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A Punahou girl doesn’t always win the state cross country championships, but one is always in the mix. The Buffanblu have placed at least one runner in the top 10 of every state championship since missing out in 2005, oftentimes putting multiple runners in the top 10 (Three in each of the last two years). As impressive as that is, the Buffanblu have had the individual winner only once since 2000 when Elli Brady took the 2009 race. That hasn’t […]

Punahou’s Connor Lehl is on the verge of joining a very special list. Lehl, the favorite in the boys race at the Honolulu Marathon Hawaii State Cross Country championships on the Big Island, is one of the very few runners in state history who has been elite since the moment he laced his shoes up as a freshman. If Lehl can finish in the top 10 on the Hawaii Prep campus, he would become just the fifth boy to finish […]

Intriguing storylines abound at Saturday’s Honolulu Marathon/HHSAA Cross Country State Championships. This will be the first state meet with a 5-kilometer course (3.11 miles) after a proposal passed to increase the distance from three miles. Here’s five things to know to about the state meet at Hawaii Preparatory Academy. >> Hills, hills, hills: HPA is one of the toughest courses in the state with steep climbs on every mile. Runners will have slower times because of the course. But place […]