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All-time state boys cross country top 10 finishers
By Jerry Campany on November 2, 2019
Adam Harder, Narayana Schneider repeat as league cross country champions
By Nick Abramo on October 28, 2019Four athletes won 5-kilometer high school league cross country championships on Oahu on Saturday. Hanalani’s Adam Harder and McKinley’s Narayana Schneider are repeat winners. Harder captured the ILH boys individual title at Mid-Pacific in 16 minutes, 56.67 seconds. “It feels pretty good to have won ILH champs twice, but I couldn’t have done it without my parents, amazing team, my coach Jeremy (Honold) and most importantly God,” Harder said. “I’m ready for states and can’t be more prepared than I […]
Roosevelt’s Tyler Morimoto thrives as a three-time Special Olympics world gold medalist
By Nick Abramo on June 3, 2019Being a Special Olympics athlete and a varsity athlete is not a common combination. But it is Tyler Morimoto‘s combination. Morimoto, 17, won three gold medals at the Special Olympics World Games, but that incredible haul tells only a sliver of who he really is. Morimoto is autistic and he has ADHD. He is also what is called “high functioning.” That is not surprising when you realize he has a 3.3 grade-point average at Roosevelt and when you speak with […]
Hawaii Baptist’s Derek Coryell picks up coach of year honor
By Nick Abramo on May 29, 2019Hawaii Baptist coach Derek Coryell was named Hawaii’s coach of the year for 2018 by the U.S. Track and Field/Cross Country Coaches Association. Coryell led Hawaii Baptist to the Division II state championship on Oct. 27, 2018, at Central Oahu Regional Park. What made that state title all the more special was that, had the girls race not been broken down into Division I and Division II for team purposes, the Eagles would have secured a victory against the whole […]
Maui’s Hunter Shields is Gatorade Hawaii runner of year
By Nick Abramo on February 13, 2019Maui High’s Hunter Shields is the the Gatorade Hawaii boys cross country runner of the year, the Gatorade Company announced recently. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the field. Shields, a 5-foot-9, 128-pound sophomore took second place to Hanalani’s Adam Harder at the state meet last fall with a time of 16 minutes, 59.36 seconds, leading the Sabers to the Division I state championship. Shields was the co-MVP […]
Seabury Hall’s Gangnath is Gatorade runner of year
By Nick Abramo on January 31, 2019Seabury Hall’s Chloe Gangnath is the Gatorade Hawaii girls cross country runner of the year, the Gatorade Company announced recently. The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence, high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character. The 5-foot-7 senior won the state meet in the fall with a time of 19 minutes, 20.73 seconds, a meet record and 47.46 seconds ahead of the next closest competitor. The Spartans finished in sixth place as a team. In addition, Gangnath went undefeated in the […]
Foot notes: HBA sweeps in Division II cross country
By Stan Lee on October 30, 2018Hawaii Baptist’s first state title in girls cross country came in dominating fashion. The Eagles placed four girls in the top 10 to claim the Division II title at Saturday’s Honolulu Marathon/HHSAA State Championships at Central Oahu Regional Park. Their win ended Seabury Hall’s streak — the Spartans had won every team title since a DII classification was added in 2012. Only one race is held per gender at the state meet. Team scores in Division I and II are […]