July 10 - Dougie Tihada Regatta, Hanakaoo Beach Park

Article courtesy The Maui News Sunday, July 11, 2004
HCC sets scoring mark
By ROBERT COLLIAS, Staff Writer (The Maui News)

LAHAINA - The Dougie Tihada Regatta signals the stretch run to the paddlers of the Maui County Hawaiian Canoe Association.
A post-regatta party thrown by Napili Canoe Club that included two bands, a lip-sync contest, dancing and a lot more merriment could have just as well been a beacon to the rest of the state letting everybody know what the MCHCA is already aware of: Hawaiian Canoe Club is coming on, as usual, when it counts.

HCC broke its own association regatta points record with 151, two more than the 20-time defending MCHCA and three-time defending state champions scored five weeks ago in the season-opening John M. Lake Regatta.

Kihei Canoe Club was second Saturday at Hanakaoo (Canoe) Beach Park with 74 points and four wins, Kahana was third with 58, Wailea and Lae Ula O Kai tied for fourth with 26 each, Na Kai Ewalu was sixth with 22, Napili was seventh with 20, Hana eighth with 13 and Lahaina rounded out the field with 7.

HCC started off the day with another record - a remarkable 14 wins and a second-place finish in the 15 keiki races for 73 points out of a possible 75 in the 18-and-under ranks.

"I'm much happier than last week,'' HCC coach Diane Ho said. "We accomplished everything that we wanted to accomplish today. Our kids were phenomenal. ... The energy to set any kind of points record always starts with the kids.''

Hawaiian also pulled into two more crucial state-qualifying slots in the process and is one point away and coming fast in another event. That gives HCC 31 state-qualifying slots on the 39-race docket, a critical number when the Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association state regatta rolls around on Aug. 7 at Keehi Lagoon.

Kai Opua of the Big Island (with 32 entering Saturday) and Kailua of Oahu (30) are both racking up crews at a pace similar to Hawaiian. The remarkable thing for HCC is that it must get through a loaded MCHCA, which has not only had the overall state champion in four of the last five years (HCC), it has also had a AA Division state champion (Kihei in 2002) and the last three A Division state titlists (Wailea twice and Kahana once). And the MCHCA went from three lanes per race for state to two this year because the Big Island association officially passed Maui on membership numbers.

The MCHCA is a tough association, but Hawaiian is beginning to put ridiculous strangleholds on some of the numbers. HCC won 24 times in 39 races - including 16 of the first 17 and 18 of the first 20 - and was second eight other times. With 31 of the MCHCA's 78 lanes to state, HCC currently owns 39.7 percent of the Maui County allotment.

With a win in the men's junior race, HCC is now just one point out a state slot in that event. The two races HCC took over state spots was women junior and women masters.

Two regattas remain, the Mayor's Umeke Regatta hosted by Lae Ula O Kai next Saturday at Hanakaoo and the Moki Kalanikau Maui County Championship Regatta on July 24 at Ka Lae Pohaku in Kihei.

As the bands warmed up on Saturday, Joey Tihada looked around and smiled. He knew his dad, Dougie, who died in 1989, was doing the same thing somewhere.

"Towards the end of the day I was getting a little worried because things were going really quickly and I didn't ask the band to be here until 6 (p.m.),'' Tihada said. "But it slowed down, it was a great day and now everybody is having fun. This is just how my dad would have liked it.''

Joey joined two of his brothers, Nori and Kalani, to paddle in the men's junior race. The Tihada trio paddled to fifth place with John Flint, Mike Sparling, and Reece Perry, but Saturday wasn't about winning for the Napili kin. The fact that Hawaiian finished 36 seconds before they did only meant that the yellow-and-black-clad host crew got to enjoy the Pacific Ocean longer.

"You know what, we didn't win, but that boat hasn't felt that good for us all season as it did today,'' Joey Tihada said. "We look out there and see clubs like Hawaiian and Wailea juicing up their crews at the junior level and we smile because we know we are paddling against world-class guys.''

Another sign of better times for Napili came when their men's freshmen crew of Timmy Medeiros, Derek Vinuya, Rich Olsen, J.P. Mihlbauer, Mike Haney and Trent Ancog finished second to their West Maui neighbors, Kahana.

