Maui’s Youth Paddlers Strike Gold, Bring Home State Title and Division A Championship

Maui has exerted its dominance once again by winning the Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association State-Championship regatta at Hanalei Bay on the strength of its ʻŌpio or youth paddlers.

Hawaiian Canoe Club won nine races, seven in the keiki division, and finished with 351 points for its 11th Large-Club State Title in the last 15 years.

Nā ʻŌpio took gold in the girls 12, 13, 14, 16 and 18 age brackets, while the boys struck twice in the 15 and 16 races.

Hawaiian Canoe Club’s keiki coach Paul Luuwai was obviously quite pleased with the results.

“They took seven gold medals. Some clubs don’t get seven in the entire regatta. I’m really proud of them.”

“After seeing all those crews win golds it was like, ‘If they can do it, we can do it,’ ” said Tianna Yonemura, who helped the girls 16 and 18 crews win gold.

Hawaiian had nine other paddlers on a pair of championship crews – Kalena Vaivai, Mikaela McDaniel, Kamaile Lee, Palekana Pamat-Hett, Kaysha Terry-AhKui, Kaya Given-sel, Taysia Pimentel, Hiilei Luuwai and Kahili Novikoff.

Napili Canoe Club won the A Division (clubs with no more than six crews) by a total of 51 points, just 1 point over Kawaihae.

The youth crew of Victoria Decoite-Wilsey, Keala Cabanilla, Kauanoe Keahi, Kaleo Nuesca, Aukai Kama and Ikaika Viela took the Mixed 12 Title for Napili Canoe Club.

“They worked hard and deserved everything they got,”

Napili coach Joey Tihada said of his club.

 

HAWAIIAN CANOE RACING ASSOCIATION STATE-CHAMPIONSHIP REGATTA

Saturday’s Results

At Hanalei Bay, Kauai

Team scores

AAAA-Hawaiian Canoe Club 351, Hui Nalu 327, Kailua 323, Outrigger 253, Lanikai 245, Kai Opua Canoe Club 222.

AAA-Keahiakahoe 169, Keaukaha Canoe Club 162, Kihei Canoe Club 153, Waikiki Beach Boys 150, Keauhou Canoe Club 138, Hanalei 116, Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i 108, Kaneohe 107, Lae’ula O Kai 106.

AA-Namolokama 130, Wailea 97, Puna Canoe Club 78, Manu O Ke Kai 78, Kai Ehitu 70, Leeward Kai 65, Na Kai Ewalu 64, Ka Mamalahoe Canoe Club 50, Niumalu 48, Waikiki Surf Club 47, Kukui’ula Outrigger Canoe Club 46, Puuwai 40.

A-Napili 51, Kawaihae Canoe Club 50, Kamehameha 49, Wa’akapaemua 46, Hui Lanakila 40, Healani 35, Olelo O Keola 32, Kahana Canoe Club 31, Kaiola Canoe Club 30, Kamehameha Canoe Club 29, North Shore 26, Waimanalo 19, Anuenue 11, Kalihi-Kai 10, Kilohana 9, Molokai 7, Koloa 6, West Kauai Canoe Club 6, Hokualele Canoe Club 6, Paddlers of Laka 6, Alapa Hoe 5, I Mua 4, Windward Kai 4, Koa Kai 4, Honolulu Pearl 4, Waikiki Yacht Club 2, Pukana O Ke Kai 1.

Individual results

Female

Quarter mile

12-1. Hawaiian (Kaila Medeiros, Destynee Albiar, Kalena Vaivai, Kaya Givensel, Taysia Pimentel, Kaulana Potter) 2:11.78, 2. Keauhou 2:12.83, 3. Hui Nalu 2:16.19, 4. Niumalu 2:18.54, 5. Napili 2:19.01, 6. Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i 2:23.09, 7. Outrigger 2:23.92, 8. Puna 2:26.20, 9. Kailua 2:29.78, 10. Waikiki Surf Club 2:30.79, 11. Kaneohe 2:41.97, 12. Windward Kai 2:42.71, 13. Lanikai 2:44.92, 14. Puuwai 3:21.10.

