Kaua‘i boys, Voyager girls win races in Waimea

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Waimea High School runners Jordan Atwood and Raia Agor cool down in the mist machine on following their 3.1-mile run at a Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation cross-country race hosted by Waimea High School on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.

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Paced by Kaua‘i High School’s Esjhalee Chung Ching Man and Aileah Villatora, the 42-runner girls field comes through an early turn off the start line at a Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation cross-country race hosted by Waimea High School on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.

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Kapa‘a High School’s Saxon Kimball crosses the finish line first, shadowed by Waimea’s Kaleb Parraga during a Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation cross-country race hosted by Waimea High School on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.

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Paced by Zion Akana and Dylan Takata, a pack of redshirts was punctuated by a sole Menehune competitor during the first half of the 3.1-mile course at a Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation cross-country race hosted by Waimea High School on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.

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Kapa‘a High School race leaders Gwyneth Adams, Wainohia Kitamura and Sage Hofmann come through an early turn at the start of a Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation cross-country race hosted by Waimea High School on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.

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Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation cross-country runners pass the gallery of cheering spectators on at the Cook Park portion of the 3.1-mile track set up by Waimea High School on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2023.

WAIMEA — Kaua‘i High School boys placed four of its finishers in the top 10 to win the latest Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation cross-country meet that was hosted by Waimea High School at its 3.1-mile course on campus and adjoining Cook Park on Saturday.

The Red Raider runners, led by lead runner Ty Clark who finished fourth overall at 19 minutes, 32.93 seconds, finished with 35 points for the Kaua‘i boys’ third straight KIF cross-country win.

Waimea High School, placing two of its runners — Kaleb Parraga and Cedric Crampton-Nabaa — in the top five for the first time this season, finished in second place with 56 points. The Kapa‘a boys, having the honor of its Saxon Kimball finish first overall with a 19:045.26 run, were third with 68 points.

The Island School boys finished with 75 points.

The Island School girls, by virtue of placing three of its top finishers in the top 10, finished the day winning the girls meet with 35 points.

Kapa‘a High School girls, with four of its five scoring runners crossing on the tail end of the top 10, collected 46 points for second place, just two points ahead of the Kaua‘i High School girls, who finished with 48 points for third place.

Host Waimea High School girls finished with 106 points.

This Saturday’s KIF cross-country races will be hosted by Kaua‘i High School at a course yet to be announced. The gun for the first race goes off at 7:30 a.m.

• Boys Top 20 Results: Saxon Kimball (Kap) 19:05.26, Kaleb Parraga (Wai) 19:11.31, Cedric Crampton-Nabaa (Wai) 19:25.58, Ty Clark (Kau) 19:32.93, Cassius Olson (Kau) 19:34.07, Zion Akana (Kau) 19:51.25, Javin Hennessey (IS) 20:01.62, Azure Seals (Kap) 20:19.39, Dylan Takata (Kau) 20:30.03, Kerry Hunter (IS) 20:35.75, Elias Casillas (Kau) 20:36.60, Kobe Claussen (Kau) 20:41.72, Zachary Edwards (IS) 20:46.63, Louis Reale (Kap) 20:46.93, Caleb Schmaeling (Kau) 20:55.39, Zach White Tzeng (Wai) 21:00.40, Isaac Funtanilla (Wai) 21:00.78, Ethan Tumbaga (Wai) 21:14.12, Kelani Lewis (Wai) 21:30.42, Diego Mariano (Wai) 21:35.91.

• Girls Top 20 Results: Aileah Villatora (Kau) 22:53.80, Ashlyn Worley (IS) 23:01.97, McKenna Kerry (IS) 23:07.21, Esjhale Chung Ching Man (Kau) 23:08.67, Sadie Stiglmeier (IS) 23:55.23, Coral Turner (Kau) 24:29.27, Gwyneth Adams (Kap) 24:36.53, Wainohia Kitamura (Kap) 24:40.01, Sage Hofmann (Kap) 25:11.03, Shaira Sanchez (Kap) 25:23.10, Avani Keahiolalo (IS) 25:25.64, Jocelyn Latest Guillen (Kap) 25:49.91, Rayko Farias (Kap) 26:07.05, Kolohaiaheahe Kuhaulua (IS) 26:25.61, Jayna Sams (Wai) 26:54.11, Kawailele Ventura (Kap) 26:56.14, Gianna Valenti (Kap) 27:02.08, Jordan Atwood (Wai) 27:07.19, Jeanine Longboy (Kau) 27:27.71, Laysa Turner (Kau) 27:30.49.

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