Cross Country

A good day of school for William Ho would be mentally unpleasant for a lot of other students. The Kamehameha senior doesn’t like math. He loves math. Ho, who has a 4.26 grade-point average, ranks his favorite math classes. 1. Algebra II 2. Vector Calculus 3. Linear Algebra 4. Calculus AB/BC Calculus. Algebra. The latter is especially compelling. “I would say just how applicable it is and, yes, the logic behind it is really interesting,” the new Interscholastic League of […]

Tennis is the apple of her eye, but Jolie Nguyen says there’s love for everything, including cross country. The ‘Iolani freshman made the most of dry weather, listened to her coaches and captured the Interscholastic League of Honolulu girls individual championship on Saturday with a time of 13 minutes, 14.5 seconds at Mid- Pacific Institute. Nguyen is a tennis player first. During the cross country season, which had been postponed from fall to winter, she prioritized training for tennis, a […]

The drive was powered by frustration, which turned into an Interscholastic League of Honolulu championship for ‘Iolani on Saturday. The Raiders got a 2-3-4 finish from freshmen Devin Pang (10 minutes, 42 seconds) and Keane Palmer (10:47), and senior Joshua Lerner (10:48) at a hilly, wet and sunny course at Mid-Pacific Institute. The Raiders finished with 34 points to get past defending state champion Punahou (44). Seniors Andrew Rosen, Michael Shiinoki, Kainoa Tandy and Ashten Akemoto powered the Raiders’ ultra […]

Punahou’s girls and ‘Iolani boys waited 16 months for another shot at the Interscholastic League of Honolulu title. It was worth the wait. The Buffanblu, coached by Duncan Macdonald, rode their depth and a near-individual title by Sasha Iizuka-Sheeley to capture the ILH girls cross country team title at Mid-Pacific Institute. The Raider boys charged to their team title behind a strong individual runner-up finish by freshman Devin Pang. Punahou is the winner of the last eight girls cross country […]

So few races, so many potential winners. Cross country was cancelled across the state in the 2020-21 academic year with the exception of one entity: the Interscholastic League of Honolulu. The private-school organization postponed all fall sports, and one of the few to be revived in the winter was cross country. With strict COVID-19 protocols, runners have remained on courses with only their teammates in staggered schedule formats. When the ILH championships run at Mid-Pacific Institute on Saturday, there will […]

The course at Mid-Pacific Institute is fun and painful, even for champions. The Interscholastic League of Honolulu’s cross country runners know that final hill run before the finish quite well. When the league championships are hosted by MPI on Mar. 15, it will be a true test of skill and will. The host school will be in the running, so to speak, against powerhouses Punahou, ‘Iolani and Kamehameha. COVID-19 protocols will continue to apply. Staggered run times for each school […]

For a second week in a row, a young harrier made a splash for the ‘Iolani Raiders. This time, it wasn’t freshman Jolie Nguyen. Raiders seventh grader Logan Pang stunned the field, covering the two-mile course in 12 minutes flat, more than a minute faster than any of the intermediate, junior varsity and varsity competitors from Maryknoll, Sacred Hearts and host ‘Iolani. Per protocols administered, each school’s intermediate, JV and varsity runners competed as a group without mixing with other […]