July 3 - Naleieha Regatta Results

Hawaiian cruises to another regatta win

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p>Article Courtesy Maui News - Sunday, July 04, 2004
By ROBERT COLLIAS, Staff Writer (Maui News)

LAHAINA - A full-moon high tide struck West Maui on Saturday, but like every other obstacle thrown in its path, Hawaiian Canoe Club dealt with it just fine.

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p>The giants of the Maui County Hawaiian Canoe Association won the first four races
of the day, eight of the first 10 and 13 of the first 18, seemingly making a statement
to the tide gods that higher seas were not going to slow them down.

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p> HCC, in a titanic battle with MCHCA brethren to qualify crews for the Hawaiian
Canoe Racing Association state regatta on Aug. 7 at Keehi Lagoon, won the Naleieha
Regatta with 137 points despite four disqualifications.

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p> Kihei matched its season-high with 93 points and eight wins to finish second while
host club Kahana solidified its hold on third place in the season standings with
58 points and three wins.

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p> The field was rounded out by Wailea (36), Na Kai Ewalu (30), Lae Ula O Kai (25),
Napili (17), Lahaina (nine) and Hana (eight).

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p> After the first two races of the day - girls 12B and boys 12B - MCHCA officials
made a decision to allow keiki crews to run their races with adult steerspersons.

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p> That caused a delay of an hour or so, and a malfunctioning traffic signal at Launiupoko
area slowed cars coming from Maalaea, but the rest of the day went off without
a hitch.

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p> "It went pretty well,'' Kahana coach Kekai Keahi said. "In the morning
we had a hard time because a south swell came in and we got delayed probably about
an hour after two races. We had a meeting with all the clubs and we decided to
declare adverse conditions. Later, the waves went down and everything went well.''

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p> Waves enveloping the beach at Hanakaoo Beach Park and lapping over barriers at
several points on the drive from Central Maui to Lahaina created the sense of
a unique day for the paddlers.

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p> Kahana responded in the regatta named after the family that founded the club in
1975 with wins in the boys 13, mixed novice and men's golden master 55 races.
Kahana also had second-place finishes in 10 other events on the 39-race slate.

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p> The Kahana men's golden masters have won their event in three of four regattas.
Kahana, however, does not look at victories first, especially on the day it hosts
the regatta.

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p> "Our club philosophy is not to focus on the wins, but rather on the club,''
Keahi said. "When you run an event like this, there is a lot of work to do
besides paddling. First of all, you have got to race, then you have to man the
food booths, the silent auction, all kinds of stuff. There is a lot of effort
that goes into it.''

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p> Still, 58 points was a season best for the host club by seven points.

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p> "I think we did pretty good on the water,'' Keahi said. "To be third
in this association behind Hawaiian and Kihei, which are behemoth clubs, is pretty
good for us. We are not a big club, but we hold our own against the big clubs.
We just have to keep on building and building and hopefully get to where they
are some day.''

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p> It is the strength of clubs like Kihei and Kahana that has the three-time defending
state champions from HCC sweating.

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p> Hawaiian came into the day with 30 crews in top-two state qualifying positions,
the same number as Oahu power Kailua and six fewer than Kai Opua of the Big Island.
The disqualifications hurt the 20-time defending MCHCA champions on Saturday,
but coach Diane Ho was still pleased.

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p> "We accomplished just about everything we wanted to accomplish today,'' Ho
said. "Our men were awesome.''

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p> The HCC men won at the novice A, freshmen, sophomore, junior, open 4 and masters
40 levels.

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p> The HCC keiki had their usual impressive showing with 12 wins, two seconds and
a disqualification.

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p> "We tried not to ponder on the tide,'' said Hawaiian keiki coach Paul Luuwai.
"The reality is that everybody had to deal with it. We didn't make much of
it. It is only a quarter-mile or half-mile race, so we just told everybody to
make every stroke count, pull hard and go fast.''

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p> Ho said her club remains focused on improving in the women's and masters ranks.

"The competition on Maui is awesome,'' Ho said. "Our women are really
improving, but so are all the rest of the women on Maui. The same with the masters.
It's real tough. The crews that we manage to get through (to state) will all be
tested.''

