Cross Country October 7, 2006

So much happening, information overload has taken over this reporter, but I'll try.

Today was the Kamehameha Invitational. There is a new course this year that includes "THE HILL". It's almost like climbing a cliff. I drove it with my car and said "oh my god".... It's VERY steep and long. Tough is an understatement. Here is a photo from the girls intermediate meet. This is the first turn, they've got a long way to go.

What really makes these Invitational meets interesting is the mainland teams that come to run. Today Big Bear and Capistrano Valley, two California schools, joined us. They also dominated.

Big Bear won the boys varsity with a score of 24 points with their scorers at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 8. They also had 11th and 12th for good measure. That, folks, is domination.

In the girls varsity, it was Capistrano Valley dominating even more. They had 21 points, finishing at 1, 2, 5, 6 and 7. They also had 8 and 9.

Capistrano and Big Bear tied with 47 points in the boys JV division, Capistrano taking the win due to the tiebreaker. Punahou wasn't far behind in this race.

Capistrano also won the girls JV with a score of 29 points taking 3, 4, 5, 7 and 10. Their other 2 runners were at 13 and 16.

The intermediate boys division was won by Iolani who had 3 boys in the top 10. Borys Pleskacz won with a strong race and a time of 11:27, Casy Chun was at 3rd, while Justin Higa took 9th. Iolani had 47 points, followed by Kamehameha at 61, MPI at 80, Punahou 89 and HBA at 98.

Punahou dominated the girls intermediates taking 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 11 and 12.

Iolani's top female runners and most 11th and 12th graders were in California today. Their freshman/sophomore team won the Central Park Invitational in Huntington Beach. Iolani has had more than their share of injuries this year. Some great news is that Katie Pellitteri ran today and took 8th place after only a few practices. Jenna Wong actually won the race, with Amelia Linsky, Leyna Esaki and Allie Turgeon all putting in fine performances to seal the victory.

Speaking of injuries, Maryknoll has been bitten hard by the injury bug. Haley Abing has been out for a few meets now with a back problem. Julie Besenbruch hurt her hamstring and sat out today's race. Julie's injury doesn't seem too bad, but Haley's might be. Here's wishing these 2 fine runners heal fast.

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