LIHU‘E — Waimea High School took both the boys and girls sections of the latest Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation qualifying track meet, Friday night at Vidinha Stadium. The Menehune took the girls events on 128 points, compared with Kaua‘i High School’s
LIHU‘E — Waimea High School took both the boys and girls sections of the latest Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation qualifying track meet, Friday night at Vidinha Stadium.
The Menehune took the girls events on 128 points, compared with Kaua‘i High School’s 97 points, Kapa‘a’s 41 points, and Waimea B’s 10 points.
On the boys side, the Menehune collected 135 points over Kapa’a’s 71 points, Kaua‘i ending with 51 points, and Island School getting 20 points. A Waimea B team finished with 16 points.
Waimea long-distance runner Caralyn Broyles paced the girls’ win with two, first-place finishes and a state-qualifying time. In the girls 800-meter run, Broyles stopped the clock at 2:28.42 run, besting the 2009 automatic-qualifying standard (auto) of 2:30.14. In the second long-distance event, the girls 3000, Caralyn topped the field on an 11:56.43 performance for a consideration (12:16.84) time, falling short of the automatic-qualifying time (11:49.84) by about seven seconds.
Fellow Menehune Jayme Jacinto hit the girls 100 hurdles on the state standard of 17.14 with her first-place finish, and earned a consideration time with another first place in the girls 300 hurdles, where she stopped the clock at 51.26, ahead of the consideration standard of 52.34.
A consideration time means state track officials will consider allowing an athlete with such a time to compete in the state championships, if there is enough room in the event.
In the girls 100 hurdles, Kaua‘i hurdler Kimberly Liberato’s runner-up finish of 17.73 bested the consideration standard of 18.04.
The top performer for Kaua‘i was Kathleen Cadiente, who fell just .01 second short of an auto time (12.94) with her first finish of 12.95 in the girls 100 dash.
Jessica Iwata, a second finisher in that event, bested the consideration standard of 13.24 with her run of 13.16.
The Red Raider girls 4×100 relay team rebounded from its disqualification at last week’s event to surpass the auto standard of 52.74 with its first finish of 51.37.
The Waimea boys 4×100 relay team came the closest to an auto time in that event with its first finish of 45.28 for a consideration time, but missing the auto standard by .14 second.
Moses Fierro topped the boys 100 meter on an 11.39 run, besting the consideration standard of 11.44, and Torrey Santiago topped the boys 200 meter dash on a 23.25 first finish, getting a consideration time (23.54).
Darren Acoba, a Kaua‘i hurdler, was one of two boys who earned auto times at the qualifier.
Acoba topped the boys 110 hurdles event on a 15.98 run, besting the auto standard of 16.04.
Kapa‘a High School hurdler Joseph Velasco finished second in the boys 110 event (16.64) and first in the boys 300 Hurdles (43.86), but the consideration times were elusive for the Warrior. In the 110 hurdles, the consideration standard is 16.44, and 42.94 for the 300 hurdles.
Island School long-distance runner Pierce Murphy topped both the boys 800 and the boys 1500 runs for a consideration and an auto time, respectively.
With his dad and his coach Basil Scott calling out pace times, Murphy topped the boys 1500 on a 4:14.59, handily besting the auto standard of 4:24.14. In the boys 800, Murphy finished in 2:06.09, just making the consideration standard of 2:06.84.
Two more weekends remain in the KIF track season. Next Friday, the Rotary track meet sets the stage for the KIF championships the following week. First events are scheduled to start at 4 p.m. at Vidinha Stadium both days.
Dennis Fujimoto, staff writer and photographer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) or dfujimoto@kauaipubco.com
