'Iolani Invitational at Wheeler

The 'Iolani Invitational follows the tradition at 'Iolani of creating tournaments that bring in top notch talent to test and inspire Hawaii's athletes to be their best.

Today's races were run at Wheeler Air Force base. The course was very flat, almost all grass, with hot, humid conditions. The times were fast. I wonder what the times would have been like if the weather had been more conducive.

In the first race, the girls open 3 mile, Dana Hills showed this in a big way taking the 1-6 places, with number 8 thrown in for good measure for a perfect 15 score. Punahou and Mililani had 57 and 94 points, respectively.

The boys open, also at 3 miles, followed with Laguna Beach pulling off the same feat as they captured 1-6 for another perfect score of 15. Kamehameha and 'Iolani followed with 56 and 87 points.

In the girls varsity race, Dana Hills had some competition from another mainland team in Clovis, but in the end it was Dana Hills with a very low score of 27 over Clovis at 64 and Mililani at 99.

Laguna Beach dominated in the boys varsity race with a very good score of 34, followed by 'Iolani at 59 and Kamehameha at 98.

In the girls intermediate race, host 'Iolani edged out Rivera Middle School with a score of 58 to Rivera's 69. Kamehameha was third with 88 points. This race was won by Dakota Grossman of Maui in a time of 12:32.80, the only race won by a local athlete.

The boys intermediate race was won by Rivera Middle School with 33 points. Kamehameha had 64, while HBA had 107 which was good for third.

All photo galleries are now operational.

If you have any questions about ordering photos, collages, or posters, please email me. You may visit the galleries by clicking here.