Kalani boys, Kalaheo girls claim titles in OIA cross country championships

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ANDREW LEE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

McKinley’s Narayana Schneider crossed the finish line to win the OIA boys cross country championship with a time of 17:31.05 on Saturday at Central Oahu Regional Park.

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ANDREW LEE / SPECIAL TO THE STAR-ADVERTISER

Moanalua’s Dallas Inouye finished in 21:17.93 to add the OIA girls championship to her OIA East title.

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The Kalani boys repeated as team champions, while the Kalaheo girls won their first team title since 1993 at Saturday’s OIA cross country championships at Central Oahu Regional Park.

McKinley’s Narayana Schneider held off Roosevelt’s Reimon Wada to win the boys 5-kilometer race in 17 minutes, 31.05 seconds. Wada was second in 17:36.02 and Pearl City’s Kainalu Pagente was third in 17:42.28 over the 3.1 miles.

Schneider, fifth in last year’s OIA championship, averaged a 5:39.1 mile on the grassy and hilly course that is the site of the state meet on Oct. 27. It was his third win of the season and he became the first McKinley boy to win an OIA individual title.

Kalani had three runners place in the top 12 and finished with a meet-low 66 points to retain its title. Sean Guillermo finished fifth in 17:57.40, Micah Kimura was ninth in 18:21.68, Sean Koyamatsu placed 12th in 18:26.01, Kaulana Suzuki 22nd in 18:52.67 and Dristen Canaday 24th in 19:03.18. Also running for Kalani were Koki Yamaguchi (47th) and Alexander Lau (48th).

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Kalaheo was second with 83 points and Pearl City had 138.

Kalaheo placed four girls in the top 20 and scored 92 points to top the team standings. Radford was second with 115 and Roosevelt had 117.

Grace Kathman finished 13th to lead the Mustangs. Teammates Karina Maciel (23:28.40) and Macy Carroll (23:29.09) placed 16th and 17th, Emily Naylor finished 20th in 23:31.27 and Larrissa Teramura 27th in 24:04.63. Also running for Kalaheo were Grace Nastase (36th) and Sawyer Fernandez (43rd).

Moanalua’s Dallas Inouye made it a Moanalua repeat in the girls race, winning the 5K race in 21:17.93. Inouye was fifth in last year’s race that was won by Moanalua’s Brooklyn Allen. Inouye also won this year’s OIA East championship and two other races.

Moanalua’s Maleah Kanayama finished second in 21:49.91 and Kalani’s Paige Basilio was third in 22:16.30.