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Saturday at Hilo Bayfront

Saturday at Hilo Bayfront

Division A

Puna Canoe Club 233; Kai Opua Canoe Club 223; Kai ‘Ehitu 168; Keauhou Canoe Club 161; Kawaihae Canoe Club 149; Keaukaha Canoe Club 128; Kamehameha Canoe Club 103

Division A

Paddlers of Laka 62; Waikoloa Canoe Club 58; Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 54; Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 29; Na Wa’a Hanakahi 16; Miloli’i Canoe Club 11; Kailana Canoe Club 4

Race results

Girls 12

1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:08.29 (Aulike Kaiawe, Kamalani Stegehuis, Monica Lee, Mele Spencer, Shauntae Hardy, Eleina Hayward)

2 Kai ‘Ehitu 2:11.27

3 Keaukaha Canoe Club 2:15.67

4 Kawaihae Canoe Club 2:26.27

5 Puna Canoe Club 2:28.11

6 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 2:37.19

7 Waikoloa Canoe Club 2:38.34

Boys 12

1 Kai ‘Ehitu 2:01.89 (Justin Jr Kaupe-DeLeon, Hailama Anakalea, Gareth Warren, Sunny Boy Kalima, Nemecio Avendano, Sheynen-Wyatt Nahale)

2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 2:02.53

3 Paddlers of Laka 2:08.13

4 Puna Canoe Club 2:08.61

5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 2:17.14

6 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:28.83

7 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 2:47.65

Mixed Boys and Girls 12

1 Kawaihae Canoe Club 2:03.54 (Laif Showalter, Kaila Sylva, Keenan Pahio, Keahiwai Lindsey, Kuhao Kane, Julia Salvador)

2 Kai ‘Ehitu 2:09.14

3 Keauhou Canoe Club 2:10.79

4 Kamehameha Canoe Club 2:12.47

5 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:13.15

6 Keaukaha Canoe Club 2:16.85

7 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 2:25.18

8 Paddlers of Laka 2:28.50

9 Puna Canoe Club 2:29.26

Girls 13

1 Kai ‘Ehitu 2:02.89 (Malie Grace, Hunter Kalima, Lilei Ynigues, Maimiti Otare, Nayeli Silva-Kahalewai, Kiana Anakalea)

2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 2:06.68

3 Puna Canoe Club 2:12.36

4 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:13.52

5 Keauhou Canoe Club 2:14.62

6 Kamehameha Canoe Club 2:15.18

7 Keaukaha Canoe Club 2:24.02

8 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 2:31.04

9 Kailana Canoe Club 2:33.48

Boys 13

1 Kai ‘Ehitu 1:53.74 (keli’I Pelekane, Malosi Abraham, Keola Kaleookamanu-Pelekane, Justin Jr Kaupe-DeLeon, Setu Vole, Kala’i Ballesteros)

2 Keaukaha Canoe Club 1:55.41

3 Paddlers of Laka 1:57.25

4 Keauhou Canoe Club 2:04.83

5 Kawaihae Canoe Club 2:11.80

6 Puna Canoe Club 2:12.64

7 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:18.03

8 Kailana Canoe Club 2:30.58

Women Novice B

1 Puna Canoe Club 1:58.27 (Paulla Speegle, Maraea Keamo, Kerrilee Rocha, Mary-Beth Young, Jaime Gray, Angela Sugar)

2 Paddlers of Laka 1:59.56

3 Kawaihae Canoe Club 2:02.15

4 Miloli’i Canoe Club 2:04.60

5 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:07.19

6 Kamehameha Canoe Club 2:07.90

7 Kai ‘Ehitu 2:09.79

8 Waikoloa Canoe Club 2:10.86

9 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 2:13.24

10 Keauhou Canoe Club 2:29.79

Girls 14

1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 1:58.15 (Uilani Ngaluafe, Alana Kamaka, Tatelyn Spencer, Kawehionalani Pelekane, Paula Wigzell, Maddy Perry)

