Comments on: Hawaii’s best in track and field so far in 2019

By: Steve Prefontaine

Steve Prefontaine — Fri, 19 Apr 2019 19:33:54 +0000

ILH Track and Field Championships start at 830am tomorrow (April 20th) at Kamehameha Schools, not 4pm as stated in the paper. There was a schedule change that wasn’t updated somehow. Good luck to all finalists!

By: Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi — Sat, 30 Mar 2019 18:22:49 +0000

sorry, the 1979 high hurdles was 110 yards. Last year the state meet was held in feet and inches. The top 4 finishers ran like 14.3 seconds.
Maybe only the state meet has recording instruments sufficient enough to meet the standards to certify state records.

By: trackislame

trackislame — Sat, 30 Mar 2019 00:34:04 +0000

Silly that you only can break state records at the state meet. Makes no sense… To answer the above question, these aren’t the all time state records, just the fastest recorded times at states.

By: hwnstyll

hwnstyll — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 23:27:44 +0000

Great that track and field is getting some print. a thousand boys and girls compete every week and there is not even meet results in the paper regularly, except for outer islands.

By: KaiDubU

KaiDubU — Fri, 29 Mar 2019 15:11:04 +0000

4.3 seconds on the 100-yard hurdles? Then the 40 yard dash time must be 1.8 seconds. Lol! smh

By: Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi — Thu, 28 Mar 2019 21:03:05 +0000

But what are the all-time state records? That’s what counts. Not just the best times and distances and state championship meets. Or does Hawaii only recognizes times at state championship meets? They not counting anything before 1980 when it was feet and inches? I remember the 1979 state meet held at Kaiser. The 100 yard hurdles had like 4 hurdlers that finished around 4.3 seconds. One was a Radford popolo, Gilbert Brown, who won it. Lee Scruton of Punahou was another. Louis Santiago of Kahuku I think was another.