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11/28/98

Hawaii State Meet

by Iolani coach Greg Char via Keith Conning

From: Gregory_Char/LINCOLN/HIDOE@notes.k12.hi.us
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 1998 6:17 PM
To: Conning@aol.com
Subject: State Meet Results and Footlocker

We had our State Meet 11/28 and I’m proud to say we won our very first State Title ever. It capped off a truly amazing, memorable season where we went undefeated with really only five runners. Our 6th and 7th never improved enough to even challenge our 5th runner. Anyway, the following is our State Meet results if you’re interested. Didn’t know if you received a copy or not...

BOYS

INDIVIDUAL
1 JAMES GOOGE RADFORD 15.47
2 ROBBY PHILLIP MILILANI 15.50
3 JOSHUA VILLANUEVA HILO 16.14
4 ROBERT KESSNER IOLANI 16.19
5 MORGAN CLARK SEABURY HALL 16.20
6 JACOB WILLIAMS KAMEHAMEHA 16.22
7 MATT CHUN PUNAHOU 16.33
8 SAM CHONG KAMEHAMEHA 16.47
9 ROMAN POGOZHEV RADFORD 16.53
10 KAUILA RIVERA SEABURY HALL 16.53
11 NICK MALDONADO RADFORD 16.56
12 LEIGHTON KASUDA BALDWIN 16.57
13 TODD IACOVELLI PUNAHOU 17.00
14 PUEO KEEFER KONAWAENA 17.00
15 JEREMY CABRAL MAUI 17.02
16 GARRETT DELOM WAIAKEA 17.04
17 KIMOKEO BODE KAMEHAMEHA 17.05
18 MARCO SENELLY MID-PAC 17.11
19 JUSTIN PETERSEN KAMEHAMEHA 17.11
20 RIKI HANALEI LEE WAIAKEA 17.12

BOYS TEAM RESULTS
1 KAMEHAMEHA 63
2 RADFORD 77
3 PUNAHOU 101
4 MILILANI 118
5 SEABURY HALL 121
6 WAIAKEA 180
7 HILO 205
8 IOLANI 214
9 AIEA 250
10 KALAHEO 259
11 ROOSEVELT 289
12 PARKER 309
13 HAWAII PREP 327
14 MAUI 369
15 KAPAA 410
16 KAHUKU 432
17 ST. LOUIS 461

GIRLS

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
1 ERI MCDONALD PUNAHOU 11.44 (4th straight)
2 VICTORIA CHANG PUNAHOU 11.46
3 LISA MCMANUS HAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY 12.28
4 IRIS MOON HANA 12.32
5 LAURAN DIGNAM IOLANI 12.34
6 AALA LYMAN KAMEHAMEHA 12.39
7 COBEY ACKERMAN HAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY 12.39
8 KATTANYA KAPELI KAMEHAMEHA 12.40
9 ANNIE KAWASAKI ST. FRANCIS 12.42
10 KRISTIN SHINKAWA IOLANI 12.44
11 JENNA ISHII IOLANI 12.44
12 KATIE LANG ACADEMY OF THE PACIFIC 12.46
13 KIRRA DOWNING KAMEHAMEHA 12.47
14 JULIA NELSON PUNAHOU 12.50
15 SAMANTHA CHOY ROOSEVELT 12.54
16 ALICIA SNYDER-CARLSON ST. ANTHONY 12.54
17 LIANA BERNARD MAUI 12.56
18 SHANNON SHIVELY HAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY 13.00
19 LIANNE OKADA IOLANI 13.01
20 ELIZABETH ROCK HILO 13.02
21 ALISA SATO IOLANI 13.05

GIRLS TEAM RESULTS
1 IOLANI 53
2 KAMEHAMEHA 66
3 PUNAHOU 69
4 HAWAII PREPARATORY ACADEMY 81
5 HILO 198
6 MCKINLEY 199
7 ROOSEVELT 204
8 RADFORD 249
9 KALAHEO 275
10 MILILANI 295
11 BALDWIN 336
12 KALANI 341
13 MAUI 344
14 KAPAA 375
15 KONAWAENA 404
16 CASTLE 407
17 MOANALUA 421
18 WAIAKEA 462
19 ST. ANDREW’S PRIORY 561

Sorry, but I do not have the complete results. The top 20 were printed in the newspaper as they were the award winners (I knew my #5 girl came in 21st - ugh, so close to a medal). The course was relatively flat, all grass, and the conditions were scattered showers and VERY windy. As you can see by the times, our runners don’t really compare with the ones in California with the exception of a couple of runners. That’s why I wanted to find a meet not too big for when we go up there next Fall. It should be quite a challenge for my girls.

On the boy’s side: It was Kamehameha’s 2nd consecutive team title and the first for James Googe individually. Unfortunately he comes from a military family and will not be returning to Hawaii for his Senior year. Interesting sidebit: Sara Bei of Montgomery quite possibly could have placed in the top 25 in our BOYS race!

On the girls side (which I know more about): It was our first team title and Eri McDonald’s 4th consecutive individual title. The 1st person male or female to ever accomplish that feat in Hawaii. However, it was her 1st ever loss on the team side for both track and cross country. Also of
note:  Our League went 1, 2, and 3 and we placed 11 girls in the top 14 (all but Eri return next year). Iolani returns four of our top five,  Kamehameha returns their top three, and Punahou their #2 and #3 (Eri graduates, but her sister Pippa will be a Freshman next year so they really won’t lose much).

It was an extremely intense and stressful week and a half with League Champs and States and it looks to be very  close again next year with so many returning runners. Promises to be fun...