2 Kai ‘Ehitu 1:59.15

3 Keauhou Canoe Club 2:01.13

4 Paddlers of Laka 2:02.06

5 Puna Canoe Club 2:06.05

6 Kawaihae Canoe Club 2:13.29

7 Keaukaha Canoe Club 2:21.16

8 Kailana Canoe Club 2:31.82

SCR Kamehameha Canoe Club

Boys 14 1 Kai ‘Ehitu 1:48.79 (Hiram Anakalea Jr., Iokepa Aponte, Moses Brooks, Baba Weza, Bronson Leslie, Kala’i Ballesteros)

2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 1:50.33

3 Keauhou Canoe Club 1:54.97

4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 1:56.81

5 Kailana Canoe Club 2:32.65

SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club

Mixed Novice B

1 Puna Canoe Club 1:48.31 (Mike Crews, Kerrilee Rocha, Paulla Speegle, Kristopher Speegle, Nathaniel Adams, Angela Sugar)

2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 1:51.33

3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 1:53.84

4 Kai ‘Ehitu 1:54.63

5 Kamehameha Canoe Club 1:58.32

6 Miloli’i Canoe Club 2:00.88

7 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 2:01.41

8 Waikoloa Canoe Club 2:02.45

Girls 15

1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:36.30 (Maddy Perry, Uilani Ngaluafe, Kawehionalani Pelekane, Luna Sharfin, Abcde Tan, Paula Wigzell)

2 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:43.03

3 Puna Canoe Club 5:02.48

4 Keauhou Canoe Club 5:03.13

DQ Paddlers of Laka 6:04.24

Boys 15

1 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:04.12 (Kekoa Viernes, Pono Mortensen, Ka’aina Lewis, Nainoa Reis, Mihi Mokiao, Kamaha’o Kawelu)

2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:08.79

3 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:19.30

4 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:30.75

Men Novice B

1 Puna Canoe Club 4:09.82 (Mike Crews, Nathaniel Adams, Phillip Prieto, Kristopher Speegle, Eric Dolan, Daniel Petner)

2 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:18.79

3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:21.93

4 Miloli’i Canoe Club 4:28.62

Girls 16 &Under

1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:34.18 (Erika Larsen, Aaliyah Butler, Mahina Hanakeawe, Noe Balanay, Abcde Tan, Luna Sharfin)

2 Paddlers of Laka 4:38.53

3 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:56.65

4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:58.29

5 Kai ‘Ehitu 5:19.36

6 Kamehameha Canoe Club 5:27.48

7 Puna Canoe Club 5:41.97

Boys 16 &Under

1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:09.37 (Kade Pelekane, Rammell Jay Transfiguracion, Hanalei Akazawa, Russell John Transfiguracion, Keao Nitta, Zion Nicholson)

2 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:12.33

3 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:13.42

4 Paddlers of Laka 4:23.92

5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:24.63

Girls 18 &Under

1 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:41.98 (Tiare Ah Nee, Vannah DePonte, Jainine Abraham, Nawai Makua, Hele Joaquin, Shyla Ribordy)

2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:46.43

3 Kamehameha Canoe Club 5:02.72

4 Kai ‘Ehitu 5:52.62

Boys 18 &Under

1 Keaukaha Canoe Club 8:36.77 (Kalani Fujiyama-Medeiros, Keahi Denne-Kimi, Kualono Kaupu, Grant Kauahi Jr., Nicholas Nicolas, Kaimi Iaukea-Ronquillio)

2 Kai ‘Ehitu 9:36.02

3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 16:08.27

Women Novice A

1 Puna Canoe Club 4:33.72 (Lauren Rusert, Maile Kapuniai, Mili Browning, Ellen Cordeiro, Sarah Graves, Tasha Ann Kamohai)

