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Results from the John Kekua Jr. Canoe Regatta in Hilo Bay

Team Results:

Division A:
Kai Opua Canoe Club 223, Keauhou Canoe Club 189, Keaukaha Canoe Club 144, Kawaihae Canoe Club 136, Puna Canoe Club  136, Kamehameha Canoe Club 96, Kai 'Ehitu 72, Division B: Paddlers of Laka 52, Tui Tonga 47, Hui Wa'a O Waiakea 35, Waikoloa Canoe Club 27, Keoua Canoe Club 25, Na Wa'a Hanakahi 14, Kona Athletic Club 14, Kailana Canoe Club  9

Event Results

Girls 12
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:09.23 (Eleashia Kealoha, Danielle Gramlich, Aaliyah Butler, Taimane Kamaka, Nala Mrozinski-Foti, Ka’iulani Pelekane)
2 Keaukaha Canoe Club 2:17.96
3 Kawaihae Canoe Club 2:21.89
4 Kai ‘Ehitu 2:22.24
5 Kamehameha Canoe Club 2:23.47
6 Puna Canoe Club 2:24.19
7 Keauhou Canoe Club 2:30.28
8 Keoua Canoe Club 2:37.93
9 Waikoloa Canoe Club 3:08.13

Boys 12
1 Puna Canoe Club 2:04.20 (Kanaiela DeCoito, Manu Sevao, Chris Eblacas, Brennen Cachola, Trenton Kuamo’o, Nainoa Reis)
2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:05.11
3 Kai ‘Ehitu 2:08.62
4 Kailana Canoe Club 2:19.19
5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 2:24.40
6 Waikoloa Canoe Club 2:38.23
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club
SCR Keauhou Canoe Club

Mixed Boys and Girls 12
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:09.21 (Eleashia Kealoha, Danielle Gramlich, Tyler Alani, Taimane Kamaka, Raymond Rowe, Keao Nitta)
2 Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 2:14.16
3 Waikoloa Canoe Club 2:15.53
4 Kawaihae Canoe Club 2:17.05
5 Keauhou Canoe Club 2:23.57
6 Kai ‘Ehitu 2:24.21
7 Keaukaha Canoe Club 2:25.28
9 Kailana Canoe Club 2:51.17
DQ Paddlers of Laka 2:39.80
SCR Puna Canoe Club
SCR Keoua Canoe Club
SCR Kamehameha Canoe Club

Girls 13
1 Paddlers of Laka 2:01.07 (Pua Wong, Shai Kaniho, Taylor Uratani, Cameron Cabrera, Samantha Simmons, Harley Woolsey)
2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 2:04.01
3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:04.60
4 Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 2:12.13
5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 2:12.18
6 Kamehameha Canoe Club 2:12.95
7 Keoua Canoe Club 2:19.93
8 Puna Canoe Club 2:24.01
9 Kai ‘Ehitu 2:30.80
10 Keauhou Canoe Club 2:36.04

Boys 13
1 Keaukaha Canoe Club 1:50.94 (Keahi Denne-Kimi, Ulu Bueltmann, Kualono Kaupu, Kaimi Iaukea-Ronquillio, Kumulipo Alapai, No’eau Nunes)
2 Puna Canoe Club 1:55.03
3 Kai ‘Ehitu 1:59.34
4 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:00.58
5 Kawaihae Canoe Club 2:04.82
6 Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 2:11.55
7 Kailana Canoe Club 2:14.60
8 Keauhou Canoe Club 2:26.74

Women Novice B
1 Kawaihae Canoe Club 1:56.60 (Kauihana Archer, Victoria Brooke, Bernice Davis-Lim, Erin Foley, Christi Jean Bell, Mahea Leialoha)
2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:01.43
3 Puna Canoe Club 2:01.66
4 Keauhou Canoe Club 2:04.34
5 Kai ‘Ehitu 2:08.52
6 Paddlers of Laka 2:10.01
7 Kamehameha Canoe Club 2:15.74
8 Tui Tonga 2:18.89
9 Keaukaha Canoe Club 2:19.29

Girls 14
1 Paddlers of Laka 2:01.72 (Taylor Uratani, Samantha Simmons, Peek A Boo Picanco, Shai Kaniho, Pua Wong, Harley Woolsey)
2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 2:01.81
3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 2:02.58
4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 2:05.09
5 Kai ‘Ehitu 2:05.87
6 Keauhou Canoe Club 2:21.74
SCR Kamehameha Canoe Club

