Cross Country

Kalaheo’s Colby Otero is Hawaii’s Gatorade cross country runner of the year, the Gatorade Company announced recently. Otero is the first Gatorade Hawaii Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year to be chosen from Kalaheo. The awad recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, but also high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field. A 5-foot-7, 125-pound senior, Otero won the state meet last fall with a time of 16 minutes, 21.91 seconds, breaking the tape 22.83 […]

Seabury Hall’s Veronica Winham is the Gatorade Hawaii girls cross country runner of the year for the second time in a row, the Gatorade Company announced recently. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the race course. Winham, a 5-foot-5 senior, is a finalist for the national runner of the year award. Winham won the state meet for the second straight year in the fall, in 19 minutes, 16.1 […]

He is a young man with ambitions. The ceiling is way high for Colby Otero, who won the Honolulu Marathon/HHSAA boys cross country individual championship on Saturday with a time of 16 minutes, 21 seconds on the relatively flat course at Island School on Kauai. But down the road, he’s got track goals, college dreams and, with his dad, hopes to compete in biathlons and triathlons. For now, the hard-working Kalaheo senior is enjoy some well-deserved rest time. Otero chatted […]

Colby Otero is the OIA Eastern Division cross country champion and there may very well be more accolades in store. The Kalaheo senior’s interest in multiple sports might be part of the reason why Otero embraces new ideas. He drinks protein shakes regularly. “After a workout, I’m not going to eat a bag of gummy bears. I get a lot of carbs, but I’m the only distance runner who drinks protein shakes,” he said. “It really helps with muscle recovery. […]