Waimea’s Caralyn Broyles was a dual event state qualifier, earning a state time in the Girls 800 Meter Run where she tripped the clock at 2:31.00, earning the state time by .24 seconds and shaving off more than four seconds
Waimea’s Caralyn Broyles was a dual event state qualifier, earning a state time in the Girls 800 Meter Run where she tripped the clock at 2:31.00, earning the state time by .24 seconds and shaving off more than four seconds from her last week’s effort. But in the Girls 1500 Meter Run, Broyles easily earned qualification for state on her 5:15.56 run (5:20.24 state).
In her runs yesterday, Broyles finished 6 seconds ahead of second finisher Natasha Abadila (2:37.00) in the Girls 800 Meter Run, and almost 49 seconds ahead of second finisher Elizabeth Schiller (5:54.65) in the Girls 1500 Meter Run.
Kaua‘i’s Lauren Riley and Waimea’s Jayme Jacinto continued their search for a state qualifying time in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles, but came up short.
The pair provided excitement for the fans in the process as Jacinto pulled out at the final hurdle to take the event on a 52.37 run, just a halfstep ahead of Riley who was clocked at 52.52, yesterday at Vidinha Stadium.
Both runners showed an improvement from their flip-flop finish of last week’s meet when Riley topped Jacinto on a 1:16.35 run. Jacinto finished at 1:16.66. The state time for this event is 50.14.
Kathleen Cadiente, a former Hershey’s track winner, earned a state time in the Girls 100 Meter Dash with her first finish of 13.14 (13.34 state), closely chased by her sister Kelsey who topped last week’s event just .01 of a second short of the state time. Yesterday, Kelsey finished at 13:56.
Ashlee Jimenez, the sister of Jamilee Jimenez, came home from Kamehameha Schools-Kapalama and earned one state time in her two first finishes.
Ashlee topped the Girls 400 Meter Dash on a 1:02.04 run for her state time while coming up short in the Girls 200 Meter Dash where she finished at 28.15 (27.84 state).
Cayla Kitabayashi honed her skills in the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles where she finished first at 16.8, an improvement from her state qualifying run of 17.24 last week.
With two substitutions running, the Kaua‘i High School “A” Girls 4×100 relay team easily made the state time with its run of 51.19 (53.54 state).
Canaan Bernard came up short of a state time with his first finish in the Boys 100 Meter Dash, but showed an improvement over last week with his 11.47 run (11.55 Apr. 11, 11:34 state).
Andrew Renaud earned his state qualifying time in the Boys 200 Meter Dash at last week’s meet, but fell below that standard this week despite finishing the event in first place with a 23.58 run. Last week, Renaud earned his state berth on a 23.05 run (23.24 state).
Waimea’s Jared Coleman-Stark finished with two first place finishes, but state times continue to elude him. In the Boys 800 Meter Run, Coleman-Stark improved with a first finish at 2:16.04 compared with his second finish last week at 2:18.60. The state time in this event is 2:06.74.
Stark also topped the Boys 1500 Meter run on a 4:38.22, but came up short on the state standard of 4:27.74.
Kapa‘a hurdler Joseph Velasco is still seeking a state time in the boys’ hurdles events. However, he couldn’t improve on his times from last week’s event where he stopped the clock at 17.01 in the Boys 110 Meter Hurdles. Yesterday, Velasco was 17.24 with the state standard beckoning at 16.24.
In the Boys 300 Meter Hurdles, Velasco was first to finish at 44.97, but that mark fell below last week’s run of 44.07, and the state standard being 42.64 for that event.
The Kaua‘i High School Boys 4×100 Meter Relay team is close to a state time, finishing first yesterday, but falling short by a mere .04 of a second.
The team stopped the clock at 45.28 with the state standard close at 45.24.
Although field events were also run during the qualifying meet, results for those events were not available at press time.
The qualifying track meet continues Friday at the Vidinha Stadium followed by the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation championship meet on May 2 and May 3 at Vidinha Stadium.
There is no charge for the qualifying meet Friday as well as the preliminary heats of the KIF championship on May 2. However, admission will be charged for the KIF finals on May 3.
• Dennis Fujimoto, photographer and staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) or dfujimoto@kauaipubco.com
