WAILUKU - Call this night all about coronations.
The Baldwin High School boys showed they are legitimate state title contenders with their remarkable depth atop the charts, and easily ran away to their seventh straight Maui Interscholastic League crown on Saturday night at the Yamamoto Track & Field Facility.
The Bears won six events and placed second five other times to swamp the boys field with 175 points, 77 more than runner-up King Kekaulike. Maui High was third with 78.
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Leadoff runner Ryne Yokouchi hands off to Vetekina Malafu during Baldwin High School’s victory in the 400-meter relay in Saturday’s Maui Interscholastic League championship meet at Yamamoto Track & Field Facility.
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Perhaps the most impressive marks were Keelan Ewaliko's personal record of 22 feet, 1 1/2 inches in the long jump - 9 3/4 inches in front of second place - and the 15.11-second time in the 110-meter hurdles by Vetekina Malafu while fighting a swirly wind.
"I keep saying we have got to show up first," Baldwin coach Gary Sanches said when asked if his team will be a contender at the state meet, scheduled for May 11-12 on the Big Island. "We shall see in two weeks. Our joke this week was over milk. The kids don't understand that a bottle of milk before, the cream was at the top, when you shake it it dissolves, but you let it sit, the cream rises to the top again.
"We were trying to explain to them 'the cream will rise to the top.' They had a hard time trying to figure that out, but they started getting it this week. We don't have milkmen any more."
Kristine Felix capped one of the most diverse and successful track and field careers ever on Maui with four individual titles - in the pole vault, long jump, 100 and 200 - that helped the Bears gain a measure of revenge in the girls meet.
Last year, eventual state runner-up Seabury Hall broke Baldwin's streak of 11 straight MIL girls team crowns. On Saturday, behind Felix, the Bears put up 168 points, 28 more than the Spartans. Kamehameha Maui had 47 to edge Maui High by two for third.
"It feels pretty good, our team's main goal from the beginning of the season was to get that team title back," Baldwin girls coach Keoni Tengan said. "We had a couple of hurdles during the season. We didn't have a stadium to practice in for the first couple weeks (as War Memorial Stadium underwent repairs). Then we had to close JV championships for the (University of Hawaii) football practice.
"Overall, we have been healthy, we worked hard and everybody did what they had to do."
That includes Felix, the 5-foot-1 dynamo who has lifted the state pole vault record by 20 inches in winning the last two titles and is headed to Washington State in the fall on a track and field scholarship.
Felix is going for her third straight pole vault title, but is also looking at the 100 and long jump, challenges she has never undertaken at the state meet.
"As far as her four gold medals, we have been hoping that she would do four events since her freshman year," Tengan said. "But due to injury, due to other circumstances, that was impossible. This year she really wanted to bring back the title, to battle for that. Because of her fire it fired up Amber Kozaki. Those two really wanted to beat each other in every event."
That battle went back and forth all season until Felix stepped out on Saturday. Kozaki did not clear a bar in the pole vault, finished fourth in the 100 and was second in the long jump. Both were on the victorious 400 relay team.
Felix had to race from the pole vault runway, cross the field to the long jump pit and make sure she was on time for her sprints.
"It was pretty exhausting, I am not going to lie," Felix said after posting times of 12.51 in the 100 and 26.51 in the 200, going 17-4 3/4 in the long jump and clearing 11-3 in the pole vault. "I had to run back and forth and all over the place. I wish I had more conditioning."
At WSU, "It will be primarily pole vault," Felix said. "If they can use me for anything else, possibly long jump, but I don't think I am fast enough in the sprints."
That means the state meet might be the last in which she competes in multiple events.
"I am going to do pole vault and long jump, for sure, the 100," she said. "I'm debating the relay and the 200. I will just do my best and whatever happens, happens."
Felix will miss Kozaki, a junior, next year.
"She definitely makes me better," Felix said. "It is kind of hard practicing with your competition, but at the same time, it pushes you. It pushed me a lot this year."
The boys' double winners were Ewaliko in the long jump and 200, after he was beaten by 0.08 seconds in the 100; Maui High's Nicola Perez-Garreaud in the 1,500 and 3,000; and Baldwin's Tyler Feiteira in the 300 hurdles and pole vault.
