LIHU‘E — Kapa‘a’s Kevin Marshall Adkisson broke his existing top state mark and shattered the state auto standard with his discus throw to be named Outstanding Male Athlete at the Rotary Track Meet, Thursday night at Vidinha Stadium. Kaua‘i’s Kawehi
LIHU‘E — Kapa‘a’s Kevin Marshall Adkisson broke his existing top state mark and shattered the state auto standard with his discus throw to be named Outstanding Male Athlete at the Rotary Track Meet, Thursday night at Vidinha Stadium.
Kaua‘i’s Kawehi Louis-Diamond was obviously pleased with her 15.20 second run through the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles, as she was named the Outstanding Female Athlete, leading the Kaua‘i High School girls to an overall team win with 163 points at the meet hosted by the Rotary Club of West Kaua‘i.
Kapa‘a High School girls took second in the team standings with 141 points, followed by Waimea (97 points) and Island School (42 points).
Adkisson, flinging the discus for 163 feet, 11 inches, led the Kapa‘a boys to a team victory with 240 points, followed by Kaua‘i (114 points), Waimea (65 points) and Island School (38 points).
The discus throw by the Kapa‘a athlete handily surpassed the state’s 148-05 auto standard and shattered last week’s throw of 158-05 which put him as the top discus thrower in the state according to the SplitMile website.
The Garden Island places four of its male athletes in the top rankings for the state, led by Island School’s Pierce Murphy, who was absent for the Rotary Meet.
Murphy holds top rankings for the 1500 Meter Run (4:02.08) and the 3000 Meter Run (8:48.58). Adkisson’s discus throw, Thursday, retains his No. 1 ranking with the new 163-11 fling.
Kaua‘i’s Darren Acoba broke his own time of 15.28 seconds set last week in the Boys 110 Hurdles with a 15.25 run Thursday to retain the top spot in that event.
Acoba’s first finish in the 300 Meter Hurdles (42.80) earned him a consideration standard (43.24).
Kaua‘i’s Michael Kahoekapu-Cruz finished second to Adkisson in the Boys Discus Throw and earned a consideration standard (136-01) with his toss of 143-03.
Kapa‘a’s Darren Taylor finished with two first finishes for state consideration, the first coming in the Boys 100 Meter Dash, where he stopped the clock at 11.43 (11.44 consid). He also jumped a distance of 20 feet, 3.5 inches (19-10.50 consid).
Island School’s Logan Domingo topped the Boys High Jump on a leap of 5 feet, 10 inches for a state consideration (5-08) and Kapa‘a’s Tumua Masaniai put the shot 49-08, handily surpassing the state auto standard of 48-06.25.
Louis-Diamond pocketed two first-place finishes, the first in the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles (15.20) and the second coming in the top end of the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles where she took a state auto standard on her 47.63 run (49.14 auto).
Waimea’s Jayme Jacinto finished second in the 100 Meter Hurdles at 16.93 seconds for a consideration standard (17.44) and third in the 300 Meter Hurdles at 48.79 for another consideration standard (51.24).
Kapa‘a’s Rachael Hinkel suffered a devastating blow after going down in the top end of the Girls 100 Meter Hurdles, but recovered to finish second in the Girls 300 Meter Hurdles on a 48.53 run for a consideration standard (51.24).
Kapa‘a freshman Kalee Silva topped the High Jump on a leap of 5-03 for a state auto standard (5-0), and Kaua‘i’s Kristle Henry, recently named to the Team Aloha basketball team, topped the Girls Long Jump with a 16-09 for a state auto standard (16-04). Team mate Kainoa Naihe pocketed a second place leap of 15-03, falling one inch short of the state consideration standard (15-04).
Kelsey Cadiente of Kaua‘i inished with two first finishes, the first coming with a state auto standard in the Girls 100 Meter Dash where she stopped the clock at 12.82 (12.94 auto), and the second coming in the Girls 200 Meter Dash where she crossed on a 26.94, falling short of the auto standard (26.74) by .20 second.
Second and third place finishers in the Girls 100 Meter Dash, Reanna Javinar (13.13) and Kehaulani Relacion of Kapa‘a (13.20) earned consideration standards (13.24).
Henry, finishing second in the Girls 200 Meter Dash, also earned a consideration standard with her 27.39 (27.64 cons) run.
Island School’s Lauren Spears walked off with gold in the Girls 800 Meter and 1500 Meter runs, earning consideration standard in the 800 Meter on a 2:31.30 run (2:34.54 cons), but falling short in the 1500 Meter on a 5:24.67 run, falling less than .50 second off the 5:24.24 consideration.
Joy Claypoole topped the Girls 300 Meter Run with an 11:58.07 for a consideration standard (11:26.14).
Kaua‘i High School will have some of its athletes on O‘ahu this weekend at the Honolulu Marathon Invitational meet, but will return in time for the final KIF qualifying meet, Thursday starting at 4 p.m. at Vidinha Stadium.
The KIF championships will be run Apr. 21 for trials and Apr. 22 for the finals.
• Dennis Fujimoto, photographer and staff writer, can be reached at 245-3681 (ext. 253) or dfujimoto@kauaipubco.com.
