SUNDAY, JUNE 21, 2015 | WEST HAWAII TODAY
SPORTS
2B
Team Results
Division A
Kai Opua Canoe Club 40 events, 207
points ; Puna Canoe Club, 33, 200;
Kai ‘Ehitu, 34, 190; Kawaihae Canoe
Club, 40, 146; Keauhou Canoe Club, 35,
144 ; Keaukaha Canoe Club, 40, 109
; Kamehameha Canoe Club, 29, 94 ;
Paddlers of Laka, 21, 54
Division B
Waikoloa Canoe Club, 54 ; Keoua
Honaunau Canoe Club, 13, 51 ; Miloli’i
Canoe Club, 4, 21 ; Hui Wa’a OWaiakea,
7, 20 ; Na Wa’a Hanakahi, 6, 12 ; Kailana
Canoe Club, 7, 11
Event 1: Girls 12
1. Kai ‘Ehitu, 2:17.09 (Kiana Anakalea,
Xochitl Avendano-Kahalewai, Malie
Grace, Destiny Kaimiola, Sinavaioleola
Liufau,Vaihere Otare)
2. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 2:17.38
3. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 2:18.16
4. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club,
2:38.69
5. Puna Canoe Club, 2:39.86
6.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 2:53.05
DQ Kawaihae Canoe Club, 2:19.74
SCR Keauhou Canoe Club
Event 2: Boys 12
1. Kai ‘Ehitu, 2:07.85 (Nemecio
Avendano, Sunny Boy Kalima, Kamrin
Kam,Justin Jr Kaupe-DeLeon, Sheynen-
Wyatt Nahale, Gareth Warren)
2. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 2:13.89
3. Paddlers of Laka, 2:15.05
4. Puna Canoe Club, 2:16.16
5. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 2:17.24
6. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 2:33.53
7. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club, 2:50.06
DQ Kailana Canoe Club, 2:28.11
SCR Keauhou Canoe Club,
Event 3: Mixed Boys and Girls 12
1. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 2:11.42
(Keahiwai Lindsey, Kai Fasciano,Julia
Salvador, Laif Showalter, Kaila Sylva,
Jaydon Tripp)
2. Keauhou Canoe Club, 2:12.45
3. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 2:15.08
4. Kai ‘Ehitu, 2:16.40
5. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club, 2:21.33
6. Puna Canoe Club, 2:23.29
7. Paddlers of Laka, 2:36.29
DQ Kai Opua Canoe Club, 2:55.06
SCR Kamehameha Canoe Club
Event 4: Girls 13
1. Kai ‘Ehitu, 2:04.13 (Kiana Anakalea,
Lilia Garcia, Malie Grace, Hunter Kalima,
Nayeli Silva-Kahalewai, Lilei Ynigues)
2. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 2:08.87
3. Puna Canoe Club, 2:12.56
4. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 2:13.83
5. Keauhou Canoe Club, 2:15.61
6. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 2:16.73
7. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club, 2:22.75
8. Kailana Canoe Club, 2:24.04
9.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 2:41.23
DQ Keaukaha Canoe Club, 2:17.73
Event 5: Boys 13
1. Kai ‘Ehitu, 1:52.89 (Malosi Abraham,
Kala’i Ballesteros, Keola Kaleookamanu-
Pelekane,Justin Jr Kaupe-DeLeon, keli’I
Pelekane, Setu Vole)
2. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 1:55.43
3. Paddlers of Laka, 2:01.74
4. Keauhou Canoe Club, 2:02.46
5. Puna Canoe Club, 2:11.74
6. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 2:12.37
7. Kailana Canoe Club, 2:19.46
8. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 2:20.28
SCR Kamehameha Canoe Club,
Event 6: Women Novice B
1. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 2:18.47
(Sydney Budde, Kanoe Cummings,
Amy Gappa, Hiilei Hoopai,Jade Hoopai,
Lanakila Kuoha)
2. Miloli’i Canoe Club, 2:21.17
3. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 2:23.11
4. Puna Canoe Club, 2:25.53
5. Kai ‘Ehitu, 2:26.96
6 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club, 2:28.32
7.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 2:30.08
8. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 2:31.85
9. Keauhou Canoe Club, 2:54.67
DQ Paddlers of Laka,
SCR Keaukaha Canoe Club
Event 7: Girls 14
1. Kai ‘Ehitu, 2:06.33 (Tianna
Avanilla, Hunter Kalima, Kyrie Kaupe-
DeLeon, Berri Lagmay, Myra Liufau,
Sinavaioleola Liufau)
2. Keauhou Canoe Club, 2:07.68
3. Paddlers of Laka, 2:10.66
4. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 2:24.69
5. Puna Canoe Club, 2:28.46
6. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 2:31.20
7. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 2:43.92
8.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 2:45.35
9. Kailana Canoe Club, 3:35.35
10. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 3:38.04
Event 8: Boys 14
1. Kai ‘Ehitu, 1:49.13
(HiramAnakalea Jr., Iokepa Aponte,
Kala’i Ballesteros, Moses Brooks,
Bronson Leslie, Baba Weza)
2. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 1:58.32
3. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 1:58.91
4. Keauhou Canoe Club, 1:59.94
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club
SCR Kailana Canoe Club
SCR Puna Canoe Club
Event 9: Mixed Novice B
1. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 1:58.88
(Jan Baldado,Jim Fairhurst, Chloe
Hess, Laurie Hillyard,Warren Leorin,
Tim Lewis)
2. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 1:59.72
3. Kai ‘Ehitu, 2:00.40
4.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 2:03.50
5. Miloli’i Canoe Club, 2:06.68
6. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 2:08.10
7. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club, 2:16.08
8. Kailana Canoe Club, 2:19.24
DQ Puna Canoe Club, 1:52.90
SCR Keaukaha Canoe Club
Event 10: Girls 15
1. Kai ‘Ehitu, 4:34.39
(Wynter Ah Mow,Tianna Avanilla, Lilia
Garcia, Kyrie Kaupe-DeLeon, Ka’iulani
Pelekane, Nayeli Silva-Kahalewai)
2. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:39.67
3. Keauhou Canoe Club, 5:00.48
4. Paddlers of Laka, 5:10.30
5. Puna Canoe Club, 5:30.18
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club
SCR Keaukaha Canoe Club
SCR Kamehameha Canoe Club
Event 11: Boys 15
1. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 3:59.92
(Hanalei Akazawa, Bear Broder, Kaulike
Kahulamu, Lamaku Kekaualua-Nacis,
Sam Masuda, Shannon Pua Jr.)
2. Keauhou Canoe Club, 4:04.21
3. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 4:07.01
4. Kai ‘Ehitu, 4:09.96
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club
Event 12: Men Novice B
1. Miloli’i Canoe Club, 4:11.03
(Friedrick Boeck, Nohea Kaiaokamalie,
Justin Kailiawa, Elroy Reyes, Pace
Samuels, Dave Wallace)
2. Kai ‘Ehitu, 4:14.34
3. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:17.97
4. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:24.25
5. Kailana Canoe Club, 4:32.75
6. Puna Canoe Club, 4:45.58
SCR Keaukaha Canoe Club
SCR Kamehameha Canoe Club
Event 13: Girls 16 & Under
1. Paddlers of Laka, 4:34.06
(Ciera Kamai-Desamito, Ihi Kamau,
Aloha Karratti, Kaleki Pakani-Flores,
Kaui Pakani-Tsukiyama,Addi Reese)
2. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:35.13
3. Keauhou Canoe Club, 4:45.83
4. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 4:55.40
5. Kai ‘Ehitu, 5:13.94
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club
SCR Keaukaha Canoe Club
Event 14: Boys 16 & Under
1. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:04.55
(Kukahi Lee, Sam Masuda,Zion
Nicholson, Kade Pelekane, Rammell
Jay Transfiguracion, Russell John
Transfiguracion)
2. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 4:05.14
3. Kai ‘Ehitu, 4:11.88
4. Paddlers of Laka, 4:22.50 2
5. Keauhou Canoe Club, 4:25.03
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club
Event 15: Girls 18 & Under
1. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 4:46.17
(Malia Fontes-Pai, Brooke Gomes,
Brandi-Lee Kuheana-Callahan, Lyric
Lee, Brianna-Marie Smith-Varios,Jolyn
Takeya-Whitney)
2. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 4:50.31
DQ Kai Opua Canoe Club, 5:29.13
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club
Event 16: Boys 18 & Under
1. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 8:33.04
(Nakoa Akamu-DeMello, Ha’aheo
Kaiawe, Lamaku Kekaualua-Nacis,
Makana Kuluhiwa-Rodrigues, Kade
Pelekane, Russell John Transfiguracion)
2. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 8:44.09
3. Kai ‘Ehitu, 9:13.13
4. Keauhou Canoe Club 9:38.40
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club
Event 17: Women Novice A
1. Puna Canoe Club, 4:40.31
(Mili Browning, Ellen Cordeiro, SARAH
GRAVES,Tasha Ann Kamohai, Maile
Kapuniai, LAUREN RUSERT)
2. Kai ‘Ehitu, 4:41.79 6
3. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club,
4:46.32
4. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:57.05
5. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:57.43
6. Hui Wa’a OWaiakea, 4:58.58
7. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 5:04.79
