Kawaihae Canoe Club long distance race results

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The Kawaihae men’s 50+ crew, Joey Napoleon, JR Lai, Peppa “Jake” Chong, Hunter Anderson, Mike Andrade and Jerry Bess, racing Saturday in celebration of Kawaihae’s 50th anniversary, won their division and the overall Men/Mixed race at Saturday’s long distance race. (Courtesy photo/West Hawaii Today)
Jamie Nease photo A Kawaihae women's crew – Mealoha Hooton, Nahaku Kalei, U‘ilani Macabio, Noelani Spencer, Silvia Guijarra, Leilani Olson – crosses the finish line first in Saturday's 9-mile race.
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Kawaihae Harbor

9-mile race

Women

Place Club Classification Canoe Time

1 Kawaihae WmOpen Pelekane 1:23:09

2 Keauhou WmOpen Iolana 1:23:28

3 Kawaihae Wm Koa Waihou 1:25:00

4 Kawaihae WmOpen Uila 1:25:37

5 Keauhou WmOpen Aukuu 1:27:47

6 Keaukaha WmOpen Kuhaimoana 1:28:23

7 Kai Opua Wm40 Anakala 1:29:44

8 Kai Opua WmOpen Ale 1:32:21

9 Puna WmOpen Poliahu 1:33:09

10 Keauhou WmOpen Kai ili ili Nehe 1:35:03

11 Keaukaha Wm40 Komohana 1:35:55

12 Kai Opua Wm50 Lydia 1:36:11

13 Hoemana WmOpen Na‘au Pono 1:37:04

14 Kawaihae Wm60 Waiakailio 1:37:58

15 Keauhou WmOpen Kai Pueone 1:39:24

16 Kamehameha Wm60 Kekualani 1:40:50

Women unlimited*

1 Kai Opua UnLTD Kealailani 1:19:20

2 Puna UnLTD Kahiau 1:24:33

3 Puna UnLTD Kawaiola 1:24:46

4 Waikoloa UnLTD Matahina 1:26:23

5 Puna UnLTD Boogie Kalama 1:27:44

6 Kamehameha UnLTD Kawohi 1:36:26

7 Kai E Hitu UnLTD Mafatua Nui 1:43:47

Men and mixed

1 Kawaihae Mn50 Pelekane 1:12:47

2 Keaukaha MnOpen Komohana 1:13:29

3 Keoua MnOpen Keawekakeka 1:15:54

4 Keaukaha Mn40 Uila 1:16:46

5 Kai Opua MnOpen Ale 1:17:39

6 Kai Opua Mn50 Anakala 1:17:40

7 Keauhou Mn40 Kai ili ili Nehe 1:18:52

8 Hui Wa‘a ‘O Waiakea MnOpen Ua Noe 1:19:39

9 Kawaihae MnKoa Waihou 1:21:11

10 Keoua MnOpen Paea 1:21:34

11 Keaukaha Mn40 Kuhaimoana 1:22:44

12 Kawaihae Mx50 Kaimana 1:23:21

13 Kai E Hitu Mn40 Nalani Momi 1:24:25

14 Kamehameha Mn40 Kekualani 1:25:08

15 Keauhou Mn60 Iolana 1:26:33

16 Keaukaha Mn60 Lua‘ehu 1:27:33

17 Waikoloa Mx50 Keawaiki 1:29:00

18 Waikoloa MxOpen Kukini Kai 1:29:00

19 Hoemana MxOpen Na‘au Pono 1:30:44

20 Waikoloa MxOpen Ku‘uAli‘i 1:32:42

21 Kawaihae MnOpen Waiakailio 1:33:37

22 Kawaihae Mx40 Poliahu 1:33:55

23 Hoemana Mx50 Kumu Hou 1:34:07

24 Keauhou Mn60 Keala Pu Ali 1:34:53

25 Kawaihae Mn60 Paniau 1:36:03

26 Kawaihae MxOpen Kilakila 1:36:41

27 Hoemana Mx60 Mamalahoe 1:41:33

28 Waikoloa Mn60 Aukai 1:42:48

29 Keauhou Mx60 Malia Kini DNF

Men unlimited*

1 Kai E Hitu UnLTD Na Maha Okapu‘iki 1:09:30

2 Keauhou UnLTD Kokoiki 1:09:44

3 Puna UnLTD Boogie Kalama 1:10:45

4 Kamehameha UnLTD Kawohi 1:13:25

5 Puna UnLTD Kawaiola 1:15:46

6 Kai Opua UnLTD Kea Lailani 1:19:15

7 Puna UnLTD Kahiau 1:19:26

8 Kai Opua UnLTD Lono 1:24:24

*Unlimited canoes are not made in the style of the traditional Hawaiian outrigger canoes and are much lighter.