Malafu is a state contender in both hurdle events, the dashes and the long jump, and Pasoni Tasini has a good chance in the discus and shot put. Miki Fangatua and B.J. Wilhelm-Ioane both look like scorers in the throws.
"Keelan in the 200 and the long jump, Kina kind of tweaked his ankle in the long jump but he came back and ran one hell of a hurdles race," Sanches said. "Then Tyler (Feiteira) ran the race of his life in the 110s and then came back and won the 300s and the pole vault. Miki threw 50 feet, B.J. threw 50 feet - we have never had three boys on one team ever throw 50 feet. So, you know, it was a complete team effort."
* Robert Collias is at rcollias@mauinews.com
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MIL TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday's Results
At Yamamoto Track & Field Facility
Girls
Team scores
1. Baldwin 168, 2. Seabury Hall 140, 3. Kamehameha Maui 47, 4. Maui High 45, 5. King Kekaulike 36, 6. Lahainaluna 33, 7. St. Anthony 25.
Individual results
100-1. Kristine Felix, Baldwin, 12.51; 2. Tara Tesoro, Baldwin, 12.93; 3. Kayela Santiago, King Kekaulike, 13.04; 4. Amber Kozaki, Baldwin, 13.05; 5. Kiana Antonio, Kamehameha Maui, 13.07; 6. Elle Carvalho, Seabury Hall, 13.09; 7. Chelsea Savella, King Kekaulike, 13.35; 8. Marley Duncan, Kamehameha Maui, 13.48.
200-1. Kristine Felix, Baldwin, 26.51; 2. Elle Carvalho, Seabury Hall, 26.96. 3 Alyssa Bettendorf, Seabury Hall, 26.97; 4. Caitlin Buen-Lucas, Baldwin, 27.27; 5. Maya Palaroan, King Kekaulike, 27.62; 6. Tara Tesoro, Baldwin, 27.88; 7. Christy Fell, Seabury Hall.
400-1. Dylan Ross, Seabury Hall, 1:01.06; 2. Dakota Grossman, Seabury Hall 1:01.17; 3. Keili Johnson, St. Anthony, 1:02.90; 4. Noelle Johnson, Baldwin 1:04.16; 5. Ellissa Bio, Baldwin, 1:04.25; 6. Selena Williams, St. Anthony, 1:06.56; 7. Kiana Sniffen, Kamehameha Maui, 1:07.21; 8. Christy Fell, Seabury Hall 1:10.57.
800-1. Kiana Smith, Seabury Hall, 2:26.04; 2. Dakota Grossman, Seabury Hall 2:29.40; 3. Ellissa Bio, Baldwin, 2:32.36; 4. Rebekah Hallsten, St. Anthony, 2:35.04; 5. Kailey Sager, Lahainaluna, 2:38.23; 6. Dylan Ross, Seabury Hall 2:40.93; 7. Alicia Morris-Schmidthans, Baldwin, 2:47.63; 8. Michelle Gima, Maui High, 2:55.06.
1,500-1. Dakota Grossman, Seabury Hall, 5:03.80; 2. Kiana Smith, Seabury Hall 5:05.08; 3. Justine Malek, Seabury Hall, 5:13.88; 4. Kailey Sager Lahainaluna, 5:17.32; 5. Alicia Morris-Schmidthans, Baldwin, 5:37.28. 6 Brielle Ouellet-Beaucaire, Maui High, 5:38.37; 7. Annette Kinchiro, Baldwin 5:44.79; 8. Michelle Gima, Maui High, 5:53.24.
3,000-1. Dakota Grossman, Seabury Hall, 11:08.87; 2. Kiana Smith, Seabury Hall 11:54.08; 3. Justine Malek, Seabury Hall, 12:03.69; 4. Kailey Sager Lahainaluna, 12:43.30; 5. Alicia Morris-Schmidthans, Baldwin, 12:45.16. 6 Annette Kinchiro, Baldwin, 13:19.75; 7. Sage Saito, Baldwin, 13:22.47. 8 Tiffany Keau, Maui High, 13:28.71.
