Athletics News
After the 2012 state championships last weekend on the Big Island, IPA's track and field teams can look back on another successful season.
Majied sails over a hurdle, her best event in Track and Field.
Senior Amirah Majied became the first IPA runner to earn consecutive medals at the state championships as she finished sixth in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 15.92, a year after finishing fourth in the same event. In the 300 meter hurdles, Majied placed tenth and was just...
In her first year at the junior varsity level, freshman Keri Kawatachi finished second in the 115 pound weight class at ILH junior varsity judo championships at Kamehameha on April 20.
Kawatachi ('15) competed in the 115 lb class at the ILH JV judo championships.
In the semifinals, Kawatachi defeated Iolani's Stacey Lee and then fell to Lee's teammate Kristen Kanekuni in the final. This is Kawatachi's second consecutive ILH championship runner-up finish, having...
The inaugural season for the WestPac intermediate baseball team ended on a high note on April 17 as the Wolverines defeated St. Francis, 13-8 at Central Oahu Regional Park. The team ended its season going 4-4 in its last eight games after starting the season 0-3. Besides their victory over St. Francis, the Wolverines defeated Punahou Gold 15-3, Iolani Red 18-4 and Damien 11-3.
Earlier in the season, against Maryknoll, freshman Dayne Ramos pitched the first no-hitter ever pitched by an...
IPA Junior Austin Hirstein is one of four male swimmers selected by USA Swimming and Hawaiian Swimming to represent Team Hawaii in the upcoming Oceania Championships to be held in New Caledonia at the end of May. Kacy Johnson, Kale Ai, and Jacob Urbano round out the men’s team.
Coach Ron Tsuchiya and Austin Hirstein ('13).
This invitation recognizes Austin as one of the top swimmers in Hawaii. “I’m overwhelmed that Austin has been given this opportunity to...
The wind played havoc with many golfers’ shots at Turtle Bay last Saturday, but IPA's Alanis Sakuma (’17) fought through the conditions to shoot a 77 and capture first place at the ILH girls' intermediate golf championships. The seventh grader's finish was the best for an IPA golfer at the ILH intermediate championships since current senior Christian Yagi's second-place finish in 2008. Sakuma's score was one shot better than Punahou's Ji Hae Lee and two...
Senior Amirah Majied and junior Kelsi Teramae are both on pace to spend some time on the Big Island this May for the HHSAA State Track and Field Championships.
Amirah Majied ('12) in a hurdles race.
In her second year at IPA, Majied has already qualified for the state championships in the 100 and 300 meter hurdles as she looks to improve on last year's fourth-place finish in the 100 meter hurdles. Her first-place finish at the March 24 meet at Iolani was her second of the...
It was another bountiful harvest for Navigator athletes during the ILH winter sports awards season. Senior Jackson Durrett became the second consecutive Navigator basketball player to win the ILH Division II Player of the Year award. Theo Duplechain (`11) garnered that title in 2011. Durrett’s teammate, Jason Brenner (`13), picked up ILH second team All-Star honors for the second straight year. With a game average of 17.7 points, Durrett led IPA to a league record of 8-6 and season...
Having won the March 15 ILH tournament at the Hawaii Prince Golf Club in Kapolei with a score of 68, senior Christian Yagi is on his way to qualifying to play in the state golf championships later this spring. Yagi made it to the state event two years ago as a sophomore, so he’s eager to make it again this final year on the Navigator team.
Chipping it in.
“It felt really good to win,” said Yagi about the recent tournament. “I don’t focus on my opponents...
The school’s Athletic Program seeks to provide students the opportunity through interscholastic competition to develop leadership skills, physical strength and skills, a strong work ethic, and a mental discipline that ensures success in life as well as athletics.
For the students featured here, hard work, dedication and involvement in their sport at IPA has helped them achieve the highest athletic award possible in Hawaii: State Champion.
Read the stories about each one by...
In his third consecutive appearance at the state swimming and diving championships, junior Austin Hirstein picked up his first state championship with a dominating victory in the 100 yard backstroke. Hirstein's time of 50.83 was nearly two seconds faster than his nearest competitor. His time of 50.83 puts Hirstein in rare company as he currently has the eighth-fastest 100 yard backstroke time on the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA) All-American list. He...