Kohala Coast Challenge
On a flat water, hot day, the 13th Annual Kohala Coast Challenge was held today with all events starting and finishing at Kawaihae Harbor. Always one of the most popular of the Hawaii Island Paddlesports Series, this event had the best turnout of any of this year's races. To start the day, 19 paddleboarders and 10 Juniors competed on a 3 mile course. Then the 81 canoes on the 5 mile short course competed, followed by 26 entrants on the long course.
By running the short and long races in sequence, many of the participants took the opportunity to really get their money's worth of racing by paddling on both the 5 and 9 mile courses. This fact also gave the youngest participants, 8 year old Madeleine Foo and big sister, 13 year old Alyssa, the chance to race on an OC-2 with their Dad, Ian Foo,
Next week will find a Saturday without any HIPA races scheduled, but the following weekend, on March 17th, will be the 2nd Annual Hurricane Invitational, with paddlers entering the Alenuihaha Channel at Keokea and racing down to the Kohala Coast Guard Station. As an "Invitational" event, no Novice paddlers will be participating because of the dangerous conditions that can be experienced on this expert course.
Juniors
PLACENAME TIME DIVISION PLACE 1 Austin Komo 28:49 1st 13-15 Boys 2 Pomai Ascino/Jasmine Hoopii 29:26 1st OC-2 Girls 3 Sayer Palakiko 29:41 2nd 13-15 Boys 4 Santee Brown/Graceann Akazawa 31:09 2nd OC-2 Girls 5 Ciana Matsuoka/Kalama Freitas 32:48 1st OC-2 Mixed 6 Wranden Togia 33:03 3rd 13-15 Boys 7 Matias Jaramillo 34:05 4th 13-15 Boys 8 Kaeo Lim/Kainalu Berengue 35:50 1st OC-2 Boys 9 Genesis & Jonah Marks 36:19 2nd OC-2 Boys 10 Tamera Palacol 39:12 1st 13-15 Girls
Paddleboard
PLACENAME TIME DIVISION PLACE 1 Jerry Bess 29:28 1st Unlimited Board - Open Men 2 Alan Lipp 32:13 2nd Unlimited Board - Open Men 3 Hualalai Keohuloa 33:33 1st Stock Board - Open Men 4 Roland Shackelford 33:35 2nd Stock Board - Open Men 5 Patrice Lumumba 33:59 3rd Unlimited Board - Open Men 6 Scott Pratson 35:43 3rd Stock Board - Open Men 7 Dayne Bolos 36:09 4th Stock Board - Open Men 8 Kainoa Willey 36:36 5th Stock Board - Open Men 9 Brendan Moran 37:11 6th Stock Board - Open Men 10 Dylan Niau 38:00 7th Stock Board - Open Men 11 Carolyn Thomas 38:18 1st Stock Board - Open Women 12 Bill Abraham 38:42 1st Stand up Board - Open Men 13 Sue LaLanne 41:10 1st Stock Board - 50+ Women 14 Keamalu 42:54 1st Stock Board - Junior 15 Kathleen Leahy 43:00 2nd Stock Board - Open Women 16 Bob Momsen 45:07 1st Stock Board - 50+ Men 17 Mike Akazawa 46:26 2nd Stock Board - 50+ Men 18 Pete Hendricks 47:52 3rd Stock Board - 50+ Men 19 Tim McCullough 50:35 4th Stock Board - 50+ Men
Short course
PLACENAME TIME DIVISION PLACE 1 Beanie Heen & Mike Nearman 43:58 1st OC-2 Men 20-49 2 Danny Bassett & Freddie Berengue 44:29 1st OC-2 Men 50+ 3 Rise Ramos & Keola Lindsey 44:31 1st OC-2 Mixed 20-49 4 LeAnn Alani & Eddie Hayward 44:41 2nd OC-2 Mixed 20-49 5 Leo Santimer & Terry Trinidad 45:07 2nd OC-2 Men 50+ 6 Marjie Kahookele & Gerard Santos 45:21 3rd OC-2 Mixed 20-49 7 Anita Leao & Scott Ferry 46:14 4th OC-2 Mixed 20-49 8 Bob Bruce & Richard Everett 46:17 3rd OC-2 Men 50+ 9 Jim Uding & Peter Greenwell 46:26 4th OC-2 Men 50+ 10 John Sherman & Christopher Roehrig 46:47 5th OC-2 Men 50+ 11 Lauren Turnbaugh & Ronona Della Cioppa 46:52 1st OC-2 Women 20-49 12 Mel Pauole 47:07 1st 60-64 Men 13 Jonathan Grayson 47:12 1st Cruiser Men 14 Steve Backman 47:18 1st Novice B Men 15 Madeline & Ian Foo 47:31 5th OC-2 Mixed 20-49 16 Nicki & Dane Enos 47:37 6th OC-2 Mixed 20-49 17 Ed Doherty 47:53 2nd Cruiser Men 18 Puni Freitas 48:32 1st Junior Men 19 Steve Arnett 48:52 2nd 60-64 Men 20 Chase Von Nordheim 49:09 2nd Junior Men 21 Paul Streiter 49:22 2nd Novice B Men 22 Mafoa Teaupa 