100 hurdles-1. Raeana Anguay, Baldwin, 16.62; 2. Breea Yamat, Lahainaluna, 16.90. 3 Taylor Dugan, Baldwin, 16.92; 4. Pelemarie Buka, Baldwin, 16.99; 5. Christy Fell, Seabury Hall, 17.24; 6. Malia Yamashiro, Maui High, 17.38; 7. Aileen Rodriguez, Maui High, 17.89; 8. Jasmine Los Banos, Maui High, 20.13.
300 hurdles-1. Roxane Gaedeke, Seabury Hall, 47.56; 2. Raven Poepoe, Kamehameha Maui, 47.80. 3 Taylor Dugan, Baldwin, 49.02; 4. Breea Yamat, Lahainaluna, 49.05; 5. Alyssa Bettendorf, Seabury Hall, 50.13; 6. Aileen Rodriguez, Maui High, 51.35. 7 Akashi Saito, Maui Prep, 56.04.
400 relay-Baldwin A 50.90, 2. Kamehameha A 50.91, 3. King Kekaulike A 51.89. 4 Seabury Hall A 52.27, 5. Maui High A 54.84.
1,600 relay-1, Seabury Hall A 4:11.93, 2. Baldwin A 4:18.99, 3. Kamehameha A 4:20.16, 4. St. Anthony A 4:36.63, 5. Maui High A 4:38.01. 6 Lahainaluna A 4:38.33, 7. Molokai A 5:21.80.
Pole vault-1. Kristine Felix, Baldwin, 11-3; 2. Kiana Yamat, Lahainaluna, 9-3; 3. Itara Sved-Wood, King Kekaulike, 8-9; 4. Lindsey Miyamoto, Baldwin, 7-9; 5. Ariana Badua, Lahainaluna, 7-9.
High jump-1. Raven Poepoe, Kamehameha Maui, 4-11; 2t. Jordyn Vega, Maui High, 4-9; 2t. Jill Capistran, St. Anthony, 4-9; 2t. Amanda Hee, King Kekaulike, 4-9; 5. Isabelle Jones, Seabury Hall, 4-7; 6. Jenna Grimes, Baldwin, 4-7; 7t. Brianna Perry, King Kekaulike, 4-5; 7t. Selena Williams, St. Anthony, 4-5; 7t. Tiana Camarillo, Seabury Hall, 4-5.
Long jump-1. Kristine Felix, Baldwin, 17-4 3/4; 2. Amber Kozaki, Baldwin, 17-3 3/4. 3 Ashley Pundyke, Kamehameha Maui, 16-3 1/4; 4. Roxane Gaedeke, Seabury Hall, 16-3; 5. Ashley Wendt, Kamehameha Maui, 15-10 3/4; 6. Tenisha Ruidas, Baldwin, 15-10 1/4; 7. Justine Malek, Seabury Hall, 15-1 1/2; 8. Shalia Kamakaokalani, Kamehameha Maui, 14-2 3/4.
Triple jump-1. Pelemarie Buka, Baldwin, 35-3 1/4; 2. Amber-Lei Madriaga, Baldwin 33-10 3/4; 3. Tenisha Ruidas, Baldwin, 33-4 3/4; 4. Roxane Gaedeke, Seabury Hall, 32-3 3/4; 5. Justine Malek, Seabury Hall, 32-0 3/4; 6. Shalia Kamakaokalani, Kamehameha Maui, 32-0 1/4; 7. Breea Yamat, Lahainaluna, 31-10 3/4. 8. Joebelle Bonete, King Kekaulike, 30-3 3/4.
Shot put-1. Alesha Martin, Baldwin, 39-5 1/2; 2. Christina Lotulelei, Maui High 38-1 1/2; 3. Kalesita Anitema, Maui High, 36-5 3/4; 4. Supiesi Tongi, Maui High, 33-10; 5. Kylie Yamada, Kamehameha Maui, 33-0 1/4; 6. Neula Aarona Kamehameha, 32-2; 7. Brooks Higa, Baldwin, 30-0 1/2; 8. Kaityln Kim, St. Anthony, 29-6 1/2.
Discus-1. Teianna Collins-Shirota, King Kekaulike, 127-6; 2. Christina Lotulelei Maui High, 116-10; 3. Supiesi Tongi, Maui High, 109-10; 4. Kaityln Kim, St. Anthony, 107-9; 5. Alesha Martin, Baldwin, 105-3; 6. Kylie Yamada, Kamehameha Maui, 100-11; 7. Kalesita Anitema, Maui High, 98-10; 8. Brooks Higa Baldwin, 95-6.