Boys 14
1 Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 1:45.08 (Suwaiter Poch, Wyatt Dudoit, Jordan Dodd, Chris Kekaualua-Tuiaana, Alex Tacuban, Sumo Kekaualua-Tuiaana)
2 Keaukaha Canoe Club 1:48.13
3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 1:50.07
4 Kawaihae Canoe Club 1:51.26
5 Puna Canoe Club 1:58.80
6 Keoua Canoe Club 2:04.79
7 Kamehameha Canoe Club 2:16.11
SCR Keauhou Canoe Club

Mixed Novice B
1 Keauhou Canoe Club 1:45.20 (Neil Loyola, Nicole Friedley, Tina Flower, Jason Gabriel, Florian Alokoa, Tanya Ho)
2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 1:45.72
3 Tui Tonga 1:46.46
4 Paddlers of Laka 1:46.71
5 Kai Opua Canoe Club 1:47.89
6 Kai ‘Ehitu 1:49.70
7 Keaukaha Canoe Club 1:53.86
8 Kamehameha Canoe Club 1:53.88
DQ Puna Canoe Club 1:49.88
SCR Kailana Canoe Club

Girls 15
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:34.97 (Nora Frank, Ashley DeMello, Justyce Torres, Joelle Kahalewai, Janelle Quinn, Gabriele Lovell)
2 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:37.22
3 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:37.53
4 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:49.86
5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:51.80
SCR Keauhou Canoe Club

Boys 15
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 3:45.52 (Devin Vandervoort, Isaiah Hauanio, Nalu East, Keanu Gonzalez, Ka’u Kin In, Kepa Kalima-Padillio)
2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 3:52.52
3 Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 3:52.86
4 Puna Canoe Club 3:53.85
5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:01.16
6 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:21.90
7 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:38.19

Men Novice B
1 Keauhou Canoe Club 3:48.83 (Nick Imonti, Jason Gabriel, Mark Silva, Neil Loyola, Rick Meldrum, Stewart Solmonson)
2 Tui Tonga 3:49.60
3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 3:50.30
4 Kawaihae Canoe Club 3:52.27
5 Kai ‘Ehitu 3:58.40
6 Puna Canoe Club 4:05.07
7 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:27.74
8 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:34.44

Girls 16 & Under
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:29.10 (Malamalama Ellis-Noa, Manaia Genovia, Lorelei Nakagawa, Lita Taumoefolau, Janelle Quinn, Tania Plato)
2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:34.32
3 Paddlers of Laka 4:37.93
4 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:38.54
5 Keauhou Canoe Club 5:08.25
6 Keaukaha Canoe Club 5:08.69

Boys 16 & Under
1 Puna Canoe Club 3:46.62 (Kalae Ke III, Keola Sumera-Lee, Lono Leasure-Lucas, Colby Nicolas, Ian Terpstra, Chance Agpoon)
2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 3:53.35
3 Keauhou Canoe Club 3:53.75
4 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:09.58
5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:10.15
6 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:15.46
7 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:16.06

Girls 18 & Under
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:33.25 (Ashley Gross, Alohi Nakachi, Bethany Llanes, Kilinahe Amone, Kayla Hew Len, Sara Ingram)
2 Keoua Canoe Club 4:47.43
3 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:47.57
4 Paddlers of Laka 4:50.14
5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:58.88
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club
SCR Keauhou Canoe Club

Boys 18 & Under
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 7:51.27 (RJ DeMello-Crampton, Kaniela Hauanio, Noelan Kaaihue, Keahi Mamac, Chiyo Brown, Conner Costales)
2 Puna Canoe Club 7:51.96
3 Keauhou Canoe Club 8:21.66
4 Hui Wa’a O Waiakea 8:40.71
5 Kamehameha Canoe Club 8:43.52
6 Kawaihae Canoe Club 9:23.85
DQ Keaukaha Canoe Club 8:14.36

Women Novice A
1 Puna Canoe Club 4:23.72 (Frankie Martin-Howe, Kelli Tomota, Kahili Hahn, Winona Leialoha, Trevella Williams, Alison Yoneoka)
2 Kona Athletic Club 4:24.71
3 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:29.70
4 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:35.20
5 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:36.02
6 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:40.10
7 Waikoloa Canoe Club 4:42.09
8 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:43.91
9 Na Wa’a Hanakahi 4:53.22

Men Novice A
1 Keaukaha Canoe Club 7:32.80 (Adam Veloria, Seth Jones, Ashferd Kelson, Christopher Olayon, Marty Orlando, Eldridge Shay)
2 Keauhou Canoe Club 7:35.59
3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 7:53.55
4 Paddlers of Laka 8:08.85
5 Puna Canoe Club 8:11.74
6 Kawaihae Canoe Club 8:21.76
DQ Kai ‘Ehitu 8:01.47