2 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 4:35.10

3 Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 4:49.92

4 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:53.93

5 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:57.40

6 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:57.70

7 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:58.34

8 Keauhou Canoe Club 5:26.03

Men Novice A

1 Puna Canoe Club 8:17.32 (Keola Rivera, Charles Akau, Kenui Viveiros, Lance Tominaga, Kekoa Yockman, Willie Wagan)

2 Kai ‘Ehitu 8:23.63

3 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 8:36.06

4 Keauhou Canoe Club 8:48.82

5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 9:10.58

6 Kamehameha Canoe Club 9:11.36

7 Paddlers of Laka 9:23.66

8 Kawaihae Canoe Club 9:25.18

9 Kai Opua Canoe Club 9:50.17

Women Freshmen

1 Puna Canoe Club 9:36.93 (Jolene Hughes, Kanani Yockman, Mapuana Sherlock, Jessica Kirkpatrick, Wila Lavea, Kim Kimi)

2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 9:46.86

3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 9:54.68

4 Kai ‘Ehitu 10:03.86

5 Paddlers of Laka 10:13.56

6 Keaukaha Canoe Club 10:33.69

7 Kamehameha Canoe Club 10:42.67

Men Freshmen

1 Keaukaha Canoe Club 7:56.58 (Malani Alameda, Jose Lizardi, Kama Leeloy, Tyron Nicolas, Tyler Makaiwi, Nate Kaluhiwa)

2 Keauhou Canoe Club 8:01.90

3 Puna Canoe Club 8:04.77

4 Kai Opua Canoe Club 8:17.30

5 Kai ‘Ehitu 8:55.95

6 Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 9:05.48

7 Waikoloa Canoe Club 9:12.87

8 Kamehameha Canoe Club 9:38.36

Women Sophomore

1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 8:54.42 (Melanie Kelekolio, Maile Leslie, Alisa Prendergast, Tiapepe Ulufaleilupe, Cheryl Villegas, Jenna Quinn)

2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 9:08.12

3 Puna Canoe Club 9:13.74

4 Kai ‘Ehitu 10:48.84

Men Sophomore

1 Keauhou Canoe Club 8:01.02 (Ka’eo Peterson, Sean Thomas, Salesi Apina, Puni Freitas, Waika Koanui, Jericho Miyahira-Young)

2 Puna Canoe Club 8:01.90

3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 8:06.96

4 Kai ‘Ehitu 8:07.53

5 Kawaihae Canoe Club 8:21.90

6 Kamehameha Canoe Club 9:05.03

7 Keaukaha Canoe Club 9:08.12

Women Junior

1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 9:13.47 (Summer Pila, Jessie Krause, Rebekah Lussia’a, Tatiana Tan, Rebecca Nearman, Maka Mersburgh)

2 Puna Canoe Club 9:14.61

3 Kai ‘Ehitu 9:31.54

4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 10:25.94

5 Kamehameha Canoe Club 10:39.62

6 Kawaihae Canoe Club 10:47.79

7 Keauhou Canoe Club 10:49.58

8 Paddlers of Laka 11:08.78

Men Junior

1 Keauhou Canoe Club 7:38.13 (Chevise Conte, Edward II Aldridge, Kekoa Spoon, Daniel Chun, Bruce Ayau, Kainoa Tanoai)

2 Keaukaha Canoe Club 7:48.78

3 Puna Canoe Club 7:55.73

4 Kai Opua Canoe Club 8:26.07

5 Kai ‘Ehitu 8:51.51

6 Kamehameha Canoe Club 9:01.84

Women Senior

1 Kawaihae Canoe Club 14:19.61 (Mahealani Gambill, Makalapua Pahia, Lora Schroder Sakai, Leilani Olson, Noelani Spencer, Tiffany Hatanaka)

2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 14:43.38

3 Puna Canoe Club 14:56.53

4 Kamehameha Canoe Club 15:27.45

5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 15:31.62

6 Kai ‘Ehitu 16:12.40

Men Senior 1

Keauhou Canoe Club 12:14.61 (Edward II Aldridge, Kekoa Spoon, Kyle Ching, Bruce Ayau, Daniel Chun, Kainoa Tanoai)