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Boys
Team scores
1. Baldwin 175, 2. King Kekaulike 98, 3. Maui High 78, 4. Kamehameha 66, 5. Seabury Hall 51, 6. Lahainaluna 15, 7. Kihei Charter 8, 8. Maui Prep 2, 8. St. Anthony 2.
Individual results
100-1. Jay Braun, Seabury Hall, 11.08; 2. Keelan Ewaliko, Baldwin, 11.16; 3. Jamal Jones, Kamehameha Maui, 11.34; 4. Vetekina Malafu, Baldwin, 11.35; 5. Arron Marzan Baldwin, 11.39; 6. Juaquin Navarro-Bonilla, Maui High, 11.72; 7. Stephen Barut, Kamehameha Maui, 11.75; 8. Hunter Pawn-Kalilikane, Molokai, 11.93.
200-1. Keelan Ewaliko, Baldwin, 22.32; 2. Jay Braun, Seabury Hall, 22.65; 3. Ryne Yokouchi, Baldwin, 22.97; 4. Jamal Jones, Kamehameha Maui, 23.01; 5. Mario Fernandez, Maui High, 23.28; 6. Arron Marzan, Baldwin, 23.45; 7. Carter Christie, Seabury Hall, 23.65; 8. Stephen Barut, Kamehameha Maui, 23.95.
400-1. Jake Jacobs, King Kekaulike, 50.95; 2. Billy Ayakawa, Kamehameha Maui, 52.71. 3 Christopher Kawaguchi, Baldwin, 52.97; 4. Brenan Warman, King Kekaulike 53.21; 5. Luke Batoon, Kamehameha Maui, 53.70; 6. Nicolas Colon, Seabury Hall 53.74; 7. Kealoha Aipa, Baldwin, 56.27; 8. Riley Harima, Baldwin, 56.65.
800-1. Keegan Gregg, King Kekaulike, 1:58.62; 2. Alden Simmer, Seabury Hall 2:03.74; 3. Tyler Macarthur, Kamehameha Maui, 2:04.41; 4. Ryan Koss, Seabury Hall 2:05.03; 5. James Pearson, Baldwin, 2:06.16; 6. Jordan Piano, Baldwin 2:06.80; 7. Jacob Higa, Seabury Hall, 2:10.05; 8. David Isenmann, Baldwin 2:13.88.
1,500-1. Nicola Perez-Garreaud, Maui High, 4:19.52; 2. James Pearson, Baldwin 4:20.76; 3. Corban Kaikkonen, Lahainaluna, 4:26.48; 4. Devin Vinoray, Seabury Hall, 4:27.66; 5. Rocky Balala, Maui High, 4:33.86; 6. Angelito Cuaresma, Maui High, 4:36.69; 7. Xavier Damo, Maui Prep, 4:38.27; 8. Reggie Lo, Baldwin 4:48.19.
3,000-1. Nicola Perez-Garreaud, Maui High, 9:31.64; 2. Corban Kaikkonen Lahainaluna, 9:37.17; 3. Rocky Balala, Maui High, 9:49.82; 4. Ryan Koss Seabury Hall, 9:53.94; 5. Devin Vinoray, Seabury Hall, 10:01.24; 6. Angelito Cuaresma, Maui High, 10:08.82; 7. Xavier Damo, Maui Prep, 10:36.22. 8 Alexander Guerrero, Kamehameha Maui, 11:00.60.
110 hurdles-1. Vetekina Malafu, Baldwin, 15.11; 2. Tyler Feiteira, Baldwin, 15.48. 3 Connor Yap, Kamehameha Maui, 15.70; 4. Kimo Tashiro-Rivera, Maui High, 16.46. 5 Justin Bosque, Baldwin, 16.60; 6. Ian Armitage, Kamehameha Maui, 17.42; 7. Bryce Mizoguchi, St. Anthony, 18.20; 8. Kevin Dagupion, Lahainaluna, 20.45.