Robert Collias can be reached at rcollias@mauinews.com.

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p> NALEIEHA REGATTA

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p> Naleieha Regatta

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p> Saturday's Results

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p> At Hanakaoo (Canoe) Beach Park

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p> Team scores-Hawaiian 137, Kihei 93, Kahana 58, Wailea 36, Na Kai Ewalu 30, Lae
Ula O Kai 25, Napili 17, Lahaina 9, Hana 8.

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p> Team standings-Hawaiian 558, Kihei 343, Kahana 204, Lae Ula O Kai 129, Wailea
121, Na Kai Ewalu 105, Napili 66, Hana 57, Lahaina 54.

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p> Female

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p> Quarter Mile

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p> Girls 12B-1. Hawaiian (Shaenis Lono, Kiana Siliado, Amara Kunishi, Leslee Ramoran,
Cianna Cruz-Wallace, Hoku Lindsey, Deanna Rosa) 2:15.72, 2. Hana 2:27.33, 3.
Lahaina 2:32.20, 4. Kihei 2:33.16. Girls 12A-1. Hawaiian (Ashley Davis, Shaenis
Lono, Christine Adams, Nicole Joslin, Natalie Ries, Kaena Magsayo) 2:21.41,
2. Kahana 2:23.03, 3. Hana 2:44.60. Girls 13-1. Hawaiian (Celeste-Marie Palmeira,
Shantyll DeFrancia-Galeai, Reanna Bascar, Piilani Reyes, Kiana Stiller, Jeannine
Auger) 2:098.26, 2. Kahana 2:13.29, 3. Lahaina 2:13.92, 4. Kihei 2:14.46. Girls
14-1. Hawaiian (Michelle Marks, Jessica Laanui, Katherine McDougall, Ashley
Rosa, Leilani Kealoha, Arianna Gerry) 2:10.20, 2. Wailea 2:23.23, 3. Na Kai
Ewalu 2:26.38, 4. Kihei 2:27.30. Women Novice B-1. Hawaiian (Heather Stiller,
Magdalena Teriitua, Zea Robbins, Jennifer Lapierre, Megan Toaspern, Maria Mendiburo)
2:11.28, 2. Kahana 2:16.62, 3. Kihei 2:18.76, 4. Lahaina 2:23.36.

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p> Half Mile

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p> Girls 15-1. Hawaiian (Kelli Sheehan, Marci Ono, Chelsea Laanui, Angela Ignacio,
Kuulei Salzer, Lei Ishikawa) 4:44.42, 2. Kihei 4:51.03, 3. Lae Ula O Kai 5:03.53,
4. Napili 5:04.34. Girls 16-1. Hawaiian (Sarah Uehara, Ihilani Catugal, Kanoe
Barcai, Maria Leon, Malia Purdy, Malia Pestana) 4:43.57, 2. Kahana 4:56.95,
3. Na Kai Ewalu 4:58.22. Girls 18-1. Hawaiian (Sonya Niess, Kaimana Lee, Carlen
Crockett, Lauren Powley, Noelani Rivers-Chase, Nohelani Uu) 4:51.33, 2. Napili
5:00.91, 3. Kahana 5:28.04, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 5:35.77. Women Novice A-1. Kihei
(Cheryl Melinder, Pohai Kaiwi, Chelsea Nesbitt, Carla McGuire, Sandy Reyno,
Patty Phillips) 4:39.44, 2. Napili 4:43.35, 3. Kahana 4:44.53, 4. Lahaina 4:53.64.
Senior Master Women-1. Kihei (Kathie Zwick, Iris Mountcastle, Vaness Weiss,
Anita Anderson, Pua Williams, Lea Giddons)4:43.96, 2. Hawaiian 5:09.94. Open
4 Women-1. Hawaiian (Zoe Norcross-Nuu, Deborah Robison, Noelani Vorhies, Shelly
Leimana Spencer) 4:40.61, 2. Kahana 4:56.89, 3. Na Kai Ewalu 5:08.91, 4. Kihei
5:09.32. Golden Master Women 55-1. Hawaiian (Mary Akiona, Aulani Takatsuka,
Suzanne Doodan, Sandy Cole, Judy Martter, Dinah Starbuck) 5:05.80, 2. Kihei
5:21.02.