13-1. Hawaiian (Victoria Naluai, Kalena Vaivai, Hiilei Luuwai, Kaya Givensel, Kaysha Terry-AhKui, Taysia Pimentel) 2:08.59, 2. Keaukaha 2:15.42, 3. Kailua 2:16.94, 4. Outrigger 2:18.17, 5. North Shore 2:18.94, 6. Leeward Kai 2:21.90, 7. Hui Nalu 2:22.56, 8. Kaneohe 2:24.32, 9. Kai Ehitu 2:25.58, 10. Hanalei 2:26.36, 11. Hokualele 2:28.83, 12. Lae’ula O Kai 2:29.49, 13. Puuwai 2:34.72, 14. Lanikai 2:54.52.

14-1. Hawaiian (Jordyn McDaniel, Hiilei Luuwai, Shoshana Elftman-Hanson, Lexi Almeida, Kendra Bean, Kaysha Terry-AhKui) 2:09.68, 2. Kai Opua 2:11.88, 3. Leeward Kai 2:12.37, 4. Keahiakahoe 2:14.21, 5. Napili 2:15.62, 6. Kamehameha 2:16.00, 7. Lanikai 2:16.46, 8. Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i 2:18.23, 9. Kailua 2:23.50, 10. Niumalu 2:23.50, 11. Keaukaha 2:28.02, 12. Kaneohe 2:34.93, 13. Hokualele 2:41.17, 14. Kai Ehitu 3:29.17.

Half mile

15-1. Keaukaha (Tai Jadu, Amy McBride, Tiare Ah Nee, Hailey Keliipuleole, Tita Hall-Peleiholani, Hele Joaquin) 4:26.67, 2. Manu O Ke Kai 4:32.41, 3. Lanikai 4:37.54, 4. Kihei 4:41.21, 5. Hawaiian 4:42.38, 6. Kailua 4:43.16, 7. Niumalu 4:44.64, 8. Hui Nalu 4:45.26, 9. Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i 4:49.86, 10. Waikiki Surf Club 4:50.68, 11. Outrigger 4:53.40, 12. Napili 5:00.89, 13. Keauhou 5:10.66, 14. Kilohana 5:29.41.

16-1. Hawaiian (Tianna Yonemura, Kamaile Lee, Kahili Novikoff, Mehana Fisher, Brenna Hoonan-Amby, Mikaela McDaniel) 4:21.73, 2. Outrigger 4:24.71, 3. Kamehameha 4:37.98, 4. Kai Opua 4:46.11, 5. Lanikai 4:46.68, 6. Hui Nalu 4:47.29, 7. Manu O Ke Kai 4:47.73, 8. Niumalu 4:50.41, 9. Keaukaha 4:51.06, 10. Kailua 4:54.01, 11. Napili 4:54.48, 12. Keahiakahoe 4:58.73, 13. Alapa Hoe 4:59.17, 14. Puuwai 5:00.79.

18-1. Hawaiian (Hi’ilei Casco, Kahili Novikoff, Tianna Yonemura, Kaulu Luuwai, Kamaile Lee, Mikaela McDaniel) 4:10.64, 2. Kamehameha 4:21.80, 3. Hui Nalu 4:22.06, 4. Lanikai 4:23.67, 5. Outrigger 4:26.89, 6. Kai Opua 4:32.45, 7. Waikiki Surf Club 4:39.46, 8. Kaiola 4:41.78, 9. Lae’ula O Kai 4:43.31, 10. Kailua 4:46.18, 11. Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i 4:49.08, 12. Keaukaha 4:52.73, 13. Alapa Hoe 5:00.92, 14. Puuwai 5:01.75.

50-1. Kailua (Brenan Guyol, Lisa Barney, Debbie Clark, Barb VanDerKamp, Jennifer Horner, Sherilyn Lacount) 4:19.08, 2. Hanalei 4:19.46, 3. Lanikai 4:21.64, 4. Kihei 4:23.95, 5. Hui Nalu 4:29.40, 6. Outrigger 4:30.72, 7. North Shore 4:33.07, 8. Lae’ula O Kai 4:33.07, 9. Puuwai 4:36.35, 10. Puna 4:44.89, 11. Wa’akaemua 4:47.51, 12. Kaneohe 4:48.72, 13. Manu O Ke Kai 5:05.96.