300 hurdles-1. Tyler Feiteira, Baldwin, 40.66; 2. Connor Yap, Kamehameha Maui, 40.81; 3. Jordan Romero, King Kekaulike, 42.37; 4. Kimo Tashiro-Rivera, Maui High, 42.54. 5 Ari Moreno, Baldwin, 43.89; 6. Bryce Mizoguchi, St. Anthony, 44.59; 7 Justin Koa Shane Valle, Baldwin, 46.00; 8. Dalton Fukagawa, St. Anthony, 48.92.
400 relay-1. Baldwin A 43.57, 2. Kamehameha A 43.93, 3. King Kekaulike A 45.63. 4 Maui High A 46.32, 5. Seabury Hall A 51.79.
1,600 relay-1. Kamehameha A 3:30.13, 2. King Kekaulike A 3:30.60, 3. Baldwin A 3:33.82, 4. Seabury Hall A 3:42.54, 5. Maui High A 3:44.44, 6. St. Anthony A 4:02.43, 7. Lahainaluna A 4:15.72.
Pole vault-1. Tyler Feiteira, Baldwin, 13-3; 2. Lucas Zarro, Kihei Charter, 13-3. 3 Michael Teves, King Kekaulike, 12-9; 4. Dusty Flores, Baldwin, 12-9. 5 Zachary Yanagihara, King Kekaulike, 12-9; 6. Jared Kapisi, Maui High, 12-3; 7. Christopher Rickard, St. Anthony, 12-3; 8. Bronson Nerpio, Baldwin 11-9.
High jump-1. Jansen Agapay, King Kekaulike, 6-1; 2. Billy Joe Bonete, King Kekaulike, 6-1; 3. Vincent Keomoungkhoune, Maui High, 5-11; 4. Raymon Ladesma, Maui High, 5-9; 5. Troy Otto, Maui Prep, 5-9; 6. Claude Sherwood, Lahainaluna, 5-9; 7. Corry Brown, King Kekaulike, 5-9; 8. Simisi Malafu, Baldwin, 5-7.
Long jump-1. Keelan Ewaliko, Baldwin, 22-1 1/2; 2. Austin Allgood, King Kekaulike 21-3 3/4; 3. Sayge Edrada, Kamehameha Maui, 21-3; 4. Jay Braun, Seabury Hall 21-2 3/4; 5. Ricky Casco, Baldwin, 20-9 1/2; 6. Vetekina Malafu, Baldwin 20-6 1/2; 7. Corry Brown, King Kekaulike, 20-4 3/4; 8. Makoa Medeiros, Kamehameha Maui, 19-2 3/4.
Triple jump-1. Luke Brown, King Kekaulike, 44-4 3/4; 2. Jansen Agapay, King Kekaulike 43-5 1/2; 3. Mattias Thompson, Baldwin, 43-4 3/4; 4. Vili Tolutau, Baldwin 40-7 1/4; 5. Chase Iwata-Bartelme, King Kekaulike, 40-6 3/4; 6. Ian Armitage Kamehameha, 39-2 1/2; 7. Dylan Agunoy, Maui High, 39-1 3/4; 8. Simisi Malafu, Baldwin, 38-11 1/4.
Shot put-1. Totauhelotu Lotulelei, Maui High, 52-11 1/2; 2. Pasoni Tasini, Baldwin 52-10 1/2; 3. Miki Fangatua, Baldwin, 51-2; 4. B.J. Wilhelm-Ioane, Baldwin 50-0; 5. Siueli Vaha, Maui High, 44-7; 6. Tommy Fisher, Maui High, 42-4 3/4; 7. Kauanoeaehii Vanderpoel, Kamehameha Maui, 41-6 1/2; 8. Alika Sanchez, Kamehameha Maui, 35-1.
Discus-1. Pasoni Tasini, Baldwin, 169-9; 2. Miki Fangatua, Baldwin, 154-0; 3. B.J. Wilhelm-Ioane, Baldwin, 151-7; 4. Totauhelotu Lotulelei, Maui High, 149-3; 5. Siueli Vaha, Maui High, 131-10; 6. Tommy Fisher, Maui High, 117-2. 7 Alika Sanchez, Kamehameha Maui, 113-7; 8. Florent Michelier, King Kekaulike 108-4.