49:32 3rd Novice B Men 23 Shaun Von Nordheim 49:33 3rd Junior Men 24 Jan War 49:45 1st 55-59 Men 25 J.K. Speilman 49:48 3rd Cruiser Men 26 Rodney Tarpley 49:50 4th Cruiser Men 27 Paul Jeffries 49:59 1st 50-54 Men 28 Chris Grogan 50:03 2nd 55-59 Men 29 Alexis & Lorrin Ching 50:12 7th OC-2 Mixed 20-49 30 Ashley Hauanio & Kekoa Santos 50:27 1st OC-2 Mixed Juniors 31 Bruce Clifford 50:29 3rd 60-64 Men 32 Daniel Bell 50:40 5th Cruiser Men 33 Ron Hochuli 50:45 4th 60-64 Men 34 Nainoa Kaluhiwa 50:52 4th Junior Men 35 Carriel Lyman & Del Freitas 51:10 8th OC-2 Mixed 20-49 36 Chandler Palakiko 51:14 5th Junior Men 37 Kekoa Burgess 51:18 1st Surfski Men 38 Mark Wormley 51:39 3rd 55-59 Men 39 Sondrea Cabilin & Joseph Hing-Medeiros 51:50 2nd OC-2 Mixed Juniors 40 Leah Winkler 51:58 1st Novice B Women 41 Marah Anderson & Angela Rey 52:12 2nd OC-2 Women 20-49 42 Lonny Higgins & Sammie Stanbro 52:23 1st OC-2 Women 50+ 43 Mark Crawford 52:45 2nd 50-54 Men 44 Dave Higgins 53:08 4th 60-64 Men 45 Nolan Chock 53:13 3rd 50-54 Men 46 Shay Bintliff & Mike Woodbury 53:15 1st OC-2 Mixed 50+ 47 Courtney Seavey & Carrie Russell 53:35 3rd OC-2 Women 20-49 48 Jane Dulaney 53:46 1st 40-49 Women 49 Mary & Bill Brado 53:47 2nd OC-2 Mixed 50+ 50 Kelley Davis 53:50 2nd 40-49 Women 51 Dani Ho 54:16 1st 20-39 Women 52 Skip Derieg 54:52 1st 65+ Men 53 Debra Trinidad 54:52 2nd Novice B Women 54 Cindy Chong 54:59 3rd 40-49 Women 55 Jeanne Knapp 55:07 1st 55-59 Women 56 Gina Torres 55:24 1st Novice A Women 57 Leslie Crawford 55:31.1 2nd Novice A Women 58 Susan O'Shaughnessy 55:31.4 1st 50-54 Women 59 Ed Van Pelt 55:34 2nd 65+ Men 60 Carol Farkas 55:38 2nd 50-54 Women 61 Steve Berengue 55:54 6th Cruiser Men (Rudderless) 62 Wayne Togia 56:28 4th Novice B Men 63 Kauila Ho 56:53.4 4th 50-54 Men 64 Stan Roehrig 56:53.9 3rd 65+ Men 65 Al Conrad 56:54 4th 50-54 Men 66 Heather Cromwell 57:07 2nd 20-39 Women 67 Malia Caravalho 57:19 3rd Novice A Women 68 Kalani McCandless 58:12 6th Junior Men 69 Bill Armer 58:13 5th 60-64 Men 70 Dee Torres 59:11 4th 40-49 Women 71 Jan Roehrig 59:28 1st 60+ Women 72 Carolyn Parnell 1:00:10 2nd 60+ Women 73 Kaeti Ecker 1:00:12 2nd 55-59 Women 74 Pomai McCandless & Mayson Mata 1:01:00 3rd OC-2 Mixed Juniors 75 Stan Dzura 1:01:10 4th 65+ Men 76 Anuhea Ku 1:01:51 3rd Novice B Women 77 Eva Naniole 1:02:39 3rd 50-54 Women 78 Becky Thurston 1:03:41 3rd 55-59 Women 79 Jaynean Caro 1:04:06 4th Novice B Women 80 Debra Newman 1:05:55 5th Novice B Women 81 Ky Foo 1:13:26 7th Junior Men
Long course
PLACENAME TIME DIVISION PLACE 1 Nick Agorastos 1:06:29 1st Open Men 2 Cherisse Kelii & Afa Tuaolo 1:06:50 1st OC-2 Mixed 20-49 3 Thibert Lussiaa 1:07:40 2nd Open Men 4 Keola & Ben Lindsey 1:07:44 1st OC-2 Men 20-49 5 Yasu Tanaka & Eddie Nabarro 1:08:46 2nd OC-2 Men 20-49 6 Marjie Kahookele & Gerard Santos 1:10:09 2nd OC-2 Mixed 20-49 7 Ivan McIvor 1:10:22 3rd Open Men 8 Jan Tillman 1:10:31 1st 21-39 Men 9 Chris Marlow 1:10:33 1st Novice A Men 10 Chuck Santiago 1:10:34 1st Open Surfski Men 11 Paula Crabb & Patty Eames 1:10:41 1st OC-2 Women 50+ 12 Ronona Della Cioppa & Freddie Berengue 1:11:36 3rd OC-2 Mixed 20-49 13 Cameron Leao 1:12:30 2nd 21-39 Men 14 Michelle Bono & Lauren Turnbaugh 1:13:07 1st OC-2 Women 20-49 15 Jacques Blais 1:13:21 1st 55-59 Men 16 Steve Zoll 1:13:41 1st 50-54 Men 17 Kim Rowe & Wayne DeMotta 1:13:44 4th OC-2 Mixed 20-49 18 Alyssa & Ian Foo 1:14:02 5th OC-2 Mixed 20-49 19 Barry Francis 1:15:15 2nd 50-54 Men 20 Theron Ogata 1:16:40 2nd Novice A Men 21 Bud Carlson 1:18:44 2nd 55-59 Men 22 Kafoa Hala Latu 1:19:10 3rd 21-39 Men 23 Jennifer McDaniel 1:20:00 1st Open Women 24 Shiela Cadaoas 1:20:31 2nd Open Women 25 Jasmine Hoopii & Kekoa Santos 1:24:15 6th OC-2 Mixed 20-49 26 Dani Ho 1:24:52 3rd Open Women
Posted by keizo on Sat, 03/03/2007 - 8:20pm