Donna
on the Side:
- Part 1 the Honolulu Scene - Part
2 Warming Up - Part 3 Race Day
Complete Results - you will need Adobe
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reports and pix by Rich Gonzalez and John Dye:
Boys
Eisenhower boys stake claim for higher ranking.
Girls Sultana CA girls answer gut check
Victah Sailer's Iolani -
spectacular photos: the race scene - boys
- girls
Runners climb toward the clouds and mountain peaks - photo
by Victah Sailer, PhotoRun
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TEAM |
INDIVIDUAL |
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Eisenhower WA 19 |
Robbie Barany and Charles Cummings, Eisenhower 16:40 |
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Sultana CA 48 |
Shelby Leland, Ukiah CA 19:00 |
Boys
JV 5k |
Snohomish WA 27 |
Cale McCulloch, Snohomish WA 18:22 |
Girls
Open 2m |
Snohomish WA 45 |
Juana Corona, Lanier TX 12:05 |
Boys
Inter. 2m |
Arcadia CA 39 |
Andrew Pilavgian, Arcadia |
Girls
Inter. 2m |
Kamehameha HI 43 |
Chelsea Oda, Punahou 13:12 |
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the
scene at Kualoa Ranch
- photos by Victah Sailer, PhotoRun
huge banner started
out blank and ended up with everyone's signature and messages
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Race winners Robbie
Barany and Shelby Leland
were crowned king and queeen
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Meet Information
Note from meet director Greg Char
The 5th annual Iolani Cross Country Invitational in Hawaii is slated for
September 20, 2003. Once again, the meet will be held at beautiful Kualoa
Ranch on the windward side of the island of Oahu. As always there are
no entry fees, an abundance of awards, and a hosted pasta feed on Friday
night on the Iolani School campus. Nike continues to be a sponsor along
with Outrigger Hotels in Hawaii. The 2003 meet schedule has been tightened
and tweaked to allow for a 12:00 pm conclusion to the event. Sixteen mainlands
schools competed in the 2002 meet and we are expecting more than 25 this
year. For more information please contact Jim
Rubasch (boys) or Greg Char
(girls).
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- Meet Headquarters is the Ohana Reef Towers Hotel
(left), from September 18-September 21, 2003, in the
heart of Waikiki's world class entertainment and shopping district
and one block from the ocean beach overlooking Diamond Head.
- Practice runs on Waikiki Beach
- Race eve Pasta Feed at Iolani School -- mingle
with local runners and experience "Hawaiian Style" hospitality
and entertainment
- University of Hawaii "Big Wave" Invitational
for colleges (separate venue)
- NFHS-sanctioned Iolani Invitational for high
schools - no entry fee - open, varsity, intermediate divisions.
- Individual and team awards
- Prizes courtesy of NIKE and The Running Room
- Meet T-shirts designed and made by NIKE
- Cool off after the race with a dip in the ocean
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Looking
toward the ocean from a hillside
overlooking a string of runners in the 2003 race.
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Kualoa
Ranch from the air
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Prior Years
- 2002 - Carl
Moe WA and Ruth Graham CA win individual honors,
and team titles go to Eisenhower WA and Montgomery
Santa Rosa CA.
- 2001 - Amber
Trotter launched her spectacular season with a romp that was
echoed at every race that season, including the Foot Locker nationals.
Schedule
All races will be run in the morning to avoid the afternoon heat in case
of a hot day like last year.
Thursday September 18
Check-in, Ohana Reef Towers Hotel
Friday September 19th
"Free" day... enjoy Waikiki's 85 Degree weather;
5:00-8:00 Hosted Pasta Feed Dinner at Iolani School
6:30-7:00 Coaches Meeting at Iolani School
Saturday September 20th
9:00 am Boys Junior Varsity (5K)
9:30 am Girls Varsity (5K)
10:00 am Boys Varsity (5K)
10:30 am Girls Open 2-mile (JV)
10:35 am Open Race (2 miles. For coaches, parents, alumni, etc.)
11:00 am Girls Intermediate (2 Miles)
11:05 am Boys Intermediate (2 Miles)
11:45 am Awards Ceremony
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