Women Freshmen
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 8:31.87 (Melanie Kelekolio, Nicola Fernandez, Darcy Daniel, Tiapepe Ulufaleilupe, Leann Alani, Jenna Quinn)
2 Keauhou Canoe Club 8:40.15
3 Kawaihae Canoe Club 8:57.93
4 Puna Canoe Club 9:11.97
5 Kai ‘Ehitu 10:19.84
SCR Keaukaha Canoe Club

Men Freshmen
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 7:14.87 (Luka Dayton Smith, Miles Cannon, Ina Ynigues Jr, Nue Youderian, Eddie Hayward, Theron Ogata)
2 Keauhou Canoe Club 7:15.06
3 Puna Canoe Club 7:25.27
4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 8:00.42
5 Tui Tonga 8:08.96
6 Kawaihae Canoe Club 8:35.00
7 Kamehameha Canoe Club 8:37.15
8 Kai ‘Ehitu 8:48.63
9 Paddlers of Laka 9:02.31
SCR Na Wa’a Hanakahi

Women Sophomore
1 Keauhou Canoe Club 8:41.37 (Cheryl Villegas, Alexis Ching, Leah Winkler, Melissa John, Mara Masuda, Gina Torres)
2 Puna Canoe Club 8:54.88
3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 8:55.92
4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 9:01.90
5 Kamehameha Canoe Club 9:30.85
6 Kawaihae Canoe Club 9:39.93

Men Sophomore
1 Keauhou Canoe Club 7:28.01 (Nathan Loyola, Robert Olson, Justin Warren, Frano Quirk, Chase VonNordheim, Peter Olson)
2 Tui Tonga 7:29.27
3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 7:38.70
4 Kamehameha Canoe Club 7:45.26
5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 7:50.28
6 Kai ‘Ehitu 8:08.24
7 Puna Canoe Club 8:24.93
8 Kawaihae Canoe Club 8:47.60
9 Paddlers of Laka 9:34.44

Women Junior
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 8:39.19 (Melanie Kelekolio, Tiapepe Ulufaleilupe, Dani Ho, Rebekah Lussia’a, Amy Young, Dondi Dawson)
2 Keauhou Canoe Club 8:45.77
3 Puna Canoe Club 9:12.39
4 Kawaihae Canoe Club 9:32.32
SCR Keaukaha Canoe Club
SCR Kamehameha Canoe Club

Men Junior
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 7:27.70 (Nathan Grocholski, Kai Robson, Kekaulike Tomich, Ivan Mcivor, Ian Foo, Kawika Leicher)
2 Keauhou Canoe Club 7:30.35
3 Tui Tonga 7:38.27
4 Kamehameha Canoe Club 8:05.70
5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 8:13.18
6 Puna Canoe Club 8:35.80
7 Kai ‘Ehitu 8:50.39
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club

Women Masters (40)
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 8:54.62 (Kathleen Leahy, Kainoa Lavea, Angela Rey, Darcy Daniel, Dani Ho, Dondi Dawson)
2 Keauhou Canoe Club 9:16.59
3 Kamehameha Canoe Club 9:23.68
4 Puna Canoe Club 9:35.00
5 Kawaihae Canoe Club 9:40.47
6 Keaukaha Canoe Club 10:14.74

Men Masters (40)
1 Keaukaha Canoe Club 7:45.55 (Ryan Tanner, Ray Laub, Terry Andrade, Steve Blyth, Creighton Litton, Ira Kekaualua)
2 Puna Canoe Club 7:52.39
3 Keauhou Canoe Club 7:52.49
4 Kai Opua Canoe Club 8:08.85
5 Kai ‘Ehitu 8:24.50
6 Kamehameha Canoe Club 8:33.15
DQ Kawaihae Canoe Club 8:40.62

Woman Masters (60 yrs)
1 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:38.12 (Sammie Stanbro, Marianne Starr, Beve Schorr, Gladi Hoagland, Sherri Carney, Penny Merryman)
2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:45.37
SCR Keaukaha Canoe Club
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club

Men Masters (60 yrs)
1 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:04.48 (Bruce Clifford, Gary Capri, Mana Manasas, Moke Hauanio, Lorrin Ching, Peter Lasich)
2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:12.53
3 Na Wa’a Hanakahi 4:21.35
4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:22.03
5 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:32.57
SCR Kai Opua Canoe Club

Women Golden Masters (55)
1 Puna Canoe Club 4:32.02 (Susan O’Shaughnessy, Bev Tuaolo, Debbie Noland, Nora Cesareblanco, Patricia Jaworski, Nalani Viveiros)
2 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:33.50
3 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:48.79
4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 5:07.38
5 Kawaihae Canoe Club 5:07.79
SCR Kai Opua Canoe Club

