LIHU‘E — The first two places of the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles qualified for states and the third and fourth places were good enough for consideration, Friday night. Battling bone-chilling winds out of the northeast, the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation hosted
LIHU‘E — The first two places of the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles qualified for states and the third and fourth places were good enough for consideration, Friday night.
Battling bone-chilling winds out of the northeast, the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation hosted its second qualifying track meet at Vidinha Stadium to wrap up spring break for many of the participating athletes.
Waimea’s Jayme Jacinto topped the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles on a 16.92 run, followed by Kaua‘i’s Kawehi Louis-Diamond stopping the clocks at 16.92 and 17.09, respectively. Both of those times bettered the state standard of 17.14.
Kaua‘i’s Kimberly Liberato stopped the clock at 17.20 for third and Kapa‘a’s Rachael Hinkel followed at 17.91, both those times bettering the state consideration bar of 18.04.
Louis-Diamond, planning on doing three events, went on to top the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles and finished top of the Girls 100 Meter Dash.
But both times fell short of a state standard, Louis-Diamond’s 300 Hurdles marking a 49.83, below the state standard of 49.44, and the 100 Dash stopping the clock at 13.44 over a 12.94 state standard.
Jacinto ended second in the 300 Hurdles on a 50.28 run followed by Sierra Riemer of Kapa‘a at 56.82.
Hinkel topped the Girls 200 Meter Dash on a 28.78 run, but came up short on state times. She was also on Louis-Diamond’s tail on a second finish in the 100 Dash on a 13.63 run.
Waimea’s Torrey Santiago topped the Boys 100 Meter Dash on an 11.13 run, besting the state standard of 11.24 for the event.
Kaua‘i’s Darren Acoba, earlier qualifying for the boys 100 hurdles, finished second in the event on a 11.65, falling short of the state consideration standard of 11.44. Acoba’s run in the 110 Hurdles stopped the clock at 15.11 over the state standard of 16.04.
Waimea’s Nelson Acosta finished second in that event, stopping the clock at 16.19, bettering the state consideration time of 16.44.
The Waimea Boys 4×100 Relay team stopped the clock at 45.20 in its first finish over Kaua‘i’s “A” team. That time is just .06 seconds short of the state standard of 45.14. Kaua‘i’s team stopped the clock at 45.85, bettering the state consideration standard of 45.94.
Island School’s Pierce Murphy, already qualifying for the Boys 1500 and Boys 3000, tried his hand at the 800 Meter again this week, but despite a first finish in the event, came up short of the state standard. Murphy stopped the clock at 2:04.82, just .28 seconds short of the 2:04.54 standard.
Without the inclusion of the field events, Waimea High School finished tops in the girls and boys events, tallying 100 points for the girls over Kaua‘i’s 79 points, Kapa‘a’s 66 points and Island School’s eight points.
The Menehune boys finished with 107 points over Kaua‘i’s 77 points, Kapa‘a’s 48 points and Island School’s 10 points.
Student athletes take the field for more qualifying, Thursday starting at 4:30 p.m. at Vidinha Stadium.