Medeiros and Vinuya are both former coaches for the club taking this season off, but they - like many other Napili veterans - would never miss the Dougie. Ancog was a standout athlete at Lahainaluna High School until graduating recently and is also a member of the club's boys 18 crew.

"That freshmen race hopefully includes guys who will be back with us next year and our future in guys like Trent,'' Joey Tihada said.

MCHCA DOUGIE TIHADA REGATTA

Saturday's Results

At Hanakaoo (Canoe) Beach Park

Team Scores-Hawaiian 151, Kihei 74, Kahana 58, Lae Ula O Kai 26, Wailea 26 Na Kai Ewalu 22, Napili 20, Hana 13, Lahaina 7.

Team standings-Hawaiian 709, Kihei 417, Kahana 262, Lae Ula O Kai 155, Wailea 147, Na Kai Ewalu 127, Napili 80, Hana 70, Lahaina 61.

Male

Quarter Mile

Boys 12B-1. Hawaiian (Rosa Kameron, Stephen Imai, Kainalu Bargamento, Manu Gibson, Kahumoku Duval, Bryceen Silva) 2:22.32, 2. Lahaina 2:26.03, 3. Na Kai Ewalu 2:34.47, 4. Kahana 2:48.55. Boys 12A-1. Hawaiian (Mana Rosa, Manu Gibson, Paul Kenolio, Mkana Hoopai, Corey Imai, Bryson DeFrancia) 2:10.67, 2. Kihei 2:18.62, 3. Hana 2:50.32. Boys 13-1. Hawaiian (Kaimana Bargamento, Jarron Hapakuka-Lono, Daniel Ho, Izaiah Kanamu-Barques, Bryce Taniguchi, Zack Meyers) 2:01.55, 2. Kahana 2:02.61, 3. Hana 2:03.44, 4. Kihei 2:10.54. Boys 14-1. Hawaiian (Kaapuni Aiwohi, Jeremy Sato, Solomon Hill-Burke, Chance Valle, Justin Bagoyo, Kaimi Kealoha) 1:47.23, 2. Wailea 1:54.78, 3. Kihei 1:55.15, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 2:33.14.

Half Mile

Boys 15-1. Hawaiian (Woodbridge Brown, Page Nakooka, Roland Mahi, Kona Porras-Ragsdale, Bobby Kaiwi, Kaikaika Nance) 4:54.77, 2. Napili 4:16.32, 3. Lae Ula O Kai 7:20.54. Men Novice B-1. Hawaiian (Chris Evenson, David Heyman, Daniel Patao, Frank Gummich, Martin Gastaldi, Diego Panza) 3:54.80, 2. Kihei 3:58.37, 3. Wailea 4:01.22, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 4:07.13. Boys 16-1. Hawaiian (Keola Olaitman, Tyler Lausten, Ikaika Maalea, Michael Dela Cruz, Kekupaa Naeole) 3:57.49, 2. Kihei 4:07.84. Senior Master Men-1. Na Kai Ewalu (John Roberson, Brett Simison, Brian McCafferty, Paul Doty, Bruce Dobbin, Malama Chun) 3:50.45, 2. Kihei 3:53.59, 3. Hawaiian 4:06.50. Golden Master 55-1. Kihei (Jamie Woodburn, Ken Pearsall, Bob Fulkerson, Bill Gearon, Bill Prucha, Kimokeo Kapahulehua) 4:15.26, 2. Kahana 4;16.59, 3. Hawaiian 4:39.07. Open-4 Men-1. Kahana (Mason Panis, Jerry Williams, Kekai Keahi, Cameron Jacome) 4:04.03, 2. Hawaiian 4:06.33, 3. Napili 4:17.56, 4. Wailea 4:19.17.