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p> Mile

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p> Freshman Women-1. Wailea (Michelle Lussier, Kawena Cramer, Barbara Querry, Kelly
Uderitz, Malika Wiezbowski, Sarah Van De Vanter) 8:50.26, 2. Hawaiian 8:59.33,
3. Lae Ula O Kaai 9:07.79, 4. Kihei 9:56.17. Sophomore Women-1. Lae Ula O Kai
(Jennifer Konohia, Lani Gomes, Bessie King, Michele Golberg, Caitlin Nascimiento,
Mary Kielty) 9:05.65 2. Hawaiian 9:07.12, 3. Kihei 9:54.06, 4. Na Kai Ewalu
10:09.33. Junior Women-1. Kihei (Lani Espinoza, Keri Mehling, Stacy Guthrie,
Ingrid Thronson, Connie Twidwell-Molina, Polly Lorge) 9:37.88, 2. Napili 9:44.13,
3. Kahana 9:46.05, 4. Hawaiian 9:47.11. Master Women-1. Kihei (Colleen Ford,
Catherine Hughes, Joyce Roark, Nalani Kaninau, Lisa Dahms, Cheryl Jennings-Logsdon)
9:20.79, 2. Lae Ula O Kai 9:22.79, 3. Na Kai Ewalu 11:02.22

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p> 1 1/2 Miles

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p> Open Women-1. Lae Ula O Kai (Andrea Moller, Jennifer Konohia, Michele Golberg,
Kelly Cua, Bessie King, Mary Kielty) 13:54.45, 2. Hawaiian 14:38.17, 3. Kihei
14:48.71, 4. Kahana 15.14.68 .

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p> Male

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p> Quarter Mile

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p> Boys 12B-1. Hawaiian (Ua Rosa Kameron, Reno Lacio, Vito Lacio, Stephen Imai,
Kainalu Bargamento, Bryceen Silva) 2:23.42, 2. Kihei 2:28.52, 3. Lahaina 2:42.52,
4. Kahana 2:45.18. Boys 12A-1. Hawaiian (Mana Rosa, Corey Cabral-Imai, Kawena
Kenolio, Makana Hoopai, Kainalu Bargamento, Rick Nuu) 2:01.27, 2. Kihei 2:04.34,
3. Hana 2:20.16. Boys 13-1. Kahana (Marcus Curimao, Bryson Williams, Quinton
Raymond-Shin, Joey Ventura, Skyler Raymon-Shin, Cameron Jacome) 1:57.66, 2.
Hawaiian 2:01.78, 3. Kihei 2:05.00, 4. Hana 2:09.32. Boys 14-1. Hawaiian (Kapono
Naeole, Samuel Kaneakua-Alana, Solomon Hill-Burke, Chance Valle, Javan Fulton,
Kaimi Kealoha) 1:53.44, 2. Wailea 1:55.36, 3. Kihei 2:07.19, 4. Lahaina 2:19.29.

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p> Half Mile

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p> Boys 15-1. Hawaiian (Woodbridge Brown, Page Nakooka, Roland Mahi, Kona Porras-Ragsdale,
Bobby Kaiwi, Kaikaika Nance) 4:03.65, 2. Napili 4:27.61, 3. Kihei 4:44.27, 4.
Lae Ula O Kai 4:46.53. Men's Novice B-1. Wailea (Johann Meyer, Charles Fleck,
George Rosenbaum, Cliff Juns, Joe Echeverri, Derek McGuire) 4:20.19, 2. Kihei
4:06.57, 3. Hawaiian 4:11.58, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 4:14.15. Boys 16-1. Hawaiian (Keola
Olaitman, Tyler Lausten, Douglas Neagoy, Corey Rosa, Nainoa Awo, Kekupaa Naeole)
4:04.40, 2. Na Kai Ewalu 4:12.24, 3. Kihei 4:16.58. Senior Master Men-1. Na
Kai Ewalu (John Roberson, Brett Simison, Brian McCafferty, Paul Doty, Bruce
Dobbin, Malama Chun) 3:51.77, 2. Kihei 3:54.86, 3. Hawaiian 3:55.24. Golden
Master 55-1. Kahana (Walter Delos Reyes, Eugene Tihada, Vernon Glomb, Drake
Thomas, James Kohler, Moses Keahi) 4:04.41, 2. Kihei 4:04.66, 3. Hawaiian 4:33.12.
Open-4 Men-1. Hawaiian (George Dagan, Tyson Kubo, J.B. Guard, Stewart Kawakami)
3:51.43, 2. kahana 3:59.73, 3. Napili 4:10.78, 4. Lahaina 4:12.56