55-1. Kailua (Vivian Pilbrow, Lois Hewlett, Donna Meyer, Kathy Erwin, Carleen Ornellas, Cindy Cobb-Adams) 4:31.54, 2. Kihei 4:39.65, 3. Hui Nalu 4:41.06, 4. Kaiola 4:41.75, 5. Kaneohe 4:42.10, 6. Wa’akapaemua 4:44.35, 7. Keauhou 4:47.13, 8. Hawaiian 4:53.23, 9. Lae’ula O Kai 4:54.27, 10. Ka Mamalahoe 4:59.92.

60-1. Keauhou (Kim Schneider, Sammie Stanbro, Peggy Andersen, Beve Schorr, Barbara Lasich, Marianne Starr) 4:37.92, 2. Hui Nalu 4:39.49, 3. Wa’akapaemua 4:40.90, 4. Kihei 4:42.70, 5. Hawaiian 4:46.95, 6. Kai Opua 4:51.10, 7. Hanalei 4:52.01, 8. Manu O Ke Kai 4:52.65, 9. Kailua 4:59.03, 10. Keahiakahoe 5:05.20, 11. Lanikai 5:38.01, 12. Outrigger 5:52.83.

65-1. Keahiakahoe (Margee Ralston, Sarah Jane Watson, Susie Oakland, Mary Martin, Judy Thurston, Mimi Frank) 4:52.29, 2. Hawaiian 5:06.60, 3. Kailua 5:07.65, 4. Hui Nalu 5:15.99, 5. Kihei 5:29.15, 6. Lanikai 5:43.64, 7. Manu O Ke Kai 5:48.29.

Male

Quarter mile

12-1. Keaukaha (Mihi Mokiao, Kamaha’o Kawelu, Kekoa Kapahu, Pono Mortensen, Solomon Keahilihau-Kuamoo, Ka’i Kawelu) 2:05.25, 2. Hawaiian 2:06.96, 3. Kai Ehitu 2:08.25, 4. Kaneohe 2:10.51, 5. Olelo O Keola 2:12.79, 6. Napili 2:14.04, 7. Hanalei 2:15.36, 8. Kailua 2:23.58, 9. Hui Lanakila 2:24.59, 10. Niumalu 2:26.26, 11. Hui Nalu 2:27.50, 12. Lanikai 2:28.73, 13. Keahiakahoe 2:40.39.

13-1. Keaukaha (Rylen Kaniaupio, Ka’i Kawelu, Kalei Tolentino-Perry, Kamaha’o Kawelu, Keahi Jones-Quinn, Ka’aina Lewis) 1:58.19, 2. Kai Ehitu 1:59.64, 3. Olelo O Keola 2:03.79, 4. Kailua 2:04.94, 5. Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i 2:05.79, 6. Na Kai Ewalu 2:06.25, 7. Hui Nalu 2:07.39, 8. Hawaiian 2:10.69, 9. Kilohana 2:12.57, 10. Lanikai 2:13.50, 11. Kaneohe 2:15.41, 12. Outrigger 2:21.12, 13. Puuwai 2:72.30, 14. Hanalei 2:35.52.

14-1. Kailua (Elias Farag, Luke Ott, Tristan Clapp, Kai Kirkpatrick, Spencer VanDerKamp, Matthew McGivern) 1:45.82, 2. Hawaiian 1:49.21, 3. Kamehameha 1:53.53, 4. Kai Opua 1:53.87, 5. Outrigger 1:58.62, 6. Leeward Kai 1:58.95, 7. Hui Nalu 2:00.28, 8. Olelo O Keola 2:00.75, 9. Wailea 2:01.05, 10. Koloa 2:03.47, 11. Lanikai 2:05.60, 12. Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i 2:07.52, 13. I Mua 2:08.20, 14. Keaukaha 2:09.69.

Half mile

15-1. Hawaiian (Noah Katz, Palekana Pamat-Hett, Thomas Peterson, Kawai Luuwai, Lihau Higashino, Heali’i Barrett) 3:50.65, 2. Outrigger 3:56.77, 3. Keahiakahoe 3:57.11, 4. Keaukaha 3:57.92, 5. Kailua 3:58.46, 6. Hui Nalu 3:59.08, 7. Kaneohe 4:02.33, 8. Kamehameha 4:06.64, 9. Lae’ula O Kai 4:12.56, 10. Puna 4:14.01, 11. Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i 4:22.64, 12. Lanikai 4:22.89, 13. Kilohana 4:25.43, 14. Koloa 4:29.70.

