PUHI — Kaua‘i High senior Brennen Corregedore, coming off a strong finish in the Kaua‘i Half Marathon last week, set the pace for the boys with a 17-minute, 17.94 second finish Saturday when the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation hosted an invitational cross country race at Island School, where the Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association state meet will be held Oct. 29.
PUHI — Kaua‘i High senior Brennen Corregedore, coming off a strong finish in the Kaua‘i Half Marathon last week, set the pace for the boys with a 17-minute, 17.94 second finish Saturday when the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation hosted an invitational cross country race at Island School, where the Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association state meet will be held Oct. 29.
This brought the participation of three off-island schools: Kalani, Moanalua, and Hanalani, to run the track as a preview of the state meet.
Despite the sprint first finish by Corregedore, the Kaua‘i boys finished second in team scoring to Kalani High, which finished with 26 points, 10 points better than Kaua‘i. The Red Raiders’ fourth and fifth scoring runners broke the plane in 11th and 14th places, respectively.
Kalani pushed it first runners, Yuta Cole (18:01.21) in third and Maru Sekine (18:109.36) in fourth, to lead the O‘ahu visitors.
Colin Shimbukuro of Moanalua High School filled in the second finisher slot on a 17:36.99 run.
Lucas Meyers stopped the clock at 19:39.73 as the first Island School boy, Ethan Gray (21:31.80) was the first Waimea boys finisher, and Alexander Agrade was the first Kapa‘a male finisher, 37th overall on a 23:02.02 run.
On the girls’ course, Saige Miller of Hanalani set the pace for the 40-runner field by crossing the three-mile course on a 20:04.06 run, followed by Kacey Miura of Kalani, who stopped the clock at 20:26.15, 29 seconds ahead of Kaua‘i’s first runner, Aileah Villatora, who stopped the clock third overall at 20:55.99.
Skyler Stewart, finishing 11th overall, was Island School’s first runner, stopping the clock at 22:43.15. Gwyneth Adams was the first Kapa‘a runner, crossing 15th overall on a 22:42.09 run, and Canyon Niccore was the first Menehune to finish on a 25:18.79 run.
The KIF opens its season this Saturday when the KIF cross country meet starts at 7:30 a.m. on the Waimea High campus.
