KAILUA-KONA — Records were broken during last weekend’s Central Pacific Bank/Big Island Interscholastic Federation Track and Field Championships, setting the stage for this upcoming weekend’s state meet at Waverider Stadium.
Hawaii Preparatory Academy senior Elaina Head had herself a day Saturday in her field events, winning the girls high jump (5-07.00), discus throw (102-00) and triple jump (36-06.50). Head’s high jump leap of 1.70 meters was a personal and BIIF stadium record. The jump was also the fifth-highest in Hawaii and the 90th-best in the country.
Head’s top triple jump leap of 11.14 meters was the third best in the state, notching another personal record.
Head has won a BIIF-high 22 events in 2025, and will be one of the favorites to win her events at states.
Konawaena speedster Violet Schaut won three individual races — the girls 100-meter (11.98s), 200-meter (25.24s) and the 400-meter (56.53s). It was the second time this season that Schaut raced the 100-meter dash in under 12 seconds. The time was also a stadium record.
Schaut was also part of the relay team of Jazmin Fillmore, Kaylen Hoag and Dasha Kala in the girls 4×400-meter relay, finishing in a season-best time of 4:03.18.
In 2025 alone, Schaut has won 19 individual races in her junior season. She is widely expected to place high at states in all of her events.
Fillmore also had a successful day on the track and in her field events. After posting a personal-best time in the girls 100-meter hurdles (15.44s) prelims, she raced in 15.60 seconds to win the final race. She additionally won the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 45.19 seconds. Fillmore has won 11 hurdles races this season.
In addition to being part of the 4×400 relay squad, Fillmore’s team of Schaut, Kala and Kaella Masters won the 4×100 with a time of 48.91 seconds.
The Wildcats boys relay team of Aden Sokham, Kareem Walker, Aiden Akina and Paxton Sokham also turned heads at the meet, as the group won the 4×400 with a season-best time of 3:27.12. The time was also the sixth-fastest in the state.
Kamehameha-Hawaii’s Judah Kanoa, who has been a star in the boys hurdles all season, took home two individual wins in the 110-meter hurdles (15.05s) and 300-meter hurdles (40.47). His time in the 300 was the sixth-fastest in the state and a new personal record. The sophomore has won 17 hurdles races in 2025.
Laupahoehoe junior Tazein Sykes notched personal records in the boys 200 (22.30s) and 400-meter dashes (49.98), which both were top-10 times in Hawaii. Sykes has won seven individual races this season.
Hilo long-distance phenom Kekaihulali Halpern raced a personal-best time of 2:14.97 in the girls 800-meter run — good enough for second-best in the state. The senior additionally won the 1,500 with a time of 4:49.00. Halpern has won nine individual races in her final season as a Vik Queen.
Like Halpern, Waiakea junior Shane Tominaga won the 800 and 1,500 as well, but in the boys field. Tominaga raced a personal-best time of 2:00.09 in the 800, which was good for 10th in the state. He also reached a personal record in the 1500, finishing in 9:31.47 — another top-20 time in the state.
Elisa Childers of Kealakehe won the longest race of the day in the girls field, finishing the 3,000-meter run in a personal-best time of 10:39.75. The time was recorded as the fourth fastest in the state. Childers has dominated the race all season, winning the 3,000 seven times.
HPA’s Phillip Gerstengarbe reached a personal record in the boys 3,000-meter race, finishing in 9:31.43. The time was 18th-best in Hawaii.
Kona senior Hiwa Satta-Ellis launched a personal-best throw of 15.41 meters (50-06.50) in the boys shot put, winning the event. The throw was the eighth-farthest in the state.
St. Joseph’s Analei Weidemeier threw the second-farthest shot put attempt in the state in her win in the girls field, launching 11.54 meters (37-10.50). The freshman has won the event four times in her debut season.
Weidemeier’s elder brother, Amari Weidemeier, won the boys triple jump with a leap of 12.58 meters (41-03.25).
Sata-Ellis’s teammate, senior Elias Malapit threw the farthest discus throw in the state, launching a personal-best 53.14 meters (174-04) in his win. Malapit has won the event six times in 2025.
KSH junior Taliya Nishida notched a personal best in the girls pole vault, launching 2.90 meters (9-06.00). The vault was the 16th-best in the Hawaiian Islands.
Nishida’s teammate, junior Kaimanamaikalani Bowman, also reached a personal-record vault in the boys competition, finishing with a maximum leap of 4.29 meters (14-01.00). The vault was the third-best in the state.
To view the full slate of results, see Athletic Live’s website. See the paper early next week to read the results from this weekend’s state meet.