SCR Keaukaha Canoe Club
SCR Keauhou Canoe Club
Event 18: Men Novice A
1. Kai ‘Ehitu, 8:04.55
(Kehau Brown, Niklas Dahm, Steve
Longballa,Tawai Marquardt, Darren
Pucong,Jake Rivera)
2. Puna Canoe Club, 8:15.37
3. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club,
8:35.27
4. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 8:35.71
5. Keauhou Canoe Club, 8:38.64
6. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 8:48.88
7. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 9:04.32
8. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 9:09.17
9. Paddlers of Laka, 9:24.16
Event 19: Women Freshmen
1. Puna Canoe Club, 9:03.55
(Cherisse Agorastos, Loke Andrade,
Alana Cabatu, Haunani Keamo, Michele
Padayao, Lisa Shizuma)
2. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 9:03.86
3. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 9:10.32
4. Kai ‘Ehitu, 10:15.64
5. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 10:19.42
6. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 10:37.03
7. Na Wa’a Hanakahi, 10:42.86
Event 20: Men Freshmen
1. Keauhou Canoe Club, 7:52.32
(Salesi Apina, Kyle Ching, Daniel Chun,
Chevise Conte,Trey Cox III, Ka’eo
Peterson)
2. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 7:52.84
3. Puna Canoe Club, 8:01.43
4. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 8:09.11
5. Kai ‘Ehitu, 8:49.01
6. Hui Wa’a OWaiakea, 9:14.90
7. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 9:25.48
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club,
Event 21: Women Sophomore
1. Puna Canoe Club, 9:14.23
(Jolene Hughes, Scarlett Kettwich, Kim
Kimi,Jessica Kirkpatrick,Wila Lavea,
Mapuana Sherlock)
2. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 9:24.78
3. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 9:35.41
4. Paddlers of Laka, 10:38.24
5. Kai ‘Ehitu, 11:06.61
SCR Keaukaha Canoe Club
SCR Kamehameha, Canoe Club
SCR Keauhou Canoe Club
Event 22: Men Sophomore
1. Keauhou Canoe Club, 8:02.45
(Edward II Aldridge, Shannon Galieto,
Jericho Miyahira-Young, Kainoa Tanoai,
Sean Thomas, George Twigg-Smith)
2. Kai ‘Ehitu, 8:04.55
3. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 8:05.05
4. Puna Canoe Club, 8:12.44
5. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 8:24.11
6. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 8:31.09
7. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 8:59.99
Event 23: Women Junior
1. Puna Canoe Club, 9:19.64
(Alana Cabatu,Amy Cook, Danielle
Downey, Kahili Hahn, Harriet Parsons,
Lisa Shizuma)
2. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 9:26.56
3. Kai ‘Ehitu, 9:28.28
4. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 10:06.03
5. Keauhou Canoe Club, 10:12.76
6. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 10:37.38
7. Paddlers of Laka, 10:47.40
8. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 11:02.90
Event 24: Men Junior
1. Keauhou Canoe Club, 7:41.18
(Daniel Chun, Chevise Conte,Trey Cox
III, Shannon Galieto, Kekoa Spoon,
Kainoa Tanoai)
2. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 7:54.38
3. Puna Canoe Club, 7:54.72
4. Kai ‘Ehitu, 7:55.00
5. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 8:12.43
6. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 9:09.27
7. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 9:26.28
8. Paddlers of Laka, 10:28.37
SCR Hui Wa’a OWaiakea
Event 25: Women Senior
Event 26: Men Senior
Event 27: Women Masters (40)
1. Puna Canoe Club, 9:45.07
(Rose Calumag, Gerri Hala Latu, Kim
Kimi, Shannon Takabayashi, Cindy Van
Guilder,Trevella Williams)
2. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 9:49.32
3. Keauhou Canoe Club, 9:52.28
4. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 10:41.16
5. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 10:41.64
6. Paddlers of Laka, 12:17.67
SCR Keaukaha Canoe Club
SCR Kai ‘Ehitu
Event 28: Men Masters (40)
1. Keauhou Canoe Club, 8:00.87
(Bruce Ayau, Ian Foo, Ivan Mcivor,
Theron Ogata,Justin Udovch,Andy
Witherspoon)
2. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 8:21.33
3. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 8:31.31
4. Puna Canoe Club, 8:34.30
5. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 9:07.85