Women’s Race Results by Classification

Women Koa

1 Kawaihae Wm Koa Waihou 1:25:00

(Charven Rodrigues, Dionne Kaneshiro, Brandie Oye, Oilipua Atkinson, Ku‘ulei Villanueva, Cherisse Agorastas)

Women Open

1 Kawaihae WmOpen Pelekane 1:23:09

(Mealoha Hooton, Nahaku Kalei, U‘ilani Macabio, Noelani Spencer, Silvia Guijarra, Leilani Olson)

2 Keauhou WmOpen Iolana 1:23:28

3 Kawaihae WmOpen Uila 1:25:37

4 Keauhou WmOpen Aukuu 1:27:47

5 Keaukaha WmOpen Kuhaimoana 1:28:23

6 Kai Opua WmOpen Ale 1:32:21

7 Puna WmOpen Poliahu 1:33:09

8 Keauhou WmOpen Kai ili ili Nehe 1:35:03

9 Hoemana WmOpen Na‘au Pono 1:37:04

10 Keauhou WmOpen Kai Pueone 1:39:24

Women 40

1 Kai Opua Wm40 Anakala 1:29:44

(Nicki Lacey-Enos, Angela Rey, Corrine Convery, Apryl Sasaki, Elena Sergatcheva, Christina Williams)

2 Keaukaha Wm40 Komohana 1:35:55

Women 50

1 Kai Opua Wm50 Lydia 1:36:11

(Kathleen Leahy, Dani Ho, Ellie Sumic, Patty Medeiros, Laurel Haserot, Ipo Morgan)

Women 60

1 Kawaihae Wm60 Waiakailio 1:37:58

(Kim Horn, Willette Akima-Akau, Karen Axsom, Shirley Gambill-DeRego, Dee Edmunds, Janice Thomas)

2 Kamehameha Wm60 Kekualani 1:40:50

Men’s Race Results by Classification

Men Koa

1 Kawaihae MnKoa Waihou 1:21:11

(Troy Farmer, Mike Van Berg, Cliff Gilley, Ken Reeves, Leo Woods, Randy Ring)

Men Open

1 Keaukaha MnOpen Komohana 1:13:29

(Jose Lizardi, Jordan “Kama” LeeLoy, Mario Mausio, Christopher Olayon, Spencer Smith, Tyler Makaiwi)

2 Keoua MnOpen Keawekakeka 1:15:54

3 Kai Opua MnOpen Ale 1:17:39

4 Hui Wa‘a ‘O Waiakea MnOpen Ua Noe 1:19:39

5 Keoua MnOpen Paea 1:21:34

6 Kawaihae MnOpen Waiakailio 1:33:37

Men 40

1 Keaukaha Mn40 Uila 1:16:46

(Eric Baily, Ryan Kekuawelo, Kyle Keano, Rodrigo Romo, Tyson Nickholas, Grant Kaaua)

2 Keauhou Mn40 Kai ili ili Nehe 1:18:52

3 Keaukaha Mn40 Kuhaimoana 1:22:44

4 Kai E Hitu Mn40 Nalani Momi 1:24:25

5 Kamehameha Mn40 Kekualani 1:25:08

Men 50

1 Kawaihae Mn50 Pelekane 1:12:47

(Peppa “Jake” Chong, Jerry Bess, Hunter Anderson, Mike Andrade, JR Lai, Joey Napoleon)

2 Kai Opua Mn50 Anakala 1:17:40

Men 60

1 Keauhou Mn60 Iolana 1:26:33

(Bob Darling, Will Cataraha, Peter Matlock, Chuck Thompson, Dave Tracy, Steve Quitevis)

2 Keaukaha Mn60 Lua‘ehu 1:27:33

3 Keauhou Mn60 Keala Pu Ali 1:34:53

4 Kawaihae Mn60 Paniau 1:36:03

5 Waikoloa Mn60 Aukai 1:42:48

Mixed Open

1 Waikoloa MxOpen Kukini Kai 1:29:00

(Eric Goetz, Mary Smithson, Toa Bertaina, Benni Duque, Kianni Dodson, Alison Dodson)

2 Hoemana MxOpen Na‘au Pono 1:30:44

3 Waikoloa MxOpen Ku‘uAli‘i 1:32:42

4 Kawaihae MxOpen Kilakila 1:36:41

Mixed 40

1 Kawaihae Mx40 Poliahu 1:33:55

(David Stout, Leslie Johnson, William Showalter, Ululani Odell, Ameto Stevens, Carol Letisi)

Mixed 50

1 Kawaihae Mx50 Kaimana 1:23:21

(Alton Oye, David Winters, Jonathan Salvador, Mahealani Winters, Jill Henderson, Tricia Bell)

2 Waikoloa Mx50 Keawaiki 1:29:00

3 Hoemana Mx50 Kumu Hou 1:34:07

Mixed 60

1 Hoemana Mx60 Mamalahoe 1:41:33

(Marcie Davis, Charles E. Pfaff, Daniel Farrell, Guy Davis, Skip Turek, Sammy Teixeira)

2 Keauhou Mx60 Malia Kini DNF