One Mile

Boys 18-1. Hawaiian (Kualii Wittman, Douglas Neagoy, Ryan Grasa, Michael Kahula, Nainoa Awo, Eli Hedani) 8;19.17, 2. Kihei 8:45.43, 3. Na Kai Ewalu 8:59.39, 4. Lae Ula O Kai 9:00.32. Men Novice A-1. Hawaiian (Rodrigo Da Silva, Yuri Soledade, Marcio Silva, Kealii Forsberg, Francisco Prado, Andrew Gascho) 8:07.59, 2. Wailea 8:11.63, 3. Lahaina 8:21.02, 4. Kahana 8:29.92. Freshman Men-1. Kahana (Keith Keahi, Mike Tihada, Keola Robinson, Gary Saldana, Jerry Williams, Cameron Jacome) 8:09.40, Napili 8:34.16, 3. Lae Ula O Kai 8:40.17, 4. Hana 8:48.34. Sophomore Men-1. Wailea (Jacob Abeytia, Mark Cluney, Tony Calderon, Ralph Wiegmann, Felipe Gomes, Kekoa Cramer) 7:27.92, 2. Hawaiian 7:29.20, 3. Kihei 8:42.00, 4. Napili 9:12.33. Junior Men-1. Hawaiian (Chris Smith, Peter Konohia, Rory Frampton, Lee Poston, Mael Carey, Rick Nuu) 7:48.99, 2. Wailea 7:53.96, 3. Kihei 7:58.78, 4. Kahana 8:01.98. Master Men-1. Hawaiian (Dana Souza, Rory Frampton, John McCandless, John Lewis, James Knutson, Paul Luuwai) 8:25.57, 2. Kihei 8:35.74, 3. Kahana 8:48,62, 4) Na Kai Ewalu 10:05.31.

1 1/2 Miles

Open Men-1. Wailea (Jacob Abeytia, Lani Howard, Ramone Mullen, Tony Calderon, Matt Mercado, Kekoa Cramer) 11:59.49, 2. Kahana 12:25.04, 3. Hawaiian 12:28.12, 4. Kihei 12:56.80.

Female

Quarter Mile

Girls 12B-1. Hawaiian (Kiana Siliado, Amara Kunishi, Leslee Ramoran, Cianna Cruz-Wallace, Kelsey Galago, Deanna Rosa) 2:31.40, 2. Na Kai Ewalu 2:32.26, 3. Lahaina 2:34.85, 4. Hana 2:45.09. Girls 12A-1. Hawaiian (Kiana Siliado, Ashley Davis, Shaenis Lono, Nicole Joslin, Hoku Lindsey, Kaena Magsayo) 2:17.12, 2. Kahana 2:17.39, 3. Hana 2:33.71. Girls 13-1. Hana (Kaneau Kanakaole, Kalena Aina, Megan Medeiros, Akaneki Lind, Poha Kanakaole, Minoaka Kapoi-Smith) 2:05.35, 2. Hawaiian 2:07.08, 3. Kahana 2:17.25, 4. Kihei 2:18.28. Girls 14-1. Hawaiian (Michelle Marks, Jessica Laanui, Malia Purdy, Ashley Rosa, Chelsie Aina-Lucas, Arianna Gerry) 2:02.42, 2. Na Kai Ewalu 2:14.01, 3. Wailea 2:15.98, 4. Lahaina 2:19.35. Women Novice B-1. Hawaiian (Rebecca Lang, Magdalena Teriitua, Zea Robbins, Jennifer Lapierre, Megan Toaspern, Maria Mendiburo) 2:04.41, 2. Kihei 2:05.31, 3. Kahana 2:07.01, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 2:09.84.