Men Golden Masters (55)
1 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:01.30 (Robert Vatter, Lorrin Ching, Moke Hauanio, Bruce Clifford, George Abood, Richard Everett)
2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:14.42
3 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:16.98
4 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:20.82
5 Na Wa’a Hanakahi 4:38.32
6 Waikoloa Canoe Club 4:43.18
SCR Keoua Canoe Club

Senior Women Masters (50)
1 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:32.39 (Joreen Knox, Sherri Carney, Teri Fong, Jacque Wikum, Carol Carroll, Leila Duim)
2 Puna Canoe Club 4:39.03
3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:49.95
4 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:56.92
5 Keaukaha Canoe Club 5:02.34
6 Kawaihae Canoe Club 5:08.08

Senior Men Masters (50)
1 Puna Canoe Club 3:45.67 (Joe Kalima Jr., Willie Viveiros, Chuck Santiago, Brian Peterson, Afa Tuaolo, Steve Backman)
2 Keaukaha Canoe Club 3:46.16
3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 3:48.16
4 Keauhou Canoe Club 3:49.49
SCR Kawaihae Canoe Club

Mixed Masters (60)
1 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:09.29 (Richard Everett, Egon Horcajo, Gladi Hoagland, Mana Manasas, Marianne Starr, Penny Merryman)
2 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:36.70
3 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:37.94
4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:49.77
dq Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:25.63

Mixed Masters (55)
1 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:11.44 (Kathy Kaai, Kim Schneider, Peter Lasich, Robert Vatter, Ned Burns, Sammie Stanbro)
2 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:21.81
3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:24.65
4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:35.93
5 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:36.67
SCR Keoua Canoe Club
SCR Puna Canoe Club

Mixed Masters (40)
1 Keaukaha Canoe Club 3:58.74 (Roberta Martinez, Loke Andrade, Cindy Van Guilder, Nate Kaluhiwa, Creighton Litton, Steve Blyth)
2 Keauhou Canoe Club 4:00.39
3 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:10.99
4 Puna Canoe Club 4:11.95
5 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:12.03
6 Kai ‘Ehitu 4:32.05
7 Waikoloa Canoe Club 4:45.90
DQ Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:11.57
DQ Na Wa’a Hanakahi 5:33.82

Women Open Four 1
Kai Opua Canoe Club 4:40.56 (Tatiana Tan, Malia Kipapa, Lelia Kanuha, Kim Rowe)
2 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:45.18
3 Keaukaha Canoe Club 4:54.35
4 Waikoloa Canoe Club 5:16.66
5 Keauhou Canoe Club 5:17.86
6 Kona Athletic Club 5:25.64
7 Kamehameha Canoe Club 5:38.74
8 Paddlers of Laka 5:38.74
9 Keoua Canoe Club 5:51.58
10 Kai ‘Ehitu 6:27.73
DQ Puna Canoe Club 5:08.36
SCR Tui Tonga

Men Open Four
1 Keauhou Canoe Club 3:47.31 (Kua Nolan, Daniel Chun, Robert Olson, barmer Hauanio)
2 Puna Canoe Club 3:48.86
3 Kai Opua Canoe Club 3:49.51
4 Keaukaha Canoe Club 3:54.02
5 Kamehameha Canoe Club 4:03.77
6 Tui Tonga 4:06.53
7 Keoua Canoe Club 4:15.60
8 Na Wa’a Hanakahi 4:27.19
9 Kawaihae Canoe Club 4:29.45
10 Paddlers of Laka 4:33.85
11 Kailana Canoe Club 4:37.23
12 Waikoloa Canoe Club 4:37.61
DQ Kai ‘Ehitu 4:13.08

Mixed Men and Women
1 Kai Opua Canoe Club 3:47.82 (Nue Youderian, Luka Dayton Smith, Kekaulike Tomich, Jenna Quinn, Hi’ilei Aldridge, Oilipua Atkinson)
2 Keaukaha Canoe Club 3:54.91
3 Kai ‘Ehitu 3:55.83
4 Keauhou Canoe Club 3:55.90
5 Kawaihae Canoe Club 3:56.45
6 Puna Canoe Club 3:56.53
7 Kamehameha Canoe Club 3:58.80
8 Tui Tonga 4:14.32
9 Paddlers of Laka 4:16.90
10 Keoua Canoe Club 4:21.65
11 Na Wa’a Hanakahi 4:35.00
12 Waikoloa Canoe Club 4:58.74

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