Kahuku catches Mililani to share girls track and field title
The Mililani girls track and field team successfully defended its Oahu Interscholastic Association championship Saturday — sort of. The Trojans have to share this year’s title with Kahuku, as the Red Raiders ran a blistering 4 minutes, 2. 66 seconds to take the 10 points for first in the meet- closing 4×400 meter relay.
Mililani went into the finale with a two-point lead, but finished tied with Kahuku with 92 points as the Trojans got eight points for finishing second in 4:06. 47. Zen Kaopua led off for Kahuku on that relay.
She was here, there and everywhere throughout the meet at Mililani’s John D. Kauinana Stadium. Early on, about five minutes after Kaopua won the 100 meters in 12.
51 she was back at the long jump pit, where she won with a leap of 18 feet, 1⁄2 inch. The sophomore also won the 200 meters in 25. 40, and led off for the winning 4×100 relay.
During spring break Kaopua was away from the islands. “I was on the mainland snowboarding with my mom and dad,” she said. Did that bother her coaches?