6. Kai ‘Ehitu, 9:19.19
7. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 9:26.50
Event 29: Woman (65)
1. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 5:15.79
(Betty Guidotti, Loke Kapela, Sue
Lalanne, Susie Shaw, Marianne Starr,
Becky Walton)
2.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 5:38.52
3. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 5:57.69
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club
Event 30: Men (65)
1. Kai ‘Ehitu, 4:24.63 (Stephen Arnett,
Freddie Berengue, Peter Greenwell,
Mana Manasas,Timothy Oesterling, Leo
Santimer)
2. Keauhou Canoe Club, 4:25.04
3. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:39.90
4. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:40.62
5. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 4:49.69
6. Paddlers of Laka, 5:04.48
7.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 5:20.02
Event 31: Woman Masters (60 yrs)
1. Puna Canoe Club, 4:57.57
(Tweetie Anderson-Perreira, Betty Ben,
Nerak Mickievic, Susan O’Shaughnessy,
Linda Robb, Susan Skipper)
2. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 5:10.06
3. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 5:12.78
4. Keauhou Canoe Club, 5:28.65 3
5. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 5:33.19
6. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 5:47.99
Event 32: Men Masters (60 yrs)
1. Keauhou Canoe Club, 4:01.74
(George Abood, Gary Capri, Paul
Daugherty, Egon Horcajo, Lambert Lee
Loy, Mel Pauole)
2. Kai ‘Ehitu, 4:09.62
3. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:14.14
4. Puna Canoe Club, 4:19.78
5. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 4:28.02
6. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club,
4:43.44
7. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:50.60
8. Paddlers of Laka, 5:29.55
Event 33: Women Golden Masters
(55)
1. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:52.32
(Madeleine Budde, Emily Claspell, Dee
Edmunds,Jolie Kaae, Gemma Ley,
Cindy Oswald)
2. Puna Canoe Club, 4:55.58
3. Keauhou Canoe Club, 4:56.41
4. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 5:19.87
5. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 5:36.60
SCR Kamehameha Canoe Club,
Event 34: Men Golden Masters (55)
1. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:05.21
(Mark Aiona, Brian Cornel, Dane Enos,
Jeff King,John Lowney,Yasu Tanaka)
2. Puna Canoe Club, 4:08.89
3. Keauhou Canoe Club, 4:14.97
4. Kai ‘Ehitu, 4:22.10
5. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 4:25.10
6. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:35.20
Event 35: Senior Women Masters
(50)
1. Puna Canoe Club, 4:34.67
(Mamo Brown,Jolene Hughes, Marcia
Johansen, Kainoa Lavea,Jennifer
Tanner, Dee Torres)
2. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:43.96
3. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 4:53.15
4. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 5:17.71
5. Keauhou Canoe Club, 5:32.37
6. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 6:08.00
SCR Na Wa’a Hanakahi
Event 36: Senior Men Masters (50)
1. Puna Canoe Club, 3:47.82
(Terry Andrade, Bubba Baldado, Louie
Mendonca, Forest Parker-Bailey, Brian
Peterson,Afa Tuaolo)
2. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 3:57.82
3. Kai ‘Ehitu, 4:11.22
4. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:19.94
5.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 4:32.66
6. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 4:37.26
DQ Keauhou Canoe Club, 4:33.47
Event 37: Mixed Masters (60)
1. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:33.67
(Mike Atwood, Ned Burns,John Phillips,
Susie Shaw, Kris Vaughn-Hazard, Becky
Walton)
2. Puna Canoe Club, 4:34.56
3. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:38.85
4. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 4:48.18
5. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 4:49.58
6.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 4:59.10
7. Paddlers of Laka, 5:05.04
SCR Keauhou Canoe Club
Event 38: Mixed Masters (55)
1. Puna Canoe Club, 4:26.05
(Maud Gooch, Spencer Lavea, Brian
Peterson, Miri Sumida,Willie Viveiros,
Ellen Williams)
2. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:30.12
3. Keauhou Canoe Club, 4:33.30
4. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 4:46.57
5. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:48.02
6. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 5:01.95
7.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 5:03.91
8. Paddlers of Laka, 6:12.91
SCR Kai ‘Ehitu
Event 39: Mixed Masters (40)
1. Kai ‘Ehitu, 4:05.64
(Darcy Daniel, Kristy Hardy, Eddie
Hayward,Alton Kaono, Daniel
Mersburgh, Miki Van Osdol)
2. Puna Canoe Club, 4:06.29
3. Keauhou Canoe Club, 4:11.77
4. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:12.40
5. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 4:22.33
6. Hui Wa’a OWaiakea, 4:23.71
7.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 4:24.52
8. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:25.46
9. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 4:47.71
10. Na Wa’a Hanakahi, 4:48.37
11. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club,
5:06.06
12. Paddlers of Laka, 5:10.70
Event 40: Women Open Four
1. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:51.12
(Tiffany Hatanaka, Leilani Olson,
Makalapua Pahia, Noelani Spencer)
2.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 4:52.38
3. Puna Canoe Club, 4:53.21
4. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 5:16.31
5. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 5:17.00
6. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 5:19.95
7. Kai ‘Ehitu, 5:20.20
8. Keauhou Canoe Club, 5:31.24
9. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club,
5:32.30
10. Na Wa’a Hanakahi, 5:40.69
11. Paddlers of Laka, 5:41.96
12. Hui Wa’a OWaiakea, 6:13.06
Event 41: Men Open Four
1. Puna Canoe Club, 4:04.11
(Nick Agorastos, Lance Oliveira,Jeremy
Padayao, Kekoa Sumera-Lee)
2. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:08.38
3. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:16.19
4. Keauhou Canoe Club, 4:17.37
5. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 4:18.76
6. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 4:20.34
7. Kai ‘Ehitu, 4:23.95
8. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club, 4:27.86
9. Hui Wa’a OWaiakea, 4:28.73
10. Na Wa’a Hanakahi, 4:39.66
11.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 4:51.98
12. Paddlers of Laka, 5:05.30
Event 42: Mixed Men and Women
1. Puna Canoe Club, 3:55.90
(Manu Akuna, Scarlett Kettwich,
Michele Padayao, Harriet Parsons,
Keola Sumera-Lee, Kenui Viveiros)
2. Kai ‘Ehitu, 4:00.74
3. Kai Opua Canoe Club, 4:04.83
4.Waikoloa Canoe Club, 4:08.55
5. Kawaihae Canoe Club, 4:20.14
6. Paddlers of Laka, 4:26.27
7. Kamehameha Canoe Club, 4:28.22
8. Hui Wa’a OWaiakea, 4:29.33
9. Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club,
4:46.68
10. Na Wa’a Hanakahi, 4:47.46
11. Keaukaha Canoe Club, 5:17.67
SCR Keauhou Canoe Club
SCR Miloli’i Canoe Club
KAILANA REGATTA
Aloha Karratti and the rest
of her Paddlers of Laka girls 16
crew always find gold and have
a good time even if they don’t
finish in first place.
But it doesn’t hurt to beat
the field at a Moku O Hawaii
Outrigger
Canoe
Racing
Association race.
Laka bolted to a 4-minute,
34.06-second first-place finish
in a half-mile event on Saturday
at the Kailana regatta, the first
race of the season at Hilo Bay,
where it was sunny, hot and
somewhat windy.
Karratti,
Ciera
Kamai-
Desamito, Kaleki Pakani-
Flores, Ihi Kamau, Addi Reese,
and Kaui Pakani-Tsukiyama
edged West Hawaii rival Kai
Opua, which placed second in
4:35.13, continuing a back-and-
forth battle.
In the season opener, Kai
Opua was first and Laka sec-
ond. In the next regatta, Laka
was first and Kai Opua third.
Last week, it was a flip-flop.
Except for Reese, all of the
Laka paddlers also compete in
the girls 14 event and placed
third, behind Kai Ehitu and
Keauhou.
If Karratti’s name sounds
familiar, it’s because her cous-
in Leah Karratti was a senior
captain for the UH Rainbow
Wahine volleyball team in 1998.
The Kamehameha sopho-
more, who’s in her first year
with Laka, doesn’t play volley-
ball, but she’s on the school’s
canoe paddling and water polo
teams. She also surfs and danc-
es hula, spending as much time
as possible in the water.