Half Mile

Girls 15-1. Hawaiian (Kelli Sheehan, Marci Ono, Pualei Kaaa, Rhianne Spenser, Nohelani Kenolio, Lei Ishikawa) 4:37.66, 2. Kihei 4:48.22, 3. Lae Ula O Kai 4:48.78, 4. Napili 4:54.77. Girls 16-1. Hawaiian (Michelle Marks, Ihilani Catugal, Kanoe Barcai, Maria Leon, Darcie Nakoa, Malia Pestana) 4:34.30, 2. Kahana 4:49.21, 3. Na Kai Ewalu 4:50.29. Girls 18-1. Hawaiian (Sonya Niess, Kaimana Lee, Carlen Crockett, Lauren Powley, Emily Spenser, Lei Ishikawa) 4:39.04, 2. Napili 4:47.80, 3. Kahana 5:11.08. Women Novice A-1. Kihei (Cheryl Melinder, Pohai Kaiwi, Chelsea Nesbitt, Carla McGuire, Sandy Reyno, Patty Phillips) 4:26.69, 2. Kahana 4:37.33, 3. Hawaiian 4:45.71, 4. Napili 4:49.03. Senior Master Women-1. Kihei (Kathie Zwick, Iris Mountcastle, Vanessa Weiss, Anita Anderson, Pua Williams, Lea Giddons) 4:46.84, 2. Hawaiian 4:54.54, 3. Na Kai Ewalu 5:23.37. Open 4 Women-1. Lae Ula O Kai (Bessie King, Jocelyn Hrkach, Mari Toro-Ford, Sharon Balidoy) 5:04.45, 2. Hawaiian 5:12.17, 3. Kahana 5:16.32, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 5:23.94. Golden Master Women 55-1. Hawaiian (Kekoa Enomoto, Aulani Takatsuka, Judy Marter, Sandy Cole, Carol Childerhose, Dinah Starbuck) 5:12.34.

One Mile

Freshman Women-1. Lae Ula O Kai (Andrea Moller, Holly Dollar, Kelly Cua, Mari Toro-Ford, Holly Ho, Sharon Balidoy) 9:03.50, 2. Wailea 9:04.31, 3. Hawaiian 9:33.85, 4. Kihei 9:39.63. Sophomore Women-1. Lae Ula O Kai (Jennifer Konohia, Jocelyn Hrkach, Bessie King, Michele Golberg, Caitlin Nascimiento, Mary Kielty) 8:53.81, 2. Hawaiian 8:54.87, 3. Kihei 9:34.75, 4. Na Kai Ewalu 10:14.72. Junior Women-1. Hawaiian (Zoe Norcross-Nuu, Stephanie Campbell, Deborah Robison, Karen Thorndike, Kimberley Di Segna, Tiare Lawrence) 9:27.01, 2. Kihei 9:45.12, 3. Kahana 9:51.50, 4. Napili 9:56.61. Master Women-1. Kihei (Colleen Ford, Catherine Hughes, Joyce Roark, Nalani Kaninau, Anita Anderson, Cheryl Jennings-Logsdon) 9:50.52, 2. Hawaiian 10:02.71, 3. Lae Ula O Kai 10:14.41.

1 1/2 Miles

Open Women-1. Kahana (Denise Eaton, Maggie Stebar, Jessica Ahlstrand, Kristin Honish, Lynn Travis, Jennifer Vanderlaan) 15:27.70, 2. Kihei 15:53.05.

Mixed

Quarter Mile

Mixed 12-1. Hawaiian (Mana Rosa, Ashley Davis, Makana Hoopai, Kainalu Bargamento, Christina Adams, Kaena Magsayo) 2:11.46, 2. Kihei 2:16.53, 3. Lae Ula O Kai 2:23.44, 4. Kahana 2:32.51. Mixed Novice B-1. Hawaiian (David Heyman, Heather Stiller, Jack Hunsucker, Ryan Grasa, Megan Toaspern, Maria Mendiburo) 1:51.28, 2. Kahana 1:52.07, 3. Kihei 1:52.59, 4. Lahaina 1:53.40.

Half Mile

Golden Mixed 55-1. Kahana (James Kohler, Randy McClanahan, Joyce Tihada, Diane Delos Reyes, Laura Jane Kohler, Charlie Nakagawa) 4:46.24, 2. Hawaiian 4:55.53, 3. Kihei 5:15.39. Mixed 40-1. Hawaiian (Dana Souza, Kawika Davidson, John Lewis, Kimberly DiSegna, Theresa Harrisson, Emilou Alves) 4:17.30, 2. Kihei 4:18.80, 3. Na Kai Ewalu 4:34.02, 4. Kahana 4:43.58. Mixed Open-1. Hawaiian (J.B. Guard, Peter Konohia, Rick Nuu, Kathleen Chamberlain, Theresa Felgate, Margie Kawaiaea) 4:07.30, 2. Kihei 4:11.84, 3. Wailea 4:17.51, 4. Napili 4:24.94.

Posted by keizo on Mon, 07/12/2004 - 2:01pm