As the BIIF track and field season approaches its midpoint, the isle’s athletes continue to break records and rank among the best in the state, and even among the best in the country.
All of the BIIF’s teams converged upon the Kamehameha Schools – Hawai‘i campus on Saturday for the fifth meet of the season.
Hawaii Preparatory Academy’s girls’ team continued its dominant season, placing first with 111.5 points. Waiakea High’s girls placed second with 92.
Konawaena High’s boys also continued their reign, scoring 155 points to place first. KS-Hawai‘i placed second with 103 points.
KS-Hawai‘i senior Kahiau Poe broke the boys stadium record for the 100 meter dash, zooming across the finish line at 10.85 seconds — and also for the 200 meter dash at 22.10.
Konawaena freshman Jazmin Fillmore PR’d at 16.22 seconds to win the girls 100 meter hurdles and rank in the state’s top ten. Teammate Violet Schaut broke the stadium record, PR’d and led the state with a 12.35 second 100 meter dash. Schaut also placed first and led the state in the 200 meter dash, which she finished in 24.78 seconds. The Wildcats’ Laanui Meyers won the boys 110 meter hurdles, PR-ing at 15.89 — and also won the 300 meter hurdles at 42.50.
Meyers combined with Kea Sanders, Aiden Akina and Lucas Carvalho to lead the Wildcats to a first place finish in the boys 4×400 relay — clocking in at 3:42.08.
Waiakea boys pole vaulter Shelbey Cabais-Fernandez achieved the goal he set out for at the start of the season, beating the stadium record set by his brother — Eric Cabais-Fernandez — in 2019. Shelbey PR’d at 14’7, beating his brother’s vault of 14’6.
Hilo High’s Hulali Halpern also broke a stadium record, clocking in at 4:49.16 in the 1500 meter run to PR and rank among the top 50 in the nation. Kealakehe’s Elisa Childers won the 3000 meter run and placed among the state’s top ten at 11:25.10.
HPA’s Elaina Head won first place in the high jump at 5’1, and the triple jump at 32-6.50 — also placing third in the long jump at 15-1.50. Kealakehe’s Layla Grace won the long jump at 15-8.50, trailed by No. 2 Lili Wolfenberger of HPA at 15-8.25.
Wolfenberger teamed up with Kirra Geesey, Marcela Rodriguez-Millan and Madie Buczyna to win the girls 4×100 relay — clocking in at 53.87. Buczyna PR’d at 1:04.63 to win the 400 meter dash by less than a second ahead of Ka‘u High’s Kalia Grace (PR 1:04.83) and HPA’s Bella Dadzie (1:04.85).
Laupahoehoe CPCS’ Tazein Sykes won the boys 400 meter dash in 52.19 seconds, placing among the state’s top 25.
Makua Lani Christian’s Cody Smith PR’d and placed first in the boys 800 meter run, clocking in a 2:10.17.
Konawaena freshman Malu Tan PR’d at 20 feet and 9.75 inches to win the boys’ long jump and join the state’s top ten.
Tan teamed up with Lucas Carvalho, Kea Sanders and Carmine Taetuna-Fautanu to win the boys 4×100 at 44 seconds flat.
In the boys’ triple jump, KS-Hawai‘i senior Kekainalu Fuerte reached the state’s top ten and PR’d at 42-0.20 to place first.
Analisa Paresa placed No. 1 in the girls’ pole vault at 10’6.
KS-Hawai‘i sophomore Alyssa Hudman won the girls 300 meter hurdles at 50.28 seconds. Kealakehe sophomore Lily Marshall won the girls 800 meter run in 2:39.17.
HPA’s Drake Fricke PR’d at 4:23.48 to win the boys 1500 meter run, and at 9:37.28 to win the 3000 meter event.
Hilo’s Nariyah Suiaunoa led the girls’ shot put event, throwing for 27’7 — and also placing first in the discus throw with a statewide top-50 distance of 86’2.
Konawaena’s Elias Malapit threw for 45 feet and 2.5 inches to win the boys shot put — and also won the boys discus, throwing for 151 feet and nine inches, a Hawaii top-ten distance.
Waiakea’s girls 4×800 squad — Camila Megargel, Malia Hill, Gabriella Tuson and Shanay Ha‘a — dominated their event, finishing in 10:49.31. Waiakea’s boys won their 4×800 at 8:42.49 — powered by Shane Tominaga, Carlos Soto-Centeno, Kiran Letawsky and Austin Mohica.
Kea‘au’s Sean Randall cleared 5’9 to PR and win the boys high jump, also ranking among the state’s top 25.