16-1. Hawaiian (Matthew Meyer, Kauanoe Vanderpoel, Tyson Felicilda, Palekana Pamat-Hett, Kellen Bean, Mogul Luuwai) 3:44.72, 2. Lanikai 3:48.77, 3. Kai Opua 3:50.30, 4. Hui Nalu 3:53.82, 5. Keahiakahoe 3:54.39, 6. Waikiki Surf Club 3:54.90, 7. Lae’ula O Kai 3:57.61, 8. Keaukaha 3:58.22, 9. Outrigger 3:59.78, 10. Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i 4:00.78, 11. Kailua 4:10.55, 12. Kaneohe 4:13.61, 13. I Mua 4:33.36.

50-1. Lanikai (Gio Camuso, Bill Oliver, David Smith, Jeff Cummings, Bruce Lukas, Scott Freitas) 3:39.08, 2. Manu O Ke Kai 3:43.24, 3. Kai Opua 3:45.13, 4. Kailua 3:50.93, 5. Namolokama 3:51.40, 6. Outrigger 3:51.92, 7. Hawaiian 3:52.36, 8. Kihei 3:52.80, 9. Kaneohe 3:58.66, 10. Keahiakahoe 4:03.57, 11. Hui Nalu 4:04.48, 12. Keaukaha 4:05.70, 13. West Kauai 4:27.54.

55-1. Kailua (Pat Erwin, Paul Hewlett, Clifford Tillotson, Walter Hamasaki, Kamoa Kalama, Nyle Warinner) 3:55.47, 2. Namolokama 3:57.93, 3. Ka Mamalahoe 4:01.10, 4. Keahiakahoe 4:06.04, 5. Outrigger 4:08.40, 6. Lae’ula O Kai 4:09.76, 7. Waimanalo 4:17.19, 8. Hawaiian 4:20.10, 9. Keaukaha 4:20.51, 10. Molokai 4:21.65, 11. Hui Nalu 4:25.59, 12. Kai Opua 4:26.33.

60-1. Outrigger (Thomas Arnott, Bernie Paloma, Mel Mau, Kenny Bailey, Chris Crabb, Jimmy Kincaid) 3:52.19, 2. Keauhou 3:54.13, 3. Namolokama 3:54.79, 4. Waimanalo 3:59.44, 5. Kihei 3:59.93, 6. Keahiakahoe 4:05.26, 7. Hui Nalu 4:09.75, 8. Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i 4:12.50, 9. Lae’ula O Kai 4:16.79, 10. Hawaiian 4:20.02, 11. Ka Mamalahoe 4:21.03, 12. Lanikai 4:22.90.

65-1. Keauhou (Lorrin Ching, James Budde, Mel Pauole, Richard Everett, Gil Niday, Bob Bruce) 4:01.67, 2. Namolokama 4:06.66, 3. Outrigger 4:09.87, 4. Anuenue 4:15.42, 5. Keahiakahoe 4:15.83, 6. Lae’ula O Kai 4:16.56, 7. Kihei 4:28.35, 8. Hawaiian 4:28.59, 9. Hui Nalu 4:30.04, 10. Ka Mamalahoe 4:36.83.

Mixed

Quarter mile

12-1. Napili (Aukai Kama, Keala Cabanilla, Victoria DeCoite-Wilsey, Ikaika Viela, Kaleo Nuesca, Kauanoe Keahi) 2:11.17, 2. Na Keiki O Ka Mo’i 2:11.42, 3. Hanalei 2:15.22, 4. Hawaiian 2:15.74, 5. Keaukaha 2:16.19, 6. Kaneohe 2:20.25, 7. Leeward Kai 2:27.55, 8. Kailua 2:36.95, 9. Paddlers of Laka 2:37.26, 10. Outrigger 2:38.12, 11. Hui Nalu 2:41.98, 12. Lanikai 2:47.96, 13. Waikiki Surf Club 2:48.23, 14. Windward Kai 2:55.36.