LIHU‘E — Waimea High School won the overall trophy for the Rotary Track Meet despite its girls falling 10 points short of Kaua‘i High School in bone-chilling winds at Vidinha Stadium, Thursday night. En route to the honor, the Menehune
LIHU‘E — Waimea High School won the overall trophy for the Rotary Track Meet despite its girls falling 10 points short of Kaua‘i High School in bone-chilling winds at Vidinha Stadium, Thursday night.
En route to the honor, the Menehune men collected 149 points, excluding results from the Boys Shot Put, and its girls collected 175 points to Kaua‘i’s 185-point showing.
Jayme Jacinto, Waimea senior, earned overall girl athlete honors while Moses Fierro was named the overall men’s athlete, said Waimea coach Dave Walker, also a Rotarian.
“It was real close between Jayme and Kaua‘i’s Kawehi Louis-Diamond, but it came down to who had the most first places,” Walker said.
Overall, Jacinto finished with two first finishes and a second while Louis-Diamond ended with a first and a second.
Both girls were in state caliber as Jacinto topped the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles on a 48.63 run, less than a step ahead of Louis-Diamond (48.64) and Rachael Hinkel (48.75). All three girls earned state times on the revised standard of 49.14.
The order was reversed in the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles when Louis-Diamond topped Jacinto 16.40 to 16.53, both runners earning state times based on the 16.64 standard. Kimberly Liberator of Kaua‘i finished third on a 17.31 run, good for a state consideration (17.44).
The go-ahead came in the Girls High Jump where Jacinto topped Kaua‘i’s Reanna Javinar on a 4-foot, 8-inch leap to Javinar’s 4-04.00.
Kaua‘i’s Kelsey Cadiente topped the Girls 100 Meter Dash on a 13.23 finish for a state consideration (13.24) and was part of the Kaua‘i Girls 4×100 Relay team with Louis-Diamond, Javinar and Kristle Henry, which finished at 51.49 for a consideration time (54.94).
Javinar went on for a consideration leap in the Girls Triple Jump at 32-10.25 for first place while Uila Langi put the shot at 32-02.00, bettering the consideration standard of 32-00.25.
Fierro topped the Boys 100 Meter Dash, the 200 Meter Dash and was part of the Waimea 4×100 Boys Relay, finishing the night with state times in all three events.
After breaking the 10-second mark in the Boys 100 Meter in the last two showings, Fierro settled at 11.01 for a state time.
Second place went to Torrey Santiago, also of Waimea, with Darren Taylor of Kapa‘a collecting third in the event. Santiago’s 11.29 also exceeded the state standard of 11.24 and Taylor fell just .20 seconds short of a consideration (11.44).
Fierro topped the Boys 200 Meter Dash on a first finish of 22.10, bettering the revised state standard of 22.84, and in the 4×100 Relay for boys, Fierro anchored the team which finished at 43.21 for a state time (44.24).
Santiago went on to earn considerations in the Boys Long Jump (20-10.00) and the Boys Triple Jump (42-01.00).
Waimea’s Malcolm Carter, taking first in the Boys Triple Jump over Santiago, also earned consideration in the event on a 42-03.50 leap, bettering the consideration standard of 40-05.50. He also earned consideration in the Boys Long Jump on a second place finish of 20-00.25.
Overall, the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation student athletes made strong showings for state qualifying as the girls earned state times in two events while getting consideration in four events.
The boys, excluding the results of the Shot Put, earned state times in five events while getting consideration in at least six events.
Pierce Murphy returned from his California trip to pocket first places in the 1500 and 3000 meter runs, his 4:19.55 bettering the revised state standard of 4:19.64 in the 1500 meter event. In the Boys 3000 Meter Run, Pierce stopped the clock at 9:28.57 for a state time (9:39.44).
Island School’s Logan Domingo, coming off a five-set volleyball game against Waimea the night before, topped the Boys High Jump on a 5-10.00 leap for a state consideration (5-08).
In the Boys Discus event, Kapa‘a’s Kevin Marshall Adkisson topped the field on a fling of 148.00 over Kaua‘i’s Michael Kahoekapu-Cruz (137-03), both first and second finishers earning state consideration (136-01).
Athletes have Friday to add to their state portfolio before the KIF championship meet.