2 Kai ‘Ehitu 12:36.02

3 Puna Canoe Club 12:38.90

4 Kamehameha Canoe Club 13:16.39

5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 13:24.28

6 Kai Opua Canoe Club 13:35.96

7 Kawaihae Canoe Club 14:00.91

Women Masters (40)

1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 9:37.81 (Rebekah Lussia’a, Kathleen Leahy, Cheryl Villegas, IPO Morgan, Dani Ho, Mana Spencer)

2 Puna Canoe Club 9:39.69

3 Keauhou Canoe Club 9:52.30

4 Waikoloa Canoe Club 10:22.91

5 Kamehameha Canoe Club 10:34.35

6 Kawaihae Canoe Club 10:40.29

7 Kai ‘Ehitu 11:29.42

Men Masters (40)

1 Keauhou Canoe Club 8:08.03 (Ian Foo, Ivan Mcivor, Theron Ogata, Kevin Lindsey, Justin Udovch, Stevee B Berengue)

2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 8:20.51

3 Puna Canoe Club 8:25.08

4 Kamehameha Canoe Club 8:58.39

5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 9:01.69

6 Kawaihae Canoe Club 9:27.76

7 Kai ‘Ehitu 9:33.75

Woman (65)

1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 6:09.53 (Carol Clifford, Gail Quitevis, Becky Walton, Sue Lalanne, Bonnie Wild, Susie Shaw)

2 Waikoloa Canoe Club 6:11.62

3 Keaukaha Canoe Club 6:14.00

SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club

Men (65)

1 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:33.51 (Mana Manasas, Stephen Arnett, Peter Greenwell, Timothy Oesterling, Freddie Berengue, Leo Santimer)

2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:35.66

3 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:49.98

4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 5:03.62

5 Waikoloa Canoe Club 5:19.81

6 Paddlers of Laka 5:20.91

Woman Masters (60 yrs)

1 Puna Canoe Club 5:04.16 (Susan O’Shaughnessy, Nerak Mickievic, Susan Skipper, Tweetie Anderson-Perreira, Linda Robb, Betty Ben)

2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 5:14.94

3 Kamehameha Canoe Club 5:16.57

4 Keauhou Canoe Club 5:32.07

5 Kawaihae Canoe Club 5:52.32

6 Keaukaha Canoe Club 6:02.40

7 Waikoloa Canoe Club 6:18.26

Men Masters (60 yrs)

1 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:11.13 (George Abood, Gary Capri, Paul Daugherty, Lambert Lee Loy, Peter Lasich, Forrest Wild)

2 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:22.28

3 Puna Canoe Club 4:31.36

4 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:31.96

5 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 4:41.82

6 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:43.93

7 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:51.45

8 Waikoloa Canoe Club 5:18.44

9 Paddlers of Laka 6:02.10

Women Golden Masters (55)

1 Puna Canoe Club 4:58.25 (Miri Sumida, Mamo Brown, Patricia Piccione, Ruth Hamakawa, Aloha Mauhili, Ellen Williams)

2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:58.61

3 Keauhou Canoe Club 5:05.42

4 Kamehameha Canoe Club 5:10.72

5 Kai Opua Canoe Club 5:24.62

6 Keaukaha Canoe Club 5:58.90

Men Golden Masters (55)

1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:03.33 (Mark Aiona, Steve Prestia, Brian Cornel, Dane Enos, Hunter Anderson, Jeff King)

2 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:06.40

3 Puna Canoe Club 4:15.10

4 Waikoloa Canoe Club 4:38.06

5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:44.57

6 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:48.25

7 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:57.63

Senior Women Masters (50)