Laka is a strong candidate to
qualify for the Hawaii Canoe
Racing Association state cham-
pionships, which will be held
Aug. 1 at Hilo Bay.
But true to her first name,
Karratti cares more about her
crew’s camaraderie than a final
destination.
“Having fun with my crew
is more important than states,”
Karratti said. “I started paddling
this season and I love it.”
Pakani-Tsukiyama’s sisters
Keirsa and Kuulei also pad-
dled for Laka, and both played
volleyball at Waiakea. But the
youngest, a Waiakea sopho-
more, didn’t follow her sisters
on the volleyball court.
“Kaui didn’t catch the vol-
leyball bug like her other two
sisters,” said Christine Pakani,
her mom and Laka’s girls coach.
“But she did catch the canoe
paddling bug like her sisters.”
Pakani-Flores, also a Waiakea
sophomore, is Kaui’s cousin and
the volleyball bug missed her,
too. She’s in her second summer
with Laka.
Kaui Pakani-Tsukiyama is
already an accomplished pad-
dler. She has been to the HCRA
state championship the last four
years, in the 13 girls last year,
the 12 mixed, 12 girls, and nov-
ice mixed B in the following
years.
Karratti pointed out the key to
Laka’s success is pretty simple.
“We focus, stay positive and
have fun,” she said.
MILOLII TAKES GOLD
On Wednesday, Milolii’s one
and only canoe was severely
damaged in a car accident, but
the West Hawaii club still won
gold in the men’s novice B (first-
year paddlers) with a 4:11.03
finish in a half-mile race.
Milolii borrowed a canoe
from Kai Ehitu, and placed sec-
ond in the women’s novice B
and fifth in the mixed novice B
before heading back home to
Kona.
NEW YORK PADDLE
A Keaukaha men’s crew,
including members Mark Panek
and Kyle Keamo, were pad-
dling in the New York Liberty
Challenge, the largest outrigger
regatta on the East Coast.
A crew from Oahu and Kauai
also participated on Saturday.
Started in 1997, crews,
including from Europe and the
Pacific, race in the New York
Harbor, East River and Hudson
River.
Laka ladies win with zeal
BY KEVIN JAKAHI
HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
PADDLING |
NOTEBOOK
Hawaii regatta.
Club founder Bernard
“Papa” Kimitete died on Oct.
5, 2002. He was 62.
No doubt, win or lose he
would have said, “Maitai’roa
ae,” which in Tahitian means
“Out of this world,” noted
his wife Augustine “Mama”
Kimitete
and
daughter
Puamaile Kimitete.
After 35 events, Kai Ehitu
held a slim lead over Kai
Opua, 150-149.
Then firepower and depth,
the nemesis of the Cleveland
Cavaliers, Kai Ehitu and Puna,
came into play.
Kai Opua (40 events) won
the mixed masters 60, the
37th event, but nothing else
down the stretch, but had
enough high-place finishes for
valuable points.
Puna (33 races) won the
36th race, men masters 50,
and mixed masters 55, men
open four and mixed men and
women. But the club had a dis-
qualification in the mixed nov-
ice B, and one scratch in the
boys 14, costing valuable points.
In the last seven races, Kai
Ehitu won the mixed masters
40, and got silver and bronze.
But had a no entry in one race
and a scratch in another.
Puna claimed the most gold
with 11 and Kai Ehitu had
10 and Kai Opua seven, but
hauled in 27 medals to the 20
medals each by the other two
clubs.
Anakalea’s daughter Kiana
was on the gold girls 12 and
girls 13, and his son Hiram Jr.
or Nana was on the gold boys
14, making them valuable like
their dad.
“He’s awesome,” Kai Ehitu
head coach Richard Kimitete
said of Anakalea.
Eddie Hayward is the men’s
coach and helps coach the
women with Kimitete, who
lent the canoe his dad built,
Heipualani, to Milolii, which
won a gold.
“The kids have a strong
presence on our club. They
set the tone early,” Hayward
said. “Hiram has a good
temperament for the kids.
He practices with the kids
all day then jumps in canoe
and make his day even
longer.
“We’re really a family club
and treat everyone like family.
That’s a tribute to the Kimitete
ohana.”
PADDLING:
Puna claims most gold with 11
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1B
TOP: Puna’s women sophomore crew paddles to victory Saturday. BOTTOM: Keauhou
edges Keuakaha on Saturday in the men’s freshman race at Hilo Bay
.
HOLLYN JOHNSON/
HAWAII TRIBUNE-HERALD