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p> One Mile

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p> Boys 18-1. Kihei (Chad Adolpho, Drake Daniels, Kauhinui Brede, Kawika Lum, Abe
Wimmer, Cody Vares) 9:05.47, 2. Lae Ula O Kai 9:09.13, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 9:16.56.
Men's Novice A-1. Hawaiian (Rodrigo Da Silva, Yuri Soledade, Marcio Silva, Kealii
Forsberg, Francisco Prado, Jay Bal) 8:28.63, 2. Wailea 8:33.16, 3. Na Kai Ewalu
8:35.14, 4. Kahana 8:47.66. Freshman Men-1. Hawaiian (Chris Smith, Lopaka White,
John McCandless, James Knutson, Davin Lum, Stewart Kawakami) 7:56.50, 2. Kahana
7:59.39, 3. Lae Ula O Kai 8:34.26, 4. Kihei 8:38.37. Sophomore Men-1. Hawaiian
(Mael Carey, Michael Giblin, Tyson Kubo, J.B. Guard, Peter Konohia, Rick Nuu)
7:20.01, 2. Wailea 7:23.42, 3. Napili 8:47.47, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 9:17.46. Junior
Men-1. Hawaiian (Chris Smith, Peter Konohia, Rory Frampton, Lee Poston, Johnson
Agpoon Rick Nuu) 7:52.64, 2. Wailea 7:57.64, 3. Kihei 8:04.93, 4. Kahana 8:08.98.
Master Men-1. Hawaiian (Dana Souza, Rory Frampton, John McCandless, John Lewis,
James Knutson, Paul Luuwai) 7:58.10, 2. Kihei 8:05.24, 3. Kahana 8:24.08, 4.
Na Kai Ewalu 8:42.16.

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p> 1 1/2 Miles

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p> Open Men-1. Wailea (Jake Durnell, Thomas Kern, Tony Caleron, Fabian Tabia, Kaipo
Haleakala, Kekoa Cramer) 12:05.31, 2. Kahana 12:11.62, 3. Hawaiian 12:34.04,
4. Kihei 12:43.81.

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p> Mixed

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p> Quarter Mile

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p> Mixed 12-1. Kihei (Ashley Shaffer, Kuaika Quenga, Kailani Hall, James Pamplin,
Amanda Fujikawa, Kawika Williams) 2:03.15, 2. Hawaiian 2:05.69, 3. Kahana 2:19.57,
4. Lae Ula O Kai 2:22.26. Mixed Novice B-1. Kahana (Melinda Rochon, Anna Lewis,
Amanda Sarkis, Chris Storer, Fabio Maximino, Rick Person) 1:58.69, 2. Kihei
2:01.86, 3. Na Kai Ewlau 2:04.85, 4. Wailea 2:06.30.

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p> Half Mile

Golden Mixed 55-1. Kihei (Sandy Bell, Cliff Libed, Steve Hogin, Nancy Plenty,
Bob Fulkerson, Stephanie Stuckey) 4:43.66, 2. Kahana 4:48.20, 3. Hawaiian 4:55.04.
Mixed 40-1. Kihei (Polly Lorge, Vanessa Weiss, Vince Robinson, Lou Dionese,
Carla McGuire, Rob Phillips) 3:59.74, 2. Hawaiian 4:07.39, 3. Na Kai Ewalu 4:15.94,
4. Napili 4:16.42. Mixed Open-1. Wailea (Nabil Vogele, Barbara Querry, Malika
Wiezbowski, Kai Enos, Felipe Gomes) 3:49.45, 2. Kihei 3:50.42, 3. Hawaiian 3:54.42,
4. Kahana 4:08.45.

Posted by keizo on Wed, 07/07/2004 - 3:39am