WAIMEA — Hawaii Preparatory Academy boys cross country put on a show Friday on the team’s home course.

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WAIMEA — Hawaii Preparatory Academy boys cross country put on a show Friday on the team’s home course.

In the fourth BIIF cross country meet of the 2026 season, it was business as usual for Ka Makani — winning its fourth team competition with 31 points and an average 5K race time of just over 18 minutes, 16 seconds. HPA blew the rest of the competing schools out of the water, as second-place finisher and non-conference visitor Seabury Hall tallied 80 points.

“The team had a great race day,” Ka Makani boys coach Mark Ravaglia told the paper post race. “Many of the runners were excited about how hard they were able to push themselves.”

All HPA runners placed in the top three of the individual race — Jack Soon-Ludes in first (17:49.50), Micah McDowell in second (17:50.77) and Chihiro Sato in third (17:55.20).

After two previous top-three finishes, Soon-Ludes got over the hump to win his first race of 2026. It was the senior’s second-fastest posted time of this season.

Two more Ka Makani runners placed in the top 10 to assuredly seal an HPA win — Finn McMahon in seventh and Brayden Tamura in 10th.

With less than three weeks remaining until the BIIF Championship race, Ravaglia said the team will focus on getting a little better each day, while also enjoying being outside and running with each other’s company.

“We’re looking forward to balancing tough training with the pure joy of running over the coming weeks,” he said.

The second-place Spartans, who were visiting from Maui, had Silas Miller-Yoder and Brady Punu place in sixth and seventh, respectively. Both runners finished within a second of each other.

Another non-conference runner — Maika Eldredge of Mid-Pacific — placed fourth overall in just under 18 minutes.

Hawaii Baptist Academy was also in town, flying in from Honolulu. The ILH program placed third in the team contest with 88 points, posting an average time of 19:06.96. The Eagles did not have any podium finishers, but had eight runners place in the top 50, led by Madan Abe in 10th (18:32.32).

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Iolani also competed at HPA, placing fourth overall. Koen Deidel was the Raiders’ top runner with a ninth-place finish of 18:28.58.

Behind HPA, the next-best BIIF finisher was Kealakehe in fifth, racing with an average time of just under 20 minutes. The Waveriders were led by Liko Leatherman in fifth (18:09.94). Leatherman has placed in the top 10 in all four meets.

The Kealakehe girls won their third team competition of the year, collecting 55 points with an average time of just over 23 minutes, 23 seconds.

“The meet was fantastic,” coach Josh Clark added. “We had great weather, the course was in excellent shape and some of the best runners from the other islands were here competing.”

Junior Zadie Bolton won her third individual race of the year in just over 20 minutes, 17 seconds, beating silver medalist Sadie Krueger of Moanalua by over half a minute.

Bolton has raced the 5K in under 21 minutes in each of the three Big Island meets she has competed in this season.

“Zadie is in a league of her own this year,” Clark said.

Clark added that while the ‘Riders lost some senior talent from last year — most notably Elisa Childers and Lily Marshall – the team’s young talent and depth have continued to surprise. He pointed to the growth of Gabrielle Joy-Childers, who placed fourth, and other rising stars such as Cora Chen, Jasmine Rogers and Justice Paul as key parts of Kealakehe’s success.

“I’m especially proud of the depth our girls team continues to develop,” Clark said. “We lost some great senior runners, but the rest of the team has really stepped up.

“The team gets along so well and really pushes each other in practice. You can see that chemistry when they get out on the course together. They genuinely enjoy competing with one another and supporting one another, and I think that’s a big part of what makes this group special.”

Hawaii Baptist placed second among the girls, led by bronze winner Sydney Moore (22:17.00). Hawaii Prep, Waiakea and Hilo placed third, fourth and fifth, respectively.

To view more expanded results from the meet, see today’s Scoreboard. The BIIF season continues this Friday at Kanu o Ka ‘Aina with the annual freshman and sophomore meet.

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