1 Puna Canoe Club 4:51.55 (Marcia Johansen, Jolene Hughes, Mamo Brown, Kainoa Lavea, Dee Torres, Jennifer Tanner)

2 Kamehameha Canoe Club 5:05.39

3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 5:06.38

4 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 5:11.02

5 Na Wa’a Hanakahi 5:15.93

6 Waikoloa Canoe Club 5:20.16

7 Kawaihae Canoe Club 5:26.34

8 Keaukaha Canoe Club 5:41.34

Senior Men Masters (50)

1 Puna Canoe Club 3:58.62 (Bubba Baldado, Afa Tuaolo, Brian Peterson, Forest Parker-Bailey, Terry Andrade, Louie Mendonca)

2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:06.56

3 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:13.03

4 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:20.32

5 Waikoloa Canoe Club 4:36.21

6 Keaukaha Canoe Club 5:02.19

Mixed Masters (60)

1 Puna Canoe Club 4:46.92 (Susan O’Shaughnessy, Linda Robb, Betty Ben, Kawika Ramler, Mike Hughes, Michael O’Shaughnessy)

2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:50.59

3 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:58.16

4 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 5:01.33

5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 5:05.52

6 Waikoloa Canoe Club 5:13.91

7 Paddlers of Laka 5:22.67

8 Keauhou Canoe Club 5:23.49

Mixed Masters (55)

1 Puna Canoe Club 4:32.01 (Spencer Lavea, Willie Viveiros, Maud Gooch, Brian Peterson, Miri Sumida, Ellen Williams)

2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:39.25

3 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:39.80

4 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:54.64

5 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:58.53

6 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:59.31

7 Keaukaha Canoe Club 5:14.83

8 Waikoloa Canoe Club 5:33.80

9 Paddlers of Laka 5:55.49

Mixed Masters (40)

1 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:07.15 (Tina Flower, Andy Witherspoon, Keone Au, Anna Tosick, Mesepa Tanoai, Nicole Friedley)

2 Puna Canoe Club 4:07.77

3 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:14.26

4 Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 4:29.54

5 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:33.84

6 Waikoloa Canoe Club 4:34.49

7 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:40.59

8 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:50.36

9 Na Wa’a Hanakahi 4:58.19

10 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:58.89

11 Paddlers of Laka 4:59.56

Women Open Four

1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:49.87 (Melanie Kelekolio, Alisa Prendergast, Maile Leslie, Tiapepe Ulufaleilupe)

2 Puna Canoe Club 4:58.88

3 Waikoloa Canoe Club 5:09.78

4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 5:22.80

5 Kamehameha Canoe Club 5:27.99

6 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 5:32.15

7 Paddlers of Laka 5:35.72

8 Keauhou Canoe Club 5:38.81

9 Kawaihae Canoe Club 5:46.47

10 Kai ‘Ehitu 5:47.28

11 Na Wa’a Hanakahi 6:13.93

Men Open Four

1 Puna Canoe Club 3:59.90 (Kekoa Sumera-Lee, Jeremy Padayao, Jonah Kalima, Lance Oliveira)

2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:08.57

3 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:15.05

4 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:18.63

5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:29.99

6 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:34.70

7 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 4:38.14

8 Na Wa’a Hanakahi 4:45.01

9 Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 4:51.86

10 Waikoloa Canoe Club 4:56.09

11 Paddlers of Laka 4:56.69

12 Kai ‘Ehitu 5:01.94

Mixed Men and Women

1 Puna Canoe Club 3:58.81 (Harriet Parsons, Keola Sumera-Lee, Manu Akuna, Michele Padayao, Kanani Yockman, Kenui Viveiros)

2 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:04.59

3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:05.50

4 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:07.72

5 Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 4:20.12

6 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:22.46

7 Paddlers of Laka 4:24.99

8 Waikoloa Canoe Club 4:26.41

9 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:37.76

10 Na Wa’a Hanakahi 4:43.92

11 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:51.21

12 Keoua Honaunau Canoe Club 5:06.31