BIIF titles in 2006, 2008-2011 including the State Championship last year.
HPA’s Zoe Sims is the defending BIIF Champion for the girls and there is no defending BIIF boys champ as Chayce Moniz from Honokaa has graduated last season.
Ka Makani Sims had this to say about defending her BIIF crown after Saturdays win at Kamehameha.
“I don’t really think about that a lot,” Sims said. “I just run how I feel and today’s top five girls were all within 10 seconds of each other.”
Ka Makani teammates Kristina Van Pernis and Mariah Haight along with Hilo’s talented duo of Mehana Sanbado-Halpern and Carmen Garson-Shumway are all great friends and they help each other in forming a pack.
“We’ve got the best five pack in the BIIF and we’re all keeping in close, we’re glad that they want to run with us because strong runners only makes us better,” Sims said.
“When running you must really be in the moment,” Van Pernis said.
The BIIF cross country action has a BYE this weekend then moves to the rolling hills of HPA for the BIIF Cross Country Championships on Friday October 19.
The HHSAA state championship will also be run on the defending state champion’s home course the Friday of OCT 26.
BIIF teams and individual runners allowed at HHSAA meet
Here are the numbers for the HHSAA meet. Both HHSAA races will include 160 runners on October 26th.
Girls – 38 BIIF runners / Boys – 37 BIIF runners
Reminder … BIIF Qualifying for HHSAA meet
1st place team 7 runners (max) 2nd place team 7 runners (max)
3rd place team 5 runners (max) 4th place team 5 runners (max)
• remaining berths will be filled by highest finishing individuals from October 19th BIIF Championship meet.
List of BIIF Boys Team and Individual Champions in Cross Country
Stephen Perry, Athletic Director for Hawaii Prep, has been compiling a list of BIIF individual and team champions, but has a few empty spaces. If anyone can help fill in the blanks, please leave a comment on this blog and we will try to verify it before adding to the list.
Below is the list of boys individual and team champions for the BIIF. Girls list will be posted at a later date.
YEAR |
BOYS |
BOYS |
School |
|
Team Champion |
Indiv. Champion |
|
2011 |
|
|
|
2010 |
Honokaa |
Chris Mosch |
Honokaa |
2009 |
Honokaa |
Chris Mosch |
Honokaa |
2008 |
Honokaa |
Mark Turner |
Hilo |
2007 |
Honokaa |
Garrett Prinslow |
Kealakehe |
2006 |
Hawaii Prep |
Mackenzie Crommett |
HPA |
2005 |
Hilo |
Patrick Stover |
Kona |
2004 |
Hawaii Prep |
Emmett Weatherford |
HPA |
2003 |
Hawaii Prep |
Joshua Enos |
Kea’au |
2002 |
Hawaii Prep |
Jared Chapman |
HPA |
2001 |
Hawaii Prep |
Bob Sheets |
Kohala |
2000 |
Hilo HS |
Aaron Libadisos |
Kealakehe |
1999 |
Hawaii Prep |
Dane Egusa |
HPA |
1998 |
Hawaii Prep |
Joshua Villanueva |
Hilo |
1997 |
Hawaii Prep |
Joshua Villanueva |
Hilo |
1996 |
Hawaii Prep |
Jerin Kelley |
Waiakea |
1995 |
Hawaii Prep |
Jerin Kelley |
Waiakea |
1994 |
Hawaii Prep |
Robert Olson |
HPA |
1993 |
Hawaii Prep |
Robert Olson |
HPA |
1992 |
Hawaii Prep |
Thane Hancock |
HPA |
1991 |
Hawaii Prep |
Josh Longo |
Hilo |
1990 |
Hawaii Prep |
Josh Longo |
Hilo |
1989 |
Hawaii Prep |
Shawn Lasko |
HPA |
1988 |
Hawaii Prep |
Aaron Friend |
Parker |
1987 |
Hawaii Prep |
Adam Heneghan |
HPA |
1986 |
Hawaii Prep |
Adam Heneghan |
HPA |
1985 |
Hawaii Prep |
Kimo Higgins |
HPA |
1984 |
Hawaii Prep |
Richard Freeland |
Kona |
1983 |
Hawaii Prep |
Chris Carswell |
HPA |
1982 |
Hawaii Prep |
Chris Carswell (tie) |
HPA |
x |
x |
Scott Grinsteiner (tie) |
Honokaa |
1981 |
Hawaii Prep |
Chris Carswell |
HPA |
1980 |
Hawaii Prep |
Nicholas Bourlon |
HPA |
1979 |
Waiakea HS |
|
|
1978 |
Waiakea HS |
|
|
1977 |
|
|
|
1976 |
Hawaii Prep |
|
|
1975 |
Hawaii Prep |
|
|
1974 |
Hilo HS |
|
|
1973 |
Hilo HS |
|
|
Long time Hawaii Prep coach, Stan Shutes, Succumbs to Cancer
STAN SHUTES passes on Friday night
Long time Hawaii Preparatory cross country and track & field coach Stan Shutes lost his battle with cancer and passed Friday night, according to Ka Makani Athletic Director Stephen Perry.
Shutes was in Stage IV melanoma and under HOSPICE care at his home in Waimea when he died.
While at HPA Shutes cross country and track teams won 36 Big Island Interscholastic Federation titles and two state titles.
Six times his teams were the state runner up and in 1983 his boys cross country team won the state championship and in 1995 his girls track team won the state crown. The ’83 state title was HPA’s first ever state championship in any sport.
Shutes was 70 years old and was married to Sharon for 46 years. The couple has two children, Andrew and Christina, and five grandchildren.
Related Link: https://waynejoseph.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/hpas-stan-shutes-an-end-of-an-era-in-biif-cross-country-and-track/