Kūlanihākoʻi wins its first MIL DII girls cross country title
Published
Kūlanihākoʻi made school cross country history at Baldwin on Oct. 24, earning its first MIL Division II girls championship with 69 points.
A first championship gives a team a place in school history. For Kūlanihākoʻi’s girls cross country program, that milestone arrived Saturday, Oct. 24, at Baldwin High School: the school’s first Maui Interscholastic League Division II girls cross country title.
Kūlanihākoʻi finished with 69 points, third in the combined girls team standings and the Division II champion. The Maui News’ championship report identifies the win as the program’s first MIL DII girls title.
Seven runners, one team milestone
Lucy James led Kūlanihākoʻi with an eighth-place finish in 22 minutes, 2 seconds. Eva Starmer followed in 13th, and Reese Hendrickson was 16th. Here are the school’s seven finishers in the published girls results; places are overall, not Division II-only:
- Lucy James: eighth, 22:02.
- Eva Starmer: 13th, 23:38.
- Reese Hendrickson: 16th, 24:01.
- Amalia Starmer: 23rd, 24:23.
- Kitelyn Shimada: 26th, 24:33.
- Avery Alexander: 42nd, 26:51.
- Olivia Schrandt: 45th, 27:06.
Where the title fits
The Division II championship and the combined meet standings tell different parts of the story. Kamehameha Maui had the lowest overall girls team score, 36 points, with Maui High second at 63. Kūlanihākoʻi’s 69 put it ahead of King Kekaulike’s 77.
The rest of the published team standings were Kīhei Charter, 129; Lānaʻi, 157; Molokaʻi, 177; and Lahainaluna, 235. Kamehameha Maui’s Keilana Maldonado won the individual race in 20:19.
For Kūlanihākoʻi families, the lasting result is a new milestone for this team: its first MIL Division II girls cross country championship. Congratulations to the runners and the school